by Dwayne Yancey, Cardinal News
(reposted with permission)

Volvo Trucks in Pulaski County this week showed one of its new electric models, which you might soon see on Interstate 81. The Wytheville-based Camrett Logistics is starting to electrify its fleet of trucks, citing rising fuel costs and concern for the environment as reasons for switching from traditional fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

Today, a single transportation company converting to electric vehicles is worthy of the full panoply of attention – the news media invited ...

The Renewable Fuels Association thanked fuel retailer Sheetz for its decision to slash prices on higher ethanol blends for a full week ahead of the Independence Day weekend. RFA said the move by Sheetz not only provides great cost savings for drivers facing record-high pump prices, but also offers a smart way to educate consumers about the environmental and energy security benefits of E15 and flex fuels like E85. Sheetz is offering E15 for $3.99 per gallon and ...

Trova is an automotive industrialization company that has found a solution for implementing zero-carbon emission technologies for existing commercialized vehicle fleets.  Located in Fairlawn Virginia, Trova is in an optimal location for sourcing materials at a reduced cost.  Their business model is surrounded by the idea of keeping customer cost low ...

For K-12 Schools that Win Funding through the EPA Clean School Bus Program, Secure Futures Solar Can Provide Up to $50,000 to Cover the Total Cost of Equipment

In the clean energy world, all the buzz today is about electric vehicles — especially EV cars like Tesla, but also EV everything else, from 18-wheeler trucks to 2-wheeler motorcycles and motorized bicycles.

Secure Future Solar’s customers in K-12 schools have also caught EV fever, ...

On June 14th, 2022, the Mid-Atlantic Electric School Experience Project (MEEP) hosted an informational webinar on what to consider when preparing for electric school buses. With an influx of funding opportunities for electric school buses, it is our goal to make sure that folks are up to speed as they begin to consider electrifying their school bus ...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s first soy-based city transit tires could remove up to 20 barrels of oil from the production of tires to outfit a metropolitan area’s bus fleet, the company noted in its May 4 announcement of the Metro Miler G152 and G652 tires.

The majority of Goodyear Metro Miler G152 and G652 ...

Blink Charging Co., a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire SemaConnect, Inc., a leading provider of EV charging infrastructure solutions in North America, for $200 million subject to certain customary adjustments for working capital. The cash and common stock transaction will add nearly 13,000 EV chargers to Blink’s existing footprint, an additional 3,800 site host locations, and more than 150,000 registered EV driver ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $59 million to accelerate the production of biofuels and bioproducts to reduce emissions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors and create good-paying jobs in rural America. DOE is focused on applied research, development, and deployment to improve the performance and reduce the cost of biofuel production technologies and scale-up production systems in partnership with industry. By reducing costs and technical risks, these efforts can help pave the way for the biofuels industry to deploy commercial-scale integrated biorefineries. The breakthroughs from this funding will support President Biden’s and DOE’s goals of advancing the ...

In 2021, House Bill 2282 was signed into law which directed the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to report on policy proposals to accelerate transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. After a thorough public process, conducted by a third party organization took place in 2021, the SCC posted the final report on its website.

That report and its findings can be found online here in PDF format.

Supporting documents for the process can be found on the SCC’s Division of ...