U.S. Energy signed a long-term renewable natural gas (RNG) supply agreement with SARTA. Under the terms of the agreement, U.S. Energy will provide landfill-based RNG to SARTA?s fleet of 36 compressed natural gas (CNG) transit buses. In addition to its renewable natural gas-powered buses, SARTA also operates one of the largest fleets of hydrogen fuel cell-powered transit vehicles in the Western Hemisphere.

Together the low/no-emission vehicles enable the system to significantly reduce emissions as it provides more than 2,000,000 rides per year to thousands of destinations in Stark County and beyond. Through this supply agreement, SARTA?s annual RNG usage will displace the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions from nearly 1,000 gasoline-powered passenger cars for one year or sequester the same amount of carbon as over 73,000 tree seedlings that are grown for 10 years.