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2 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com editors’ letter
Thanksgiving...one of my favorite times of the year. Not so much because of the food (which I dearly love) but due to the reminder to be thankful for what you have. And I have plenty! While the date has passed for you the reader, I find myself writing this editor’s letter at this time.
My thanks have to start for me with son Conner. Six years old and not quite pugnacious, but feisty. He’s smart and has learned (through certainly my share of elbow grease) his manners, which he uses frequently. Helps out around the house, with some cajoling, and loves to get outside and get exercise, which helps me because I don’t get out enough! And he loves a good challenge, like the ropes course at Dollywood (pictures at right) where he expanded his horizons with a third story climb that I was even shocked he elected to take. Our family life isn’t always easy but we are blessed none the less... and we all know it, we just don’t always remember - thus the date is great.
Then there’s the job. Granted, I’d probably be happy having any of wide variety of careers, but this one is splendid. Getting to meet a wide variety of community citizens, developing cleaner transportation-based projects, building opportunities to reduce oil consumption... all in a day’s work. To say I stay busy doesn’t cut the pumpkin pie, but when you have a chance to help your community and your country at the same time, who wouldn’t like it? I guess you have to be a people person, and I like meeting folks and getting out of the office, so it fits me well. And I have encountered a plethora of great people in THE FIX EDITORS and around East Tennessee that have become acquaintances, friends and working partners, and for all of them I am very grateful. Jonathan G. Overly East Tennessee Clean Fuels Lat but not least, there’s this small (ahem) undertaking. Hard to believe we Coalition are on our 8th edition and into our 3rd year working on this! Each edition we [email protected] seem to grow in our reach and connections, but we have a long way to go to get more southeasterners engaging the wonderful coordinators we have here Chelsea Jenkins to find ways to collaborate to get alt fuels in use, or advanced technologies that Virginia Clean Cities help us reduce oil consumption. That brings me to the team of coordinators [email protected] that fill these pages with stories each issue. What a crew! I am thankful for their abilities, passion, time and collaborations that have helped us develop as a THE FIX MASTER BUILDER team. They are part of the many things I am thankful for. Design & Mangement Intern - Jonathan Julie Weitzel
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Florida Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition Updates
Lynx Completes Automated Biodiesel Fueling Facility
Advancing biodiesel use in Mass Transit in Florida is being done in a very modern way at Lynx. Lynx, a central Florida transit authority, received a grant from the Florida Governors Energy Office to design and construct the first automated computer controlled biodiesel blending station for a transit agency. The 800,000 dollar grant reconstructed their diesel fueling station into a variable biodiesel blending fueling station for their busses and maintenance vehicles. Don Wood construction had designed a accuload controller to do the blending of biodiesel and ultra low suffer diesel that is supplied to a holding tank and then to a fueling pump dispenser or a load valve for tanker trucks. It is as simple a turning a dial to the blend wanted and the fuel in blended to exactly that percent checked my it own calibration system. Three times a week a 7,000 gallon tanker truck delivers fuel to 30,000 gallon storage tanks for on the spot blending into the 5,000 blended holding tank. At the volume of fuel used, Lynx is saving money doing their own blending on site.
Florida Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition Celebrates its 11 Anniversary with Cake
Charlie Sander, an instructor with Traviss Technical college and a member of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, cuts the cake as one of the coalition’s original stakeholders. The October 15 celebration climaxes the AFV Odyssey Day workshop on Biodiesel at Lynx Transit’s new automated biodiesel blend fueling station as a first among Transit agencies. This 11 years old coalition still can come up with new innovations.
Solar Electric Vehicle Chargers are EV Ready
The EV Ready program in Orange County and the City of Orlando are exciting the interest of many companies in the area in how be become part of the program. Along with this effort, OUC has built a solar electric photovoltaic charging station with new utility interactive Nova EV Chargers that can be controlled by the EV driver. This excitement is reaching other companies. One such company is Wattnext that is designing and constructing photovoltaic charging station for electric and hybrid vehicles. Their first utility grid connect photovoltaic charging station was built in Eustis, as a hobby for a team of retired engineers. Now they have started Wattnext and have designed photovoltaic charging station of several sizes as the company grows. 8 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com andrew epting palmetto state
408 wade hampton building, columbia, SC 29201 [email protected] - 803-737-4082 www.palmettocleanfuels.org
Odyssey Week 2010: Alternative Fuels Seminar in Greenville, SC
The Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition’s Odyssey Week 2010: Alternative Fuels Seminar hosted its finale on October 15th at Clemson University’s Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Center in Greenville, South Carolina. The seminar focused exclusively on educating the business community, community leaders, and the general public about the business case of certain alternative fuels that are available, or soon to be available to consumers. “In speaking with the general public about alternative fuel vehicles, the statement ‘it’ll be ready in 10 or 20 years’ always comes up and I wanted to design Odyssey Week to hopefully de-bunk that saying” said Andrew Epting of the Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition. Many different alternative fuel vehicle technologies were represented at the Greenville event. Hydrogen and fuel cell, propane, electric, compressed natural gas, and truck stop electrification industry experts were on hand to speak about their respective technologies with the business case as the primary focus.
Two important announcements came out of Greenville’s Odyssey Week. Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation’s (FCCC) President Bob Harbin was on hand to unveil the truck manufacturer’s latest milestone in sustainability, the all electric Walk-In Van (WIV). “FCCC was honored to present our groundbreaking all-electric chassis at the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s highly regarded Odyssey Day Alternative Fuels Seminar,” Harbin said. “At FCCC, we are committed to manufacturing sustainable products that help reduce harmful emissions and promote environmental responsibility.” The all electric WIV will use the same lithium batteries found in the Tesla roadster.
