Hexagon Composites businesses receive additional orders for CNG, hydrogen

Source | Hexagon Purus

Hexagon Composites (Ålesund, Norway) business subsidiaries Hexagon Agility and Hexagon Purus have made a series of announcements.

Hexagon Agility (Costa Mesa, Calif., U.S.), focused on natural gas fuel systems, has received orders for renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel systems from a major refuse fleet in North America. The orders have a total value of $18.7 million (approximately NOK 203 million). Systems deliveries are scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2024.

RNG captured from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill or food waste can produce carbon-negative results when fueling on-road vehicles like short- and long-haul trucks, transit buses, and refuse and recycling collection vehicles. According to The Transport Project (formerly NGVAmerica) in the U.S. in 2023, 79% of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles was RNG. This number grew by 16% compared to 2022 volumes, increasing 234% over the last 6 years.

In addition, Hexagon Purus (Oslo Norway and Westminster, Md., U.S.) has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Gillig (Hayward, Calif., U.S.), a designer and manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S., for supply of hydrogen fuel storage systems for its fuel cell powered transit buses.

The delivery of hydrogen fuel storage systems will be supplied from Hexagon Purus’ facility in Westminster, Maryland.

“Introducing a hydrogen-powered fuel cell bus into our product lineup signifies Gillig’s commitment to advancing sustainable public transportation technologies,” says Ben Grunat, Gillig’s VP of product planning and strategy. “It’s about offering a solution that’s not only flexible enough to fit every fleet but also matured through our thoughtful approach to product development, ensuring reliability and readiness for the demands of today’s transit environment.”

Entering into a long-term agreement with Gillig further solidifies Hexagon Purus’ market position with transit bus OEMs in both North America and Europe.