Case Study: Clean Energy Fuels achieves greener operations and greater efficiency with Microsoft Power BI

Clean Energy Fuels runs greener, boosts efficiency with Dynamics 365

Clean Energy Fuels, a North American provider of renewable natural gas operating 550 stations, needed to modernize fragmented systems, improve field training, and boost maintenance efficiency to meet sustainability and growth goals. The company adopted Microsoft Power BI together with the broader Microsoft stack—Dynamics 365 (Finance, Supply Chain, Field Service, Remote Assist, Guides), Azure IoT Central, and HoloLens—to create a cloud-based, data-driven backbone for operations and technician enablement.

Using Microsoft Power BI alongside Dynamics 365 and Azure IoT Central, Clean Energy Fuels rolled out a cloud ERP and remote/mixed‑reality tools in six months to centralize telemetry, enable remote troubleshooting, and streamline workflows. The implementation delivered faster data access and fewer custom interfaces, cut training costs by about 85% over 9–12 months (with an expected 40% ongoing reduction), removed 50 on‑premises servers for $250K annual opex savings and $200K capex savings every four years, reduced engineer travel, improved technician productivity, and provided Power BI dashboards for actionable operational and financial insights.

Clean Energy Fuels

Michael Tewksbury

IT Director