Secondly, Senator Alexander of Oconee represented the Governor of South Carolina in proclaiming that October 2010 is Energy Awareness Month. “Educating the business community, community leaders and the citizens of South Carolina about available alternative fuel vehicles is the best way to clean our state’s air, put our neighbors back to work, and keep the money we spend on energy here in the state where it belongs” said Sen. Alexander.
Afterwards, what turned out to be a normal Ride n’ Drive went terribly wrong for this Odyssey Week attendee. The Tesla roadster has the same acceleration as the new Top: Debut of FCCC’s All Electric Walk In Van Middle: Book ‘em Officer Whaley! Porsche Panamera at 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 3.7 Bottom: Sen. Alexander speaks about the benefits of seconds. Unfortunately, the Telsa Roadster’s power could alternative fuel vehicles at the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. not be out matched by a propane powered police cruiser. Graduate Engineering Center in Greenville, SC.
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 9 melissa howell kentucky
po box 5174, lexington ky 40255 [email protected] - 502-452-9152 www.kentuckycleanfuels.org
Leadership Development in Kentucky
The Bingham Fellows is the leadership-in-action arm of the Leadership Louisville Center. For over 20 years, the program has provided experienced leaders with the opportunity to develop solutions for the community’s most pressing problems.
The 2010 class included a diverse group of leaders committed to ‘moving the green needle’ on sustainability in Louisville. Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition Executive Director Melissa Howell joined architects, academic leaders from University of Louisville and Bellarmine University, a public works engineer, corporate responsibility professionals, developers, ‘green’ nonprofit representatives, attorneys, civic activists and directors of the Louisville Zoo, Bernheim Forest and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
They wanted to develop a project or a group of projects to leverage the city’s strengths, inspire grassroots change, create lasting leadership for sustainability and push the envelope on some of our greatest environmental challenges.
Bingham Fellows Deliverable - BUILD A PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
Louisville-based nonprofits, government agencies and businesses of all sizes are invited to be part of a broad, collaborative public/private partnership for a more environmentally responsible community. The partnership is designed to set green priorities for Louisville, develop a sustainability plan for implementation, unite organizations and individuals committed to greening Louisville and engage citizens in sustainability.
Howell utilized training funds from the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Program and the KCFC to take part in the nine - month leadership course. www.leadershiplouisville.org
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Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 11 American Ethanol – A Better Option than Oil Submitted by Burl Haigwood, Clean Fuels Development Coalition & Jonathan Overly, East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
Ethanol: Is that good news? you are driving a flex fuel vehicle (FFV), you can run any blend of Yes, it is! I am sure you have heard plenty of comments about ethanol in that vehicle from 0% to 85%. That means you now have ethanol, much of which was likely either inaccurate or decades old a choice for the fuels you can put in your car; you are not a slave to information about this fuel. Are you ready for some good news? oil anymore with no chance to make a decision for yourself or your The positive economic, environmental, and energy/national security country. If given the opportunity, most Americans would choose benefits of producing and using ethanol were recently validated by fuels that makes us less dependent on oil, have a low carbon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the release of footprint, are renewable and domestically produced, and increase its RFS2 regulations on February 3, 2010. If the nation continues to competition in the marketplace – all because these are good for meet the renewable fuel requirements of the RFS, consumers will America! Ethanol in FFVs meets those criteria, to your benefit. The reap the many benefits outlined below. dramatic awareness of the public that we see from changing light RFS Economic Security Impact Analysis bulbs and buying green should translate to buying alternative fuel • The net economic benefit of the RFS in 2022 will be $13-$26 vehicles and fuels. If you are like the majority of other consumers, billion (B). you would likely support programs that create new green jobs, • Capital investment into renewable fuel production is estimated stimulate the economy, save rural America, support the American at $100+ B. farmer that produces your food, produce more food for less money, • Rural development and net farm income will increase by 36%, protect the environment, reduce greenhouse gases, and enhance or $13B per year. national security. Consumers putting higher blends of ethanol in • The nation’s imported oil bill will be reduced by $34B annually, their FFVs are helping reach all of those goals. and our oil demand by 36 billion gallons annually in 2022. But what about my fuel economy, purchase price, and that • Consumers will save 4.1 cents per gallon on all gasoline and whole life-cycle energy issue that it takes more energy to make 1.8 cents for diesel. These annual savings amount to $5.9B for ethanol than you get out? gasoline, $1.3B for diesel, for a total savings to consumers of Misinformation is abundant in the U.S. about ethanol, especially $7.2B per year. Depending on the mix of diesel to ethanol, the on these critical points. First off you must clarify that petroleum range could go up to a total of $11.8B in total fuel cost savings. is a great resource because of its energy density and ease of Fuel savings were based on baseline assumption that oil would processing. However, it is still a finite resource and as you know, we cost $88 per barrel in 2022. give countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Venezuela millions of RFS Environmental Security Impact Analysis dollars every day because of our addiction to oil. And with experts • Greenhouse gases will be reduced by 138 million tons per year predicting that the world oil peak will occur sometime between now or the emission reduction equivalent of removing 27 million and in the 2030’s, we don’t have time to waste in making a transition vehicles from the nation’s highways. to other, American resources. Every American consumer needs to • Carbon monoxide will be lower due to lower exhaust emissions. understand the simple facts about ethanol to understand how they • Carcinogens (e.g., benzene down 2.5%) and other air toxics impact your wallet. Almost all alternative fuels have less energy will be reduced due to the displacing of gasoline with ethanol/ density than gasoline, and this includes ethanol. However, for E85, biofuels. simply ensuring that your cost of E85 is around 20 percent less RFS Energy Security Impact Analysis than what you’d pay for gasoline makes it the same dollars per • The U.S. imports 66% of its oil needs and 70% of its mile for your wallet. That’s one of the keys that Americans need to transportation fuels. The RFS will save $2.6B annually in understand. That percent will vary with vehicles and driving styles, energy security related costs by 2022. but it is a good overall average. Additionally, today’s corn-based Is this credible information, and has it been validated? ethanol produced 1.4 units of energy for every unit of fossil energy “The renewable fuel standard (RFS) and the recent RFS2 rulemaking that goes into making it, and that includes the production and were extensively peer reviewed and represent the most commented use of fertilizer. Comparatively—and this is something that most on regulation during my 30 years at the U.S. Environmental Americans don’t know—gasoline and diesel return roughly 0.85 Protection Agency. The release of the RFS2 regulations represents units of energy for every one unit of fossil energy that is consumed hundreds of thousands of hours of research, analysis, and input in the extraction, production and transportation process. That’s from government, industry, academia and the public. The results of right: gas and diesel are less than 1:1, not ethanol. What’s more, the research and the RFS2 Regulatory Impact Analysis quantifies the cellulosic ethanol feedstocks and production facilities that we the economic, environmental, and energy/national security benefits are building in the U.S. could produce 3-8 units of energy for every of the use of biofuels to meet the federal RFS.” Margo T. Oge, one unit of fossil energy that is put into their upstream life cycle. Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality Office of Air and Why don’t FFV owners know they have an FFV? Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, speaking at the It is very likely nobody told them. You can blame that on the chicken Governors Biofuels Coalition in Washington DC on February 23, and the egg. Automakers started ramping up FFV production for 2010. public purchase in the late 1990’s in response to national legislation What’s in it for you? to encourage the production of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). In addition to all the benefits listed above, one of the emerging That legislation ended a two-decade debate between industry and benefits of alternative fuels is giving you, the consumer, a choice. If government over whether AFVs (i.e., the chicken) or alternative
12 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com fuels (i.e., the egg) should reach the market first. It became • There are over one hundred next generation cellulosic ethanol obvious that retail gasoline stations were not going to buy and plants operating or projects on the drawing boards that will turn store alternative fuels in hopes consumers would one day buy the trash, agricultural waste, forest residues and specialty energy vehicles. It was therefore decided to have the AFVs come first. crops into ethanol. There are now 8 million FFV “chickens” on the road ready to hatch So what is the bad news? the golden economic “eggs” being spawned by a fast growing U.S. Government and industry leaders agreed that the location, biofuels industry. And an FFV does not cost the consumer anymore ownership, supply, demand, price volatility, and societal than a non-ethanol-capable vehicle. consequences from relying on oil for transportation were reason to Where is the Fuel? change the national fuel standard. When automakers first started making FFVs there were no stations Ethanol is not a panacea. Ethanol has higher octane to give your carrying E85 and 10 percent ethanol blends (E10) were in only one vehicle more power but it has lower energy content. The lower quarter of the nation’s gasoline. Today, E10 is in nearly 90% of the energy content will give drivers fewer miles per gallon depending nation’s gasoline and there are over 2,200 retail stations carrying on the percentage of the ethanol blend chosen (as briefly discussed higher blends of ethanol like E85. The trend is continuing to evolve above). However, there are multiple reports of consumers using as gasoline retailers continue to install E85 pumps and are now E20 and E30 in their FFVs with a less linear mileage loss penalty; also installing gasoline “blender pumps” that offer multiple choices that is, it appears that E30 can be something of a “sweet spot” of higher blends of ethanol. These new pumps are similar to the where fuel economy is reduced the least. But, an important upside old Sunoco “dial-an-octane-level” pumps in the late 1970’s. Blender is that with more pumps offering a variety of blends, you can now pumps let consumers choose a wider range of ethanol blends from choose where you want to place your buying power – at home, or E20, to E30, all the way to E85. send it overseas. So the vehicles and the fuel are here, with more coming all the time. The nation needs more E85 and blender pumps selling higher Half of all the light-duty vehicles that GM, Ford and Chrysler produce blends and more FFVs on our roads. But we first have to use will be FFVs in 2012, meaning you will have more vehicles choices what is available in order to send a clear signal to Washington, that will be FFVs. The RFS has changed standard for gasoline and automakers, and oil companies that these are products you want. the oil industry and automakers are helping in this transition. With our transportation system over 90 percent reliant on petroleum Who is going to help? to keep you and our economy rolling—and over 60% of that comes For the first time in 100 years, consumers are finally beginning from imports—we can’t wait for a silver bullet or the perfect fuel, to have a choice to buy an AFV at no extra cost that can run on because it doesn’t exist today, and won’t exist in the next 20 years. either gasoline or domestically produce biofuels, and purchase We have countless choices of products in many other sectors of our those biofuels at a price comparative to gasoline. Regardless of lives. Why not more fuel and vehicle choices? I hope the check my where the blame was assigned in the past, consumers are now engine light has come on in your mind. Do you or your friends and responsible for their future. If consumers respond to these choices family own an FFV? For more information on ethanol and FFVs go today, they will have even more alternative fuel and vehicle choices to www.ethanolacrossamerica.net. in the future. But for now, one of the most abundant options in Do You Own a FlexFuel Vehicle (FFV)? showrooms and at the local gasoline station is the FFV running on If you do not know, you are not alone. There are 8 million FFVs higher blends of ethanol. on the road in the United States today. This year over two million Will ethanol work? more FFVs will be produced by Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors, • Cars have been running on ethanol for more than 30 years. Mazda, Mercedes Benz, and Nissan. However, about 90% of FFV • E10 is already in nearly 90% of the nation’s gasoline and is owners don’t know they are driving these vehicles that can use being used in all cars. any combination of gasoline and ethanol up to 85% ethanol (E85). • The U.S. produces more ethanol than it imports oil from Iraq An equally disappointing amount of consumers don’t know they or Venezuela. could buy one today. The most up-to-date list of FFVs is on the • Chrysler, Ford and General Motors have been making FFVs for Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) Website: http://www.afdc. nearly 20 years. energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/search/light/autos. Fully warranted, with • Today, thousands of consumers are buying E20, E30, E50, or no additional cost, FFVs are like conventional vehicles in every way. E85 for their FFVs at 2,200 stations across the United States, Additionally, the AFDC is an information portal much like the U.S. and the number of stations is growing daily. DOE Clean Cities Program is a resource for personally connecting • The world’s largest oil user is the Department of Defense with others in your community that are making the step to learning (DOD). The volume of ethanol being produced in the U.S. is more about alternative fuels, and using them. Read more about the about to surpass DOD’s oil use. Interestingly enough, the DOD 90 programs that are helping fleets and individuals make the switch is the federal agency that is making the most noise about the to more American fuels here: http://www.cleancities.energy.gov. importance that America make this very important transition, American drivers need to know they literally hold the key to improving and is working to make sure this comes to fruition in their own the nation’s economic, environmental, and national security future vehicles! via their vehicle and refueling choices. • Improvements in technology, coupled with the new demand for ethanol, has provided farmers with the ability to produce more food and animal feed, export more food and animal feed, and still have 1.9 billion bushels of corn remaining to be carry over into the next year. Without that market demand farms would be sold and food supplies would decrease.
