What is the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program? How is funding for the program distributed? Are alternative fuel and advanced vehicle projects eligible for funding through CMAQ?
CMAQ is jointly administered by two agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – with an overarching goal of reducing congestion and improving air quality through surface ...
New EV Charging Ready Corridors Announced!
We are proud to share that the Round Five designations for Alternative Fuels Corridors have been announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation! As of April 2021, I-81 between the Virginia-West Virginia border and the Virginia-Tennessee border and I-95 between the Virginia- Maryland border and Virginia-North Carolina border have been designated as EV Signage Ready.
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Senator Wyden Proposes Energy Tax Bill; New Clean Transportation Incentives
“As Congress considers major investments in the nation’s infrastructure, it must take bold steps to address the climate emergency and continue to provide low-cost, reliable energy to American consumers. The current system of energy incentives is overly complex and far less effective than it should be, with more than 40 different energy tax incentives, including permanent subsidies for Big Oil. More than half are too short-term to effectively stimulate investments, while also providing different subsidies to different technologies with no ...
Continue Reading →Clean Energy Signs Agreement with Amazon for Low and Negative Carbon RNG
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – April 19, 2021 – Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) to provide low and negative carbon renewable natural gas (RNG). The fuel will be provided at 27 existing Clean Energy fueling stations and another 19 non-exclusive new or upgraded Clean Energy-owned stations that Clean Energy expects to be constructed by the end of the year. The new ...
Continue Reading →Renewable Natural Gas Achieves Majority NGV Motor Fuel
Washington, DC – Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 53 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2020 was renewable natural gas (RNG).
Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill, or food waste, RNG can produce carbon-negative results when fueling on-road vehicles like short- and long-haul trucks, transit buses, and refuse and recycling collection ...
DOE Announces $162 Million to Decarbonize Cars and Trucks
Take a look at these new funding opportunity announcements and let us know how our experienced Clean Cities team can help you put together a winning proposal.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today unveiled two funding opportunities totaling more than $162 million to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions among cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles. The funding will support the next stage of the SuperTruck initiatives—aimed at electrifying freight trucking—along with efforts to expand electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and ...
Continue Reading →Every Day is Earth Day for SmartWay Affiliates
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Engaging in questions of environmental and societal stewardship is an increasingly important way for businesses to create sustainable value and purpose. The choices that we make both professionally and personally can make a difference in our environment.
The EPA’s SmartWay program helps companies advance supply chain sustainability by measuring, benchmarking and improving freight transportation efficiency.
This Earth Day encourage your stakeholders to reduce their environmental ...
Continue Reading →AFLEET Tool 2020 is now available!
Argonne National Laboratory is pleased to announce the release of the AFLEET Tool 2020: https://afleet-web.es.anl.gov/, which was developed to help Clean Cities stakeholders estimate energy use, emissions, and cost of ownership of alternative fuel vehicles. Using this link you can find the AFLEET spreadsheet, AFLEET online tool, and the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Calculator (online tool), which all have been updated. The online tools use AFLEET spreadsheet calculations and have had their underlying emissions and cost data matched ...
Continue Reading →Run On Less, free electric truck education
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The Electric Truck Bootcamp is a 10-part educational series on electric trucks appropriate for fleet managers, utility planners, policymakers, and more. Register here!
While the Run on Less – Electric (RoL-E) event this September is focused on today’s fleet and OEM leaders who have electric trucks already in operation, the Electric Truck Bootcamp is designed with “fast followers” in mind, to increase industry awareness of electric trucks, provide professional ...
Continue Reading →Introducing Secretary of Energy Granholm
New leadership at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will set strategic priorities for the work managed at the Vehicle Technologies Office and the Technology Integration Program. On Thursday, February 25th, 2021, Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in as the 16th Secretary of Energy. Secretary Granholm’s vision for Deploying the Clean Energy Revolution focuses on the cornerstone of President Biden’s climate agenda, “the goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.” Under Granholm’s leadership, DOE will play a critical ...
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