Join us for a webinar focused on hydrogen fuel cell applications for power generation on August 31st at 12pm.

This webinar is co-hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance. The US Department of Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Program is providing assistance and support.

Speakers include:

Cheri Chastain
Sustainability Coordinator, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Nikki Rodoni
Director of Sustainability, Gills Onions, LLC

For more information and to sign up, please visit:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/971372441

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Friday September 23, 2011 – Friday September 23, 2011

1111 E Broad Street, Richmond Virginia 23219 USA

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The second and final conference will be held on Friday September 23 for the state’s Public Private effort to replace state-owned vehicles with domestic fueled vehicles to benefit citizens, save costs, and utilize cleaner domestic energy produced within the state. The conference ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia is seeking ideas from the public and private sector to replace state-owned vehicles with potentially cleaner, cheaper, domestic alternative fuel vehicles.  It seeks to do so in a manner that does not result in significant additional cost to the Commonwealth, and intends to be budget neutral in the implementation of any strategy that may be negotiated and selected. With more than $4.7 million spent annually by the state on imported fuel ...

CHESAPEAKE – City Manager William E. Harrell announced today that Chesapeake will convert its fleet of solid waste collection trucks from diesel fuel to cleaner burning compressed natural gas (CNG). As part of the conversion, the City will construct a CNG refueling station for use by the solid waste fleet and the public.

Based on current fuel prices, the conversion is expected to save the City approximately $1.75 per gallon, or $14,000 per year, per truck. When the entire fleet is ...

Answer: The conversion vocabulary can sometimes be difficult to understand, particularly because the terms are not always used consistently. Below is a glossary of terms related to alternative fuel and advanced vehicle and engine conversions, broken down into categories. Please note that this information is meant to be a general Clean Cities reference guide; other agencies and organizations may define these terms differently.

Aftermarket Conversion

• Aftermarket conversion – An aftermarket conversion is a vehicle or ...

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and Virginia Clean Cities at James Madison University are currently seeking proposals from fleets in the Southeastern U.S. that are interested in converting 10 or more of their eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas engine fuel.

This funding assistance is available under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program (SPADP). Fleets interested in converting vehicles to propane autogas with this project ...

Governor Bob McDonnell signed two pieces of alternative fuel legislation and an executive order during an event on Tuesday July 12th at the Department of General Services Office of Fleet Management Services. The new executive order set out the state alternative fuel plan required by HB2282.

The Governor was joined by representatives and displays from Virginia Clean Cities stakeholders ROUSH, Alliance Autogas, Phillips Energy, and Baker Equipment along with several other representatives of Virginia’s alternative ...

As the House of Representatives debates the FY2012 energy and water appropriations bill, this week had seen several amendments in which members of congress from outside of the Commonwealth proposed to severely cut or eliminate funding for federal clean fuel programs, including Clean Cities. Thanks to strong bipartisan support for clean vehicle programs, the Broun and Pompeo amendments cutting dollars from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies, and the Clean Cities program failed (Roll Call Votes #547, Continue Reading →

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Governor McDonnell Signs Alternative Fuels Legislation and Executive Order Tomorrow in Richmond

Governor Bob McDonnell will ceremonially sign two pieces of legislation that promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles in the Commonwealth tomorrow, Tuesday, July 12 at 10:15 a.m in Richmond. He will also be signing a new executive order that will establish the state alternative fuel plan required by House Bill 2282.  More than a ...