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 13 Is your car E85 friendly? Below is a complete listing of recent Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs). Used FFVs can be purchased dating back to the late ‘90s.
Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Chrysler 300 3.6L x Chrysler Aspen 4.7L x x x Chrysler Sebring (and Concer=ble) 3.6L x x x Chrysler Sebring Conver=ble 2.7L x x Chrysler Sebring Sedan 2.7L x x x x Crysler Town & Country 3.6L x Crysler Town & Country 3.3L x x x Dodge Avenger 2.7L x x x Dodge Avenger 3.6L x Dodge Charger 3.6L x Dodge Caravan 3.3L x Dodge Caravan Cargo 3.3L x Dodge Dakota 4.7L x x x x x Dodge Durango 4.7L x x x Dodge Durango 3.6L x Dodge Grand Caravan 3.3L x x x x Dodge Grand Caravan 3.6L x Dodge Journey 3.6L x Dodge Ram 1500 4.7L x x x x x Jeef Grand Cheokee 4.7L x x x Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6L Jeep Commander 4.7L x x x
Ford/Lincoln/Mercury FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Ford Crown Victoria (excluding taxi/police units) 4.6Lx Ford E-‐Series Commercial Van/ Wagon/Cutaway 4.6Lx Ford E-‐Series Commercial Van/ Wagon/Cutaway 5.4Lx Ford Escape 3.0L x x Ford Expedi=on/Expedi=on EL 5.4L x x x Ford F-‐150 5.4L x x x x Ford F-‐150 3.75L x Ford F-‐150 5.0L x Ford Fusion 3.0L x x Lincoln Navigator/ Navigator L 5.4L x x x Lincoln Town Car 4.6L x x x x Mercury Grand Marquis 4.6L x x x x x Mercury Mariner 3.0L x x Mercury Milan 3.0L x x
14 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com General Motors FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV&EXT 6.2L x x x Buick Lucerne 3.9L x x x Chevrolet Avalance 5.3L x x x x x Chevrolet Express 5.3L x x x x x Chevrolet HHR 2.2L x x x Chevrolet HHR 2.4L x x x Chevrolet Impala 3.5L x x x x x Chevrolet Impala 3.9L x x x x Chevrolet Impala (Police package) 3.5L x x x Chevrolet Silverado half-‐ton pickup 2WD & 4WD5.3Lx Chevrolet Silverado half-‐ton pickup 2WD & 4WD6.2Lx Chevrolet Suburban 5.3L x x x x x Chevrolet Tahoe 6.2L x x Chevrolet Tahoe 5.3L x x x x x Chevrolet Tahoe (Police package) 5.3L x x x x GMC Savana 6.0L x x x x x GMC Sierra half-‐ton pickup 2WD & 4WD 5.3L x x x x x GMC Sierra Denali 2WD 6.2L x GMC Yukon 5.3L x x x x x GMC Yukon Denali 6.2L x x x GMC Yukon XL 5.3L x x x x x GMC Yukon XL Denali 6.2L x Hummer H2 6.2L x
Mercedes FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 C300 Luxury & Sport 3.0L x x x x
Nissan FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Armada 5.6L x x x x x Titan 5.6L x x x x x
Toyota FFVs Engine 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Sequoia SR5 5.7L x x x Sequoia Limited 5.7L x x x Sequoia PlaYnum 5.7L x x x Tundra Regular Cab Tundra Grade 5.7L x x x Tundra Regular Cab Tundra Grade Long Bed 5.7L x x x Tundra CrewMax Limited 5.7L x x x Tundra CrewMax SR5 5.7L x x Tundra CrewMax Limited 5.7L x x Tundra Double Cab Limited 5.7L x x Tundra Double Cab Tundra Grade Long Bed 5.7L x x Tundra Double Cab SR5 Long Bed 5.7L x x
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 15 angelica rawls mississippi
P.O. Box 849 · Jackson, MS 39205 [email protected] - 601-359-6653
First Odyssey Day on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Clean Fuels Coalition participated in its first Odyssey Day on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We were excited to be joined by local Senator Billy Hewes of the Mississippi Legislature and Scott Davis of the Environmental Protection Agency. The event held Friday, October 15, began with presentations from Mississippi environmental quality representatives to share with the audience how they are staying on top of air quality issues as well as available diesel emission grants. Also representatives of Clean Energy, Mississippi State University (MSU), and Blossman Gas presented the advantages and availability of alternative fuels. Following the presentations, attendees enjoyed lunch and were able to experience vehicles first hand during ride and drive display.
