The Fair Oaks Station is expected to be operational late this year will supply fuel to 42 CNG milk-hauling trucks which the dairy plans to deploy later this year.
The trucks will transport milk to processing plants owned by Kroger in Indianapolis, Indiana, Murphysboro, Tennessee, and Winchester, Kentucky.
The trucks are expected to replace diesel-powered models, and are projected to use more than 1.5 million diesel gallon equivalents of CNG per year.
The company plans to open a second CNG station in Southern Indiana later this year.
Renewable Dairy Fuels also plans to produce biomethane from dairy cattle waste and pipe the biogas directly to the Fair Oaks Station for onsite conversion to CNG vehicle fuel.
The biogas will be made available for vehicle fuel use once the conditioning facility for the biogas is completed, which is expected within 12 to 18 months.
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