EQT Foundation, set up by US energy company EQT Corporation in 2003 to support the environment and encourage the development of safe, healthy, diverse, livable communities, has awarded more than USD 900,000 in grants to five Pittsburgh area non-profit organizations to support community programming and promote the use of Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs). Print PDF
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EQT Promotes NGVs Via Grants to Non-Profit Organisations
February 1, 2012 – 4:05 pm
USA, Pittsburgh PA
Grants Available to Develop Natural Gas Fueling Network in Texas
January 18, 2012 – 6:48 pm
USA, Houston TX
Grant applications accepted until April 16, 2012, 5:00 p.m. CST The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has made up to $4.5 million in grants available to eligible individuals, businesses, and governmental entities to support the development of a network of natural gas vehicle fueling stations to serve as a foundation for a self-sustaining market [...]
Another Busy Natural Gas Vehicle Week in the USA
January 9, 2012 – 4:02 am
USA
The USA continues it impetus toward claiming natural gas as a primary fuel with several more steps taken over the past week. Here is a small selection: Two more compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations are coming to Arkansas. In Colorado, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority is pushing ahead with plans to buy up to [...]
Trinidad and Tobago NGV Development Aided by IDB
November 23, 2011 – 12:54 pm
Trinidad and Tobago
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has successfully applied to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for a USD 60 million loan to help the Caribbean nation implement a more efficient, sustainable and clean energy matrix. While its application will be spread across the whole energy matrix, part of the funds will be applied to a series [...]
FTA Grants Approved for 10 Natural Gas Fuel Projects in US
November 22, 2011 – 4:33 am
USA, Washington
In the US, funding has been approved by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for 46 innovative transit projects, chosen for their capacity to help cut the nation’s dependence on oil and create a marketplace for 21st century ‘green’ jobs. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) support has been made available through the Clean Fuels Grant Program and the Transit [...]
Clean Cities Reaches Out Via Internet Radio on Alternative Fuels
November 10, 2011 – 2:30 pm
USA
Antelope Valley (California) Clean Cities program is reaching out beyond city limits with the message on alternative fuels, launching an internet based radio show dedicated to ending oil addiction. Program coordinator Curtis Martin says the content of the one hour weekly show is aimed at national and even international audiences. “Oil addiction is a global [...]
British Columbia Incentivises Clean Vehicle Uptake
November 9, 2011 – 9:18 am
Canada, Vancouver BC
The government of British Columbia recently created a business development plan for the province, aimed at attracting international investment and building employment opportunities for its people. The plan, ‘Canada Starts Here: The BC Jobs Plan’ includes a commitment to promote and support the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel, for both liquefied natural [...]
CNG Fueling Stations Get Green Light in Georgia
November 1, 2011 – 9:23 am
USA, Atlanta GA
In the US State of Georgia the Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved investments of $11.57 million in compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure for up to 10 stations that could be constructed over the next five years, based on the size of each station. The new CNG stations may be located throughout metro Atlanta [...]
Natural Gas Vehicle Projects in Pennsylvania Receive Grants
October 26, 2011 – 4:15 pm
USA, Harrisburg PA
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will award more than $4.4 million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to 12 projects across the state, including 8 that focus on natural gas vehicles (NGV) and NGV infrastructure. “These projects are terrific for the state’s economy and the environment,” DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. “We have an available, [...]
LA Metro Wins Grant for New CNG Buses
October 19, 2011 – 8:36 am
USA, Los Angeles CA
LA Metro has been awarded a $25 million grant from the US Federal Transit Administration for the purchase of new compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. In January this year Metro retired its last diesel bus, with the vast majority of Metro buses now powered by cleaner, more economical CNG. (This article compiled using information from LA Metro) [...]
Pittsburgh Receives Funding for CNG Refuse Trucks
October 13, 2011 – 3:23 pm
USA, Harrisburg PA
Grant money from Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, or PEDA, will allow the City of Pittsburgh to pair with EQT Corporation for the replacement of four diesel-powered waste trucks with trucks powered by natural gas. Two of the trucks will be purchased with grant funds; the other two will be purchased by the partnership between Pittsburgh and [...]
CEC 2011-12 Investment Program Includes Funding for NGV Projects
September 10, 2011 – 7:08 pm
USA, Sacramento CA
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. The latest Investment Plan for CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program prioritizes $100 million in state funds to leverage funding and investments [...]
Drive Projects Will Demonstrate Efficiency of Heavy Duty Natural Gas Engines
August 18, 2011 – 2:39 pm
USA
Two heavy duty natural gas vehicle technology projects are included in the array of proposals approved for funding by “Drive”, California’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The first seeks to demonstrate the efficiency of a natural gas engine for demanding applications, while the second will demonstrate a hybrid-electric drive system that uses [...]
California Promotes Alternative Fuels with DRIVE
July 23, 2011 – 3:35 pm
USA, California
The California Energy Commission, the US state’s primary energy policy and planning agency, has launched a new website – Drive – to provide up-to-date information on a wide range of projects under its Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. The information includes natural gas and biomethane sections of interest to policy directors, fleet managers [...]
US Federal Grant Enables DTE Energy Fleet Conversion to Natural Gas
July 17, 2011 – 2:07 pm
USA, Detroit MI
DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company, has received a USD 5.4 million federal grant through Clean Energy Coalition to fund the conversion of more than 170 gasoline-powered fleet vehicles to run on compressed natural gas (CNG). The grant, which was awarded to Clean Energy Coalition’s Green Fleets program by the U.S. Department of Energy under the [...]
