The US Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared Clean Fuels Ohio to begin its work with the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership (OATP), reports Green Car Congress. The project will carry out more than $29 million in alternative fuel vehicle and infrastructure projects—the largest single investment in advanced transportation energy infrastructure and vehicle technology in the [...]
Tag Archives: funding
Stimulus Funds to Benefit Nebraska NGVs
February 19, 2010 – 11:06 am
Source: USA, Nebraska
The US State of Nebraska is set to increase both natural gas infrastructure and natural gas vehicle numbers, thanks to a $650,ooo grant proposal being considered by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. In recognition of the need to stimulate supply and demand if the State is to take advantage of the environmental and economical advantages of [...]
US EPA Seeks RFPs for 2010 Methane Projects
February 12, 2010 – 1:26 pm
15 April Deadline
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Methane to Markets Partnership has issued a major request for proposals (RFP) to fund projects and activities that advance cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. The solicitation — RFP #: EPA-OAR-CCD-10-02-03: “Activities that Advance Methane Recovery and Use as a Clean [...]
Quebec Receives Govt Funding for Biogas Waste-to-Fuel Project
February 12, 2010 – 1:14 pm
Canada, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
A green infrastructure project in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, funded on a cost-sharing basis by the Canadian Government, will see the construction of a system to treat organic waste and convert it to biogas, a renewable fuel. This project operates under an agreement-in-principle undertaken with the Government of Quebec relating to the $1 billion federal Green [...]
Texans are Busy with NGVs
January 20, 2010 – 7:49 pm
USA, Texas
The oil-rich sprawling State of Texas may seem an unlikely environment for natural gas vehicles to gain a foothold, but that is what is happening. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RCT), which has primary regulatory jurisdiction over oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, natural gas & hazardous liquid pipeline industry, natural gas utilities and [...]
ADB Approves Loan for CNG-Powered Bus Rapid Transit Project in PRC
December 15, 2009 – 8:52 am
China, Lanzhou
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US $150 million loan for Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to help set up a sustainable urban transport system that will reduce transport time and costs and cut harmful emissions of greenhouse gases. The centerpiece will be the establishment [...]
More Funding to Replace NG Drayage Trucks for California Ports
November 6, 2009 – 1:12 am
USA, California
With the State of California’s drayage trucking regulation not allowing any pre-1994 trucks or pre-2004 trucks not retrofitted with particulate matter (PM) traps to enter the ports after Jan. 1, 2010, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has decided to further incentivize replacement with natural gas trucks by provision of an additional $28.5 [...]
CEC Funds Diesel-to-NG Truck Engine Conversion Project
November 5, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Source: Truckinginfo.com
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded Colorado-based Sturman Industries a US $1 million grant from its Public Interest Energy Research Program, to convert a diesel truck engine to natural gas for power generation. The project is already underway. The conversion is to enable Sturman Digital Hydraulic air controls and demonstrate its efficient and practical [...]
Springfield USA Takes on NGVs
October 2, 2009 – 11:46 am
Source: News Leader
USA, Springfield MO
A grant of US $700,000, secured by Congressman Rep. Roy Blunt, will begin a new era of natural gas for transportation in Springfield, Missouri. The city of Springfield, Greene County and the Missouri Department of Transportation will share a new CNG fueling station that forms part of a $2.2 million project. None of these entities [...]
More Californian Ports Funding Enables Replacement of 483 Diesel Trucks with Natural Gas
September 17, 2009 – 6:06 pm
USA, Los Angeles
483 old diesel trucks currently serving the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are about to be replaced by new natural gas-fueled trucks, as part of a program funded by the South Coast Air Quality Management District of California (SCAQMD) on behalf of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the ports. The program [...]
Oklahoma Receives Funds for CNG Projects; More $$$ to Follow
September 15, 2009 – 9:38 am
Source: Tulsa World
USA, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State is to benefit from more than $18.6 million in stimulus funds awarded by the US Government this week to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Included in the expected outcomes, for which $11 million has been allocated, will be vehicle and bus conversions to CNG, provision of equipment for CNG refueling stations and [...]
Bolivia Reactivates CNG Conversion Program
August 16, 2009 – 12:58 am
Source: La Prensa
Bolivia, La Paz
The number of natural gas vehicles in Bolivia will get a major boost with the Government’s decision to commit almost 35 million Bolivianos (USD 0.5 million) for vehicle conversions. The program is intended to help reduce Bolivia’s importations of diesel and gasoline by reactivating the NGV conversion industry. Funds have been allocated from the Free [...]
New York State Embracing Alternative Fuels
July 7, 2009 – 12:21 am
USA, New York State
ARRA Funds Approved for State’s Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Other Programs
Long Island Localities Link to Natural Gas Refueling Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved New York State’s plan for federal stimulus funding through the State Energy Program (SEP) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), according to a Governor David A. Paterson [...]
