Clean Cities/MotorWeek Episode
Airing date: April 2, 2011    Channel: PBS and Discovery

This week’s Clean Cities Success Story features James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The campus fleet includes a variety of alternative fuel and advanced vehicles that run on biodiesel, hybrid power, electricity, and propane. As an added bonus, the university offers hands-on experience ...

New options encourage innovation, maintain air quality protections

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems. The conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels, which may appeal to consumers concerned about energy security, fuel costs, or emissions.

These changes reflect the EPA’s interest in encouraging innovation and spurring conversions that optimize clean air and clean energy technologies. It is also in keeping with the president’s January 18, 2011, executive ...

Interested in making a difference this summer 2011? Intern with Clean Cities and help the nation reduce its dependence on petroleum, lower carbon and local air pollutant emissions, and build a green economy!

Clean Cities University Workforce Development Program Workforce Development Program is an initiative of Clean Cities, a government-industry partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program that strives to reduce petroleum ...

Please save the date for an upcoming propane vehicle demonstration in Richmond Virginia.

VCC & AmeriGas Propane Vehicle Demonstration
Science Museum of Virginia – Discovery Room
2500 West Broad Street, Richmond VA 23220
Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:00 to 3:00

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Complementary lunch provided by AmeriGas

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Virginia Clean Cities and Birch Studio, a brand agency located in Downtown Charlottesville, recently released its first edition of The Flux Report – an easy-to-read snapshot of green technology as it relates to specific industries. The concept of the report stems from the firm’s longtime commitment to promoting evolving technologies that reduce our carbon footprint and overall lesson impact on ...

On March 23rd, 2011 Virginia Clean Cities hosted a comprehensive workshop on fleet innovation, addressing the subject of EcoDriving, Electric Vehicles, and Hydrogen.  This workshop was held in Fairfax Virginia at the Fairfax County Government Center.

Participants learned About:

• Update on Virginia Clean Cities efforts and stakeholders
  • Chelsea Jenkins, VCC Executive Director Presentation PDF
• Fuel Economy- with hands-on experience with driving methods to save fuel and money
  • Joe O’Neill, NC Solar Center

Welcome to the February installment of the Clean Cities Technical Response Service (TRS) Question of the Month.

Question of the Month: What are Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), and how are they generated, transferred, and traded?

Answer: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses the RIN as a unit for tracking compliance under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) program. RFS2 requires obligated parties (refiners, blenders, and importers) to ensure that the conventional fuel (gasoline or diesel) sold or introduced into commerce ...

For the year ending December 31, 2010, 80 Virginia alternate fuel and advanced technology fleets operated 11,500 clean special fuel vehicles in the Commonwealth.  Virginia is now home to 123 alternate fuel refueling stations, and Virginia biofuels producers made 1.7 million gallons of biofuels.  A full copy of the report is available on the Virginia Clean Cities website.

Virginia Clean Cities is now working with 80 Virginia fleets, which operate 11,500 vehicles in 2010.  This includes 5,029 biodiesel vehicles, 4,379 E85 ...

At 12:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, Virginia Clean Cities and ROUSH CleanTech will launch a nationwide propane powered vehicle demonstration program at a luncheon and ride-n-drive. ROUSH Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Todd Mouw, will provide a briefing to attendees on ROUSH’s commitment to propane autogas, how propane powered vehicles have a compelling business case, and how attendees can borrow a propane powered vehicle to test as part of a ...