Announcing the 2023 Green Fleet Awards Competition!
The 16th annual Green Fleet Awards hosted by the National Association of Fleet Administrators (NAFA) is now open to applications from all public and commercial fleets! NAFA recognizes peak-performing sustainability efforts and its environmentally-minded practices in fleets. This contest provides you an opportunity to:
Join Virginia Clean Cities on June 15th at 4:00 p.m. EST for our Technology Happy Hour on Hydrogen! Geovanni Castano with Dominion Energy will feature in this month’s webinar to give an introduction to hydrogen, a closer look at the fuel for heavy-duty transportation and a glimpse at Hydrogen Hubs in the Mid-Atlantic.
Join us March 21-22 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center for the 10th annual Virginia Green Travel Conference & Awards event! Speakers will include Lily Shapiro, Director of Advertising at Mediabarn, Katie Register, Executive Director at Clean Virginia Waterways, and our very own Alleyn Harned, Executive Director at Virginia Clean Cities!
Paid registration is required before attendance, with early bird registration allowing prospective attendees to purchase tickets for $20 less than standard registration if purchased beforeMarch 7th! Additionally, student pricing is ...
Join us and Shankar Mukherjee, Vice President of Market Development and Product Management at Virginia Transformer Corporation, on February 16th at 4:00 PM for an in-depth conversation covering the theme “Implementing Next-Gen Smart and Efficient EV Charging Infrastructure!” Shankar will be discussing topics surrounding the effects of lead times on the transformer industry, whether there ...
A Liquefied Petroleum Gas powered school bus at a refueling station in Roanoke in 2015.
On Nov. 30th, 2022 the Department of Energy (DOE) received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to renew American’s schools within two areas of interest: energy efficiency and health improvements. The program aims to provide funding for public K-12 schools, ...
Location of E85 Stations in Virginia. From the AFDC.
The US market has access to all kinds of fuel types including natural gas, electric, bio-diesel, and gasoline. Renewable ethanol-gasoline is especially prevalent in the United States, with there being a few different variations of the fuel. Most ethanol-gasoline mixtures are ...
Electric Blue Bird Bus working for Fredericksburg City Public Schools; from VCC Photo Library
On Sep. 29th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would double funding for the 2022 Clean School Bus Rebate program this year following increased demand in school districts from all 50 states for zero-emission school buses. The ...
On May 19th, 2022, Cummins Inc., joined Virginia Clean Cities for the Technology Happy Hour. Patrick Campbell, Regional Sales Manager, for Cummins Alternative Technologies presented their new compressed natural gas (CNG) engine, the Cummins X15N.
Changes coming down the pipe in 2023 from EPA and CARB, and energy social and government (ESG) demands of private fleets have increased interest in natural gas as an alternative fuel source over recent years. With these shifts, Cummins is growing its ...
As part of the Drive Clean Rural USA project, Virginia Clean Cities can provide free technical assistance, access to demonstration vehicles, help with the promotion of regional jobs and business growth, and promotion of fleet leadership to participating rural fleets. Through this program, the Virginia Clean Cities Team can help fleets assess alternative fuel options, create a 5-10-year plan ...