| Content Category: Policy Watch |
| New Jersey Debating How To Best Promote Alternative Fuel Vehicles |
on 17 Oct 2012   |
| This week, the New Jersey Senate's Environment and Energy Committee held a hearing that considered the many options that the state can pursue - and is already pursuing - to spur a larger complement of alternative fuel vehicles. Coverage from NJ Spotlight notes that there are currently "at least a dozen" pieces of legislation related to alt-fuel transportation in front [read more] |
| Biomethane-Based CNG And Related Biofuels In Line For Funding |
| on 08 Oct 2012 |
| The California Energy Commission has announced the second round of proposed awardees from its recent biofuel production facilities grant solicitation, which is a part of the state's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The first round of funding was announced in March. Three new awards supporting biomethane production have been proposed: Tulare County Compost & Biomass Inc. ($4.79 [read more] |
| West Virginia Mulls Inclusion Of Propane Autogas As A School Bus Fleet Option |
| on 03 Oct 2012 |
| This week, the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) is taking steps to introduce propane autogas as an alternative fuel option for the state's fleet of more than 3,000 school buses. State law currently prohibits the use of propane in school buses, but the board is discussing a revision of that policy and seeking to initiate a formal public-comment period [read more] |
| CEC Adds Three To Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing Grant List |
| on 28 Sep 2012 |
| Following a decision to increase the total amount of funding being made available, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has added three proposed awardees for its Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing grant solicitation, which is administered under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Motiv Power Systems Inc. is in line to receive $2.38 million to support pilot production of [read more] |
| Pennsylvania Lawmaker Proposing New Incentives For Natural Gas Vehicles |
| on 26 Sep 2012 |
| Pennsylvania State Rep. Seth Grove is introducing new legislation aimed at creating tax credits for fleets and other commercial entities that are converting vehicles to run on natural gas. Grove's office says the proposed three-year program, via H.B.2620, would give tax credits of up to $12,500 for each heavy-duty natural gas vehicle (NGV) purchased. The bill must first be taken [read more] |
| DOE Invests $43M In Storage Projects For EV-Related Tech |
| on 19 Sep 2012 |
| The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $43 million in funding to 19 new projects focused on innovations in battery management and storage to advance electric vehicle (EV) technologies, help improve the efficiency and reliability of the electrical grid and provide energy security. These projects are supported through two new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) programs: Advanced Management and Protection [read more] |
| New Federal Transit Administration Funds Will Go Toward Alternative Fuel Transportation |
| on 14 Sep 2012 |
| The U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration is investing nearly $60 million in 27 new projects that will aid transit agencies in buying and alternative fuel vehicles and related fueling infrastructure. The $59.3 million in funding will support the replacement of diesel buses with new compressed natural gas (CNG), hybrid-electric or all-electric vehicles, as well as go toward the construction [read more] |
| CEC Funds Approved To Support CNG Refueling Stations, Propane Vehicle Purchases |
| on 13 Sep 2012 |
| The California Energy Commission has approved funding of nearly $600,000 for two compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling facilities and for buydowns of vehicles that run on propane autogas. Southern California Gas Co. is receiving $216,000 to design, build and operate a CNG station at its facility in Lancaster in Los Angeles County. The public-access station will be open 24 hours, [read more] |
| Connecticut Municipalities Net Grant Funds To Support Alternative-Fuel Fleet Projects |
| on 30 Aug 2012 |
| The City of Norwich, Conn., is the beneficiary of a $2.08 million federal grant that will support the city's Regional Alternate Fuel Infrastructure and Clean Vehicle Project. The town of Plymouth, Conn., is also receiving a much smaller grant, $86,524, to add five hybrid-electric vehicles to its municipal fleet. Norwich, which is already host to electric vehicles (EVs) and EV [read more] |
| USDA Gets Behind Major Biofuel Project |
| on 23 Aug 2012 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing a $99 million loan guarantee to Chemtex International Inc. to support the development of a cellulosic ethanol refinery in eastern North Carolina. The facility, which will have an output of 20 million gallons per year, will supply fuel to transportation markets in the eastern U.S. It will convert about 600,000 tons of [read more] |
