Love’s Expands its Alternative Energy Portfolio

Rebrands Trillium to Love’s Alternative Energy; acquires over 40 CNG stations.

April 28, 2025

Love’s is rebranding one of its companies, Trillium Energy Solutions, a provider of alternative fueling solutions, to Love’s Alternative Energy as it expands its presence in the alternative energy sector.

On Friday, the company acquired U.S. Energy’s compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing network—a mix of 41 public and private stations across 15 states in the U.S., as well as three stations in Canada, the company announced in a press release. This brings the CNG dispensing network to 107 locations nationwide and in Canada. All of the U.S. CNG stations are supplied with 100% renewable natural gas (RNG).

“We have recently seen an increased interest in CNG as a clean alternative fuel from both our private sector fleet and trucking customers. Adding these stations grows our network quite significantly, which unlocks more value and access for customers. Utilizing the expanded network, our collective CNG customers will have significantly more fueling options to continue or expand their CNG fleet operations,” said Ryan Erickson, vice president of alternative energy for Love’s.

Love’s Alternative Energy’s 24/7 service team will operate, maintain and monitor the acquired stations. The company also said it also has plans for a new CNG build in Fresno, California, slated to be completed this year.

The company’s alternative energy portfolio areas of focus include CNG, hydrogen, electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and low-carbon-energy supply from renewable natural gas (RNG). The company is building stations or operates six hydrogen locations across the country and built one of the nation’s first heavy-duty hydrogen vehicle fueling stations. Future efforts in hydrogen will center around designing and building in the transit arena. For EV charging, Love’s recently installed next-generation chargers at two stores in New York and three in Pennsylvania and will continue building out the EV charging infrastructure across the country.

“As alternative energy solutions continue to grow, this rebrand is a natural evolution of Trillium’s legacy, and expansion of the Love’s value proposition to provide customer segments with fueling options at public and private facilities across the U.S. and Canada,” Erickson said. “Trillium brings more than 30 years of experience serving customers in the refuse and transit space, while Love’s has strong relationships with fleets and the public traveling across America’s highways. That’s a powerful combination for fleet operators and motorists looking to reduce costs and emissions.”

In January, Love’s outlined its 2025 plans, which included 20 new locations.