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EP-ACT's 2015 Project Essentials Workshop brought together partners from six of our ongoing grant projects to meet key players and keep projects on-track at the PECO Transit Center. Introductions were followed by presentations from representatives of all involved fueling station companies. This included Jack Stull of VNG.CO, John Hambrose of Waste Management, and Joe Pisano of Clean Energy, who each talked about their CNG Stations. Chris Cafarella from Sharp Energy discussed propane autogas. Finally, Heather Cowley, the Regional Energy Manager of Pennsylvania's Department of Energy, explained her role in managing the grant projects.
Attendees came prepared with project-specific questions, involving everything from permitting issues to extension requests. Over lunch, problems were resolved, success stories shared, and new connections formed.
More photos from the event can be found on our flickr page.
A growing trend is emerging. Companies are realizing the huge potential for fuel savings of high mileage fleets by switching from gasoline or diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG). Pennsylvania companies are trailblazing this cost-effective effort using state-of-the-art new transportation technology.
One such fleet, beverage distributor LT Verrastro located in Old Forge, PA, is purchasing thirty-five natural gas vehicles (NGVs) new to market. The CNG powered Peterbilt 337 trucks sporting a Cummins Westport engine have only been available since December, and the bi-fuel Nissan NV 1500 vans employ newly designed cylinders from Pennsylvania's CP Industries in an Alternative Fuel Solutions engine controlled by an intelligent Zavoli fuel injection system.
In addition, LT Verrastro is expanding CNG infrastructure. Air & Gas Technologies will complete building a limited public access fueling station in Old Forge, PA, with both time and fast fill capability, by summertime.
EP-ACT's 2015 State of the Coalition brought together stakeholders and potential stakeholders to educate them on our organization's accomplishments, current activities, and future plans. Attendees heard from EP-ACT's Chairman, Executive Director, and Program Coordinator. Guest speakers included David Althoff and Mark Smith, who provided outlook on alternative vehicle technologies from the PA Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Energy respectively.
Most importantly, attendees were given ample time to form vital networking connections, thus making the most use out of their membership. EP-ACT strives to bridge the gaps that can make alternative fuel projects daunting to undertake. The event achieved this by bringing together 60+ companies from across the transportation sector to meet and move forward with implementing alternative fuel projects, idea’s and furthering the mission of petroleum reduction within the transportation sector.
A copy of the presentation can be found here.
And for more photos from the event, visit our flickr page.
For the past 3 years, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has reserved $20 million for the purchase or conversion of vehicles to natural gas as part of the ACT 13 Program.
EP-ACT along with the DEP hosted a series of lunch and learn events to bring together fleet managers, municipalities, and business owners to learn about utilizing the state's vast resource of this domestically produced fuel.
Beginning in 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program has been involved in a number of projects planning for and installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The availability of charging infrastructure is an important factor for consumers thinking about buying electric vehicles and many would-be buyers say “range anxiety” is a big reason for not choosing emission-free vehicles.
The GPCCP has been working with partners in the region to make sure Southeastern Pennsylvania can support consumers who want to drive electric vehicles. In one project, we’re working with partners PECO, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, and the City of Philadelphia to plan for public charging stations and to streamline the installation process for private chargers.
In a separate project, we’re working with Parkway Corporation to install public charging stations in five parking garages in Center City Philadelphia. The Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program has supported and helped install a handful of public charging stations around Philadelphia. With our partners’ help, we can make our region a national leader in electric vehicle adoption!
More than 100 people attended the event. Following the presentations, attendees were invited to participate in our infamous “Only Smoke in the Air” networking barbeque and test drive electric vehicles from Smith Electric Vehicles and General Motors.
This workshop is a signature event of the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program. Check out more photos from the first workshop in 2010 on our Flickr account.
To celebrate Earth Day 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program and supporting-member AmeriGreen exhibited alternative fuel vehicles at Temple University’s Earth Fest, an annual festival showcasing all things green. With a Roush propane-powered pickup truck and a CNG van owned by Temple on display, we showed off AFV’s that are in-use and on the road right now.
The event brought thousands of people from southeastern Pennsylvania. Even though some of the younger kids couldn’t get interested by our clean-burning vehicles, AmeriGreen’s jars of biodiesel and soybeans got everyone’s attention. Check out the photos below!
After the soup-to-nuts presentations that covered everything from how propane is produced to what cars and trucks already run on propane, the attendees got a chance to test drive some propane vehicles, including our favorite: the country’s first propane-powered Dodge Charger. Check out more photos from this event on our Flickr page.
With funding from the PA Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program helped build a corridor of E-85 fueling stations along I-76 from State College to Philadelphia. The corridor consists of 19 refueling stations in SHEETZ, Worley & Obetz, and Dileo’s locations. Each station sells domestically-produced E-85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, supplied by our stakeholders AmeriGreen and Shipley Energy. Since construction, over 1 million gallons of E-85 have been sold along the corridor.
If you drive a flex-fuel vehicle that can use E-85, you can use the AFDC Alternative Fuel Station Locator to find an E-85 station along our corridor.
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