Attendees had an opportunity to see natural gas, electric, flex fuel, propane and hybrid vehicles. Also on display was an electric shuttle, the MSU Eco-Car, a high school built solar car, and an auxiliary power unit in an 18 wheeler cab. Vehicles were provided by the Coast Transit Authority, Mississippi Power, CenterPoint Energy, Blossman Gas, Lefleur Transportation, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi Development Authority, and Mississippi State University. In addition to the on road vehicles, Biloxi High School displayed its Indian Solar Racer and DuFour Petroleum displayed its BAC provided by the DERA grant in partnership with MSU.
Mississippi still looks forward to increasing the number of alternative fuel vehicles driven in the state and anticipates upcoming propane projects in 3 Mississippi towns.
Top: Cheryl Mitchell with CenterPoint Energy takes the Biloxi High School Indian Racer, solar car, for a spin. Middle: MSU students look over the all -electric Tesla along with Frank Magee of Mississippi Power. Bottom: Reagan Noll of Clean Energy gives a natural gas presentation.
16 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com emily parker/jason wager north carolina - centralina
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Mooresville-based Li-ion Motors Leads the Charge on Future of Electric Vehicles Following Historic X PRIZE Competition Win
Mooresville has long been in the spotlight for its reputation car, in the coming weeks. The sexy, high-powered super as Race City, USA, but in the heart of the area known car has a targeted delivery date of mid-2011 and a price as “Gasoline Alley” is a decidedly different kind of auto of $139,000. Li-ion is currently taking advanced orders shop; one that bucks the notion of gasoline completely. for both vehicles. “We’re so excited to introduce the world Homegrown Li-ion Motors is leading the charge in the to the INIZIO,” Cerven said. “This is the first all-American research and development of long-range all electric made, all-electric, super car. It’s sexy, fast, and emission vehicles using lithium-ion battery technology. free. We’re confident the INZIO is going to change what Based in Mooresville for the last five years, Li-ion has consumers can come to expect from electric cars.” quietly been making long strides in the business of But in the media frenzy and aftermath of the X PRIZE electric cars, converting regular gas-powered vehicles to competition, and in the days leading up to the unveiling of electric cars using their patent-pending lithium-ion battery the INIZIO, Cerven says the historic win is still sinking in. technology. In September though, Li-ion Motors was thrust “It’s taken us years of work to get to this point. It may take into the spotlight when the company was awarded top prize, just as long for us to realize the full impact.” along with $2.5 million, in an international competition for fuel-efficient vehicles. Li-ion hopes the prize will bring in development money from private investors, partnerships or the government. Up to The Progressive Automotive X PRIZE competition, 600 jobs could be created when the cars go into production sponsored by Progressive Automotive Insurance, awarded next year, Cerven said, bringing new business to local $10 million, in three classes, for production-capable machine shops and parts suppliers. For more information vehicles that could achieve the energy equivalent of 100 on Li-ion Motors visit www.Li-ionMotors.com. miles per gallon. Li-ion took first place with its lime green “Wave II” lithium-ion battery powered car in the Alternative Side-by-Side class, after it achieved an impressive equivalency of 187 miles per gallon. “We really believe that lithium-ion based vehicles are the way of the future,” said Ron Cerven, Li-ion Motors’ Product Development Engineer. “The lithium-ion technology and battery management system we’ve developed are easy to maintain, long lasting, and allow drivers the complete freedom of being emission-free, and the X PRIZE recognized this.”
The year-long automotive competition began with 111 teams from 15 countries. Vehicles were tested on acceleration, braking, emissions and refueling/recharging times. The field narrowed during a performance stage followed by a speed competition among finalists. The leading vehicles went through lab tests before winners were announced, in Washington, D.C. where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other notables presented the awards Up until now, Lion Motors’ bread and butter has been converting gas-powered vehicles to electric drives, but the process of developing its own products has been going on for the past several years. It spent two years on the Wave, which they hope to begin delivering to consumers in late Top: Wave on track 2011 for a target price of $39,000. Li-ion is also about to Bottom: New Wave on display unveil the highly-anticipated “INIZIO”, an all-electric super
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 17 Partner Focus
25x’25 Alliance Helps Lead the Way to a Clean Energy Future
Having grown from a roomful of advocates in 2004 to include nearly 1,000 partner organizations from across the nation today, the 25x’25 Alliance aims to maximize the role agriculture and forestry can play in a clean energy future. The 25x’25 Vision calls on America’s farms, ranches and forestlands to meet 25 percent of our nation’s energy needs with renewable resources – biofuels, biomass, solar power, wind energy, geothermal energy and hydropower – by 2025.
The 25x’25 Vision has received the endorsement of 25 acting governors and eight former governors, 15 state legislatures and a multitude of local cities, towns and other jurisdictions. A key achievement in the growth of the movement towards a clean energy future was the congressional adoption of the 25x’25 Vision as part of the wide-ranging Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
Led by a volunteer steering committee, 25x’25 numbers among its hundreds of endorsing partners agricultural, forestry, environment, energy, business, labor, civic, government and educational organizations.
