As part of National Drive Electric Week, Blue Ridge Bank and VCC will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate two new electric vehicle charging stations at the bank’s Robious Road branch. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 12 to 2 p.m. at 11450 Robious Road in North Chesterfield, Virginia.

The outdoor socially-distanced event will feature speakers and refreshments.

Interested in attending? Register online at https://driveelectricweek.org/event?eventid=2992.

The Shenandoah Valley Airport has something to celebrate! Four new Level 1 electric charger parking spaces were recently designated for electric vehicle (EV) drivers. Pole-mounted EV chargers were integrated into an existing light pole, making installation and use a breeze. EV drivers can now step off the plane and into a fully-charged car, ready to take them to their next destination while enjoying the added benefit of parking in a well-lit parking space!    

These pole-mounted ...

The U.S. Energy and Information Administration (EIA) published its most recent report on September 3, 2021. The report states that pre-Labor Day retail gas prices are at their highest since 2014, with the average retail price of a gallon of gasoline at $3.15, representing a .92 cents a gallon leap from this time last year. 

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In 2020, Governor Northam signed into law the Virginia Clean Economy Act. Within that Act, the Virginia Department of  Energy and other named stakeholders were charged to provide a report with recommendations on how to reach decarbonization goals with the least costs to ratepayers. That report is due to the General Assembly January 1, 2022, and ...

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Volvo Trucks North America revealed it will be utilizing VNR Electrics on local logistics routes servicing the company’s New River Valley (NRV) truck assembly plant ...

On August 25, Virginia Clean Cities executive director Alleyn Harned spoke on one of the first panels of the 2021 Resilient Virginia Conference. This year’s conference was virtual and took place from August 25 – 27. It featured a wide range of speakers discussing the idea of resiliency and how Virginia can work to analyze ...

The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Energy (CASE) at James Madison University is excited to announce and host the first annual Rocktown Energy Festival, scheduled to be hosted alongside the Harrisonburg Farmers Market on Saturday, October 2nd, 2021. The mission of this FREE event is to “Promote a Clean Energy Future for the ...

Washington State’s Kitsap Transit and Whatcom Transportation Authority began looking for paratransit vehicles with cleaner emissions that would help lower their fuel cost; they found a solution with ROUSH CleanTech’s Ford E-450 propane autogas paratransit shuttles.

Since 2015, Kitsap Transit has added 49 paratransit propane shuttles to its ACCESS fleet, replacing aging diesel models. Whatcom Transportation Authority has purchased 22 propane ...