Through various communications vehicles, including the 25x’25 REsource, a blog site, and the 25x’25 Weekly REsource, an e-newsletter, the Alliance facilitates Read Smith, co-chairman of the National 25x’25 Steering discussion among stakeholders and encourages partner Committee. organizations to make their needs and visions known to policy makers at the local, state, regional and national “I can proudly say that a grassroots movement that started levels. For example, the Alliance has urged congressional with a handful of committed people in 2004 has facilitated lawmakers to adopt those policies and financial incentives the discussion and provided the education to policy makers that maximize the use of biomass in the Southeastern who shape the laws and rules that define the energy United States in powering the region’s electrical grid and landscape,” Smith said. “Policy, research and technological fueling our automobiles and equipment. initiatives promoted by the 25x’25 Alliance serve our nation by boosting our economy, enhancing our national security Since the inception of 25x’25 six years ago, renewable and improving our environment.” energy produced in the United States between 2004 and 2009 grew by about 23 percent, according to a report Fellow Steering Committee co-chairman Bill Richards says recently issued by the leaders of the 25x’25 Alliance. that “while adding new revenues to rural communities, Meeting the 25x’25 Goal: A Progress Report is a 32-page reducing our dependence on foreign oil from unstable analysis that details the advances made by the renewable regimes and reducing emissions and other forms of energy sector since the Alliance was formed in 2004 toward pollution from conventional energy sources, the 25x’25 meeting 25 percent of the nation’s energy needs with Vision also creates new opportunities for farmers, ranchers renewable resources from the land by 2025. and foresters.”
The report emphasizes that while much has been For more information about the 25x’25 Initiative and to accomplished, the need to make the transition to a new download a copy of Meeting the 25x’25 Goal: A Progress energy future is even more vital now than it was when the Report, please visit our website at www.25x25.org. For vision was adopted in 2004. “We will continue to forge a questions regarding 25x’25 activities in the Southeastern path to a cleaner, more secure and economically viable new Region of the U.S., please contact Brent Bailey at energy future – one defined by ever-increasing amounts of [email protected]. domestically produced, renewable forms of energy,” says
18 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com mark bentley alabama
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Free Alternative Fuels & Vehicles Tech Training
Lawson State Community College offers Alabama’s first tuition paid program to educate both existing and entry level technicians to work in fleets, shops and independent garages.
The new compressed natural gas vehicle fueling station and program trains entry level and existing automotive technicians in the field of alternative fuels as it relates to CNG, hybrid electric, electric, propane and ethanol.
“Our involvement with the alternative fuels program is a part of the college’s initiative to go green as well as reduce the dependency on foreign oil,” said Tommy Hobbs, business and industry liaison for Lawson State. “We are one of only 50 National Alternative Fuel Training Consortium (NAFTC) centers and the only one in Alabama for training technicians to work on alternative fuel vehicles. Also, it is our understanding that Lawson State is the only community college in the Southeast to have its own compressed natural gas fueling station.”
A compressed natural gas grant provided funding for an on-site fueling station for training vehicles and also allowed the college to purchase light duty vehicle conversion kits to be used for training current and future CNG automobile technicians. Current staff members have been able to pursue advanced CNG training for certification through the CNG grant.
“We need to start looking at alternative fuels and ways we can move it in to our daily lives. We want to make the community aware that it is available and of its benefits,” Hobbs said. It’s much safer than petroleum. CNG does not puddle on the ground, but dissipates into the air.”
A tour of the facility, located adjacent to the Milsaps Industrial Training Center on the Bessemer campus, and a fueling demonstration on a Chevy Silverado 2500 HD truck and Honda Civic followed the major announcement. The truck was bi-fuel, able to run on natural gas or gasoline, and the car was 100% CNG-dedicated.
Lawson State through its Corporate Services Division and the Alabama Center for Automotive Excellence has partnerships with General Motors, Ford, and Toyota. The faculty has participated in a number of alternative fuels training sessions offered locally and at West Virginia University through the College’s partnership in the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC).
“As alternative fuels flourish, automotive technicians will be needed to equip and maintain the fleets of tomorrow. We applaud Lawson State for its commitment to becoming a leader in alternative fuels workforce education,” said Mark Bentley, executive director of the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition.
For free brochure and info on courses contact Tom Berryman at tberryman@ lawsonstate.edu or by phone at (205) 929-3483 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 19 Sexy Beasts Yes, most of these EVs are out of your reach. If you happen to own one, um, please call me so I can do a “personal inspection.”
Handpicked for your viewing pleasure, here are 4 supercars, or [[ In related news, from Wikipedia... “Fisker Automotive has chosen super EVs. We scanned the horizon just to bring these easy-on- GM’s former assembly plant in Wilmington, DE to launch its Project the-eyes scintillators into your consciousness. These are the cream NINA, a plan to build family-friendly plug-in hybrid sedans that of the crop: cars designed by companies that make sport and/or cost less than $40,000 with a federal tax credit, according to the luxury-sport cars that are making EV versions, or EV car companies automaker. Vice President and former DE senator Joe Biden joined that are upping the ante. Nice to have these coming into view a little Fisker executives for the announcement at the plant. Fisker says more, isn’t it? it will begin production on its vehicles by late 2012. Project NINA will eventually create or support 2,000 factory jobs as well as 3,000 So here’s the 4 EVs you are feasting your eyes on (click on their vendor and supplier jobs. By 2014, it expects production to enter full name to visit their Website): swing, turning out 75,000-100,000 vehicles per year.” Should be a nice edition to the American-made plug-in hybrids! ]] • Tesla Model S - top left • Fiskar Karma - bottom left Jaguar, now under Tata Motors, has always been making some • Jaguar C-X75 - top right amazing cars, but they may have outdone themselves with this • Shelby SuperCar Ultimate Aero EV - bottom right looker: the C-X75. Named in part because of the automaker’s 75th anniversary, the extended range EV utilizes 4 electric motors Of these slightly to severely exotic cars, your most affordable choice (one at each wheel) that can generate 195 HP a piece. These are is the Tesla Model S, the younger sibling to the currently produced backed up by 2 mid-mount mini gas turbines (as seen through the Tesla Roadster. The Model S is pure plug-in EV, capable of 0-60 window in the middle photo) each of which can produce 94 HP. The mph in 5.6 seconds. The vehicle is slated to begin sale to the public body is made of aluminum, so with lightweighting and the turbines in 2012, and will come with 3 battery pack options: 160, 230 or 300 taken into account, Jaguar estimates 500 miles between refueling. miles per charge. Some of the other, interesting amenities include 0-60 in 3.4 seconds, and almost 70 miles on electricity alone. While a 17-inch infotainment touch screen, a hatch design for oversized a concept car, this one really takes me back to the drooling stage. items, a second trunk under the hood and a rear seat that folds flat. Our buying options for an EV Jaguar are better with the planned Plus Tesla is working to kill “RA” (range anxiety) via 2 other options: release in 2011 of an ER-EV version of the new XJ. 45 minute QuickCharge, or a 1-minute battery swap. Last but not least, let’s look at one of the automotive world’s rogue Fiskar has been showing glimpses of the Karma for a couple of supercar builders: Jerod Shelby (no relation to Carroll Shelby). He years but the car really emerged at the 2010 L.A. Auto Show in has produced in low numbers the Ultimate Aero, which is capable November. It is a plug-in EV with an extended range (ER) package of 0-60 in 2.78 seconds and a tested top speed of 257 mph. That’s that can move you over 300 miles between recharges and refueling. the gas model, and they sell for around $650,000. The Ultimate Designed and engineered in California, this four-door sweetie can Aero EV was planned for production in late 2009 and 2010, but one do 0-60 in under 6 seconds and is purported to achieve over 100 hasn’t been produced yet. Engineering work details the specs you mpge (thanks to an all-electric range of about 50 miles). Karma’s see below, including a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds and a single-charge proprietary Q-Drive® powertrain “consists of a 20 kWh lithium range of 150-200 miles. (Click here for more specifications.) It looks ion battery with Nanophosphate™ technology; an efficient 260hp to me like a McLaren-Ferrari hybrid, which is a compliment! Ecotec 2.0 Liter turbocharged Direct Injection gasoline engine turning a 175kW generator; electronic power management systems; These cars were choice, EV selections out of a number of alt-fuel and two electric traction motors mounted to a differential between supercars that are out there (see Koenigsegg’s CCXR for an FFV the rear wheels.” A123 Systems of Massachusetts developed the sample). The point is EV supercars aren’t the only ones out there. battery system that uses nanotechnology to achieve an expected However, we just wanted to show you these sexy beasts. 10-12 year lifespan while delivering 180 kW of electric power.
Super EV Year out Type Cost Max HP Torque (ft-lbs) Weight (lbs) Top speed (mph) Tesla Model S 2012 Pure EV $49,900 n/a n/a n/a 120 Fiskar Karma 2012 ER EV $87,900 403 981 4,650 125 (limited) Jaguar C-X75 Concept ER EV - turbines n/a 780 1,187 2,970 205 SSC Ultimate Aero EV Being built n/a 1,000 800 n/a 208
20 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com All photos, including from the cover, from: Tesla - top photo by Jurvetson (fl ickr), teslamotors.com, Fiskar - fi skarautomotive.com, wikipedia.org; Jaguar - Jaguar.com; SSC - shelbysupercras.com, topspeed.com, Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 21 jonathan overly east tennessee
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Tennessee Biofuels Station Update
Only seven years ago, many existing vehicles could also allocated $1.5 million to TDOT to create Biofuel already use biofuels, but no biofuels stations could Green Island Corridors along Tennessee’s interstate be found in Tennessee. Biofuels are critical in our quest to reduce America’s oil dependence and to improve our air quality. The most common biofuels used in transportation are biodiesel and ethanol.
B20 is the most
commonly found blend of biodiesel and consists of system and major highways. In June 2007, Governor 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel. Biodiesel Bredesen unveiled the BioTENN campaign to further is non-toxic, biodegradable, and produces fewer increase the visibility of biofuels in the state. emissions. In fact, it is less toxic than table salt. Any diesel engine can run B20 with little or no Thanks to these state programs and the collaboration modifications. of numerous stations owner/operators, Tennessee now boasts the highest number of public biodiesel Up to 10% ethanol is often added to gasoline, and stations of any state! Tennessee leads the nation with the EPA had approved increasing the percentage 33 public biodiesel stations and also has 33 public of ethanol to 15% in regular unleaded gasoline for E85 stations. With the latest round of Green Island 2007-2011 model year engines. As a biofuel, ethanol Biofuel Corridor Network grants, even more pumps is found as E85, which is a blend of 85% ethanol will be constructed this year. and 15% gasoline, and can be used in Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) that can run on either gasoline or Many companies are helping Tennessee become ethanol blends up to E85. E85 is also a renewable a leader in biofuels as over 20 retail brands offer and environmentally friendly fuel. biofuels. Daily’s, located in central Tennessee, offers the most locations with 17 biofuels pumps. Recognizing the importance of biofuels, Governor Phil Meanwhile, Pilot has helped to establish biofuels Bredesen issued an executive order in February 2006 pumps along I-40 so that drivers can traverse the to create the Alternative Fuels Working Group. They state and easily refuel using biofuels along the were tasked to develop publicly accessible biofuels freeway. Zoomerz in East Tennessee has provided stations across Tennessee. Governor Bredesen customers with both E85 and B20 at multiple sites, 22 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com and Quik Mart has added biofuels stations throughout Middle Tennessee.
To make biofuels stations easy to find, a state
program helps station owners promote their E85 or B20 stations along major routes by adding an additional, smaller blue sign to the current, blue highway exist road signs.
Tennessee’s progress with biofuels stations is promising, but there is still much work to be done. Pilot has been working to increase biofuels stations along I-40, but there are still many gaps. West Tennessee has only one E85 station, and many local areas do not have easy access to any biofuels stations. Also, while Tennessee has the most public B20 stations of any state, North Carolina has over 140 total biodiesel stations, and Minnesota has over 340 E85 stations. Many more private and government fleets could pursue biofuels to both improve Tennessee’s air quality and support Tennessee’s economy.
To find your closest biofuels station, visit www.afdc.energy.gov/afdc/locator/stations/
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 23 Tennessee Green Island Biofuel Stations Publicly Accessible E85 and B20 Stations Inter Acc County Retail Station state Exit Address City Phone E85 B20 ept Anderson Weigel's #64 2409 Charles Seivers Blvd Clinton 865-494-7970 1 No Bedford Quik Mart #9 113 Lane Parkway Shelbyville 931-685-9822 1 Yes Blount Mr. Gas Texaco 312 E. Lincoln Street Alcoa 865-983-7719 1 No Bradley Fuel and Mart USA #4 I-75 Exit 20 2480 S. Lee Hwy Cleveland 423-476-3638 1 Yes Cocke Mr. Gas Texaco I-40 Exit 432A 1301 West 25/70 Newport 423-613-0826 1 No Cocke Zoomerz #59 I-40 Exit 435 905 Cosby Highway Newport 423-623-4724 1 1 Yes Coffee Quik Mart #3 600 South Jackson Street Tullahoma 931-454-0479 1 Soon Cumberland Pilot Travel Center #114 I-40 Exit 320 2449 Genesis Road Crossville 931-787-1901 1 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #6603 I-65 Exit 97 150 Long Hollow Pike Goodlettsville 615-851-1877 1 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #7218 5800 Old Hickory Blvd Hermitage 615-871-4210 1 Yes Davidson Citgo I-24 Exit 47A 5th Street & Main Street Nashville 615-244-3828 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #7111 I-24 Exit 59 5272 Cane Ridge Rd. Antioch 615-731-4063 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #7122 I-65 Exit 74A 5701 Edmondson Pike Nashville 615-781-8677 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #8863 I-440 Exit 3 4040 Hillsboro Road at Warfield Rd Nashville 615-298-5745 1 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #6604 I-40 Exit 212 601 Fesslers Lane Nashville 615-242-2566 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #6602 3863 Dickerson Pike Nashville 615-868-0551 1 Yes Davidson Daily's #7100 2112 Charlotte Avenue Nashville 615-327-0233 1 Yes Dickson Pilot Travel Center #409 I-40 Exit 172 2320 Highway 46 South Dickson 615-446-4600 1 1 Yes Fayette Somerville BP/Apple Barrel #6 17170 US Highway 64 East Somerville 901-465-3038 1 Yes Greene Zoomerz #68 I-81 Exit 23 13425 W. Andrew Johnson Hwy Bulls Gap 423-235-2202 1 1 No Hamilton Midnite Oil 4831 Bonny Oaks Drive Chattanooga 423-892-5211 1 No Knox Coffman Oil SmartServ 7132 Maynardville Pike Halls 865-922-7245 1 No Knox Pilot Food Mart #104 I-140 Exit 5 9550 Northshore Drive Knoxville 865-692-9751 1 Yes Knox Pilot Food Mart #105 I-40 Exit 379 205 Walker Springs Road Knoxville 865-694-8160 1 Yes Knox Pilot Travel Center #219 I-40 Exit 398 7210 Strawberry Plains Pike Knoxville 865-544-1067 1 1 Yes Knox Regal Fuels 10831 Murdock Drive Knoxville 865-521-5010 1 Yes Marshall Quik Mart #10 800 North Ellington Parkway Lewisburg 931-359-1001 1 Yes Maury Quik Mart #14 1102 Nashville Highway Columbia 931-388-8557 1 1 Yes Maury Kroger #594 4900 Port Royal Road Spring Hill 931-560-2141 1 No McMinn Valley Mart #12 1006 Congress Parkway North Athens 423-744-0607 1 1 Yes Montgomery Shell Sudden Service #32 I-24 Exit 4 110 Needmore Road Clarksville 931-647-5300 1 Yes Montgomery Shell Sudden Service #44 I-24 Exit 4 3090 Wilma Rudolph Blvd Clarksville 931-906-0631 1 1 Yes Montgomery Beach Oil Co. (Bulk oil plant) I-24 Exit 11 631 M.L.K. Parkway Clarksville 931-358-9303 1 Yes Montgomery Wyatt-Johnson Buick-Pontiac-GMC 2600 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. Clarksville 866-370-9341 1 No Roane EXXON/Zoomerz #67 I-40 Exit 352 935 N. Kentucky Street Kingston 865-376-5004 1 1 Yes Robertson Shell Sudden Service #36 501 Memorial Boulevard Springfield 615-384-6013 1 Yes Rutherford Daily's #8804 1925 New Lascassas Pike Murfreesboro 615-896-8995 1 Yes Rutherford Daily's #6130 I-24 Exit 70 8281 Tridon Drive Smyrna 615-355-7073 1 1 Yes Shelby Riverside Grill I-40 Exit 1A 694 Riverside Drive Memphis 901-527-3946 1 Yes Smith Mixon Nollner Oil Co. I-40 Exit 258 30 Cookeville Highway Carthage 615-735-2750 1 No Sullivan Roadrunner Shell #101 1716 Volunteer Parkway Bristol 423-764-5059 1 Yes Sullivan Roadrunner Shell #113 2000 N. Eastman Road Kingsport 423-245-1069 1 Yes Sullivan Roadrunner Shell #145 4222 Fort Henry Drive Kingsport 423-239-7531 1 Yes Sullivan Zoomerz #65 2306 Sullivan Gardens Parkway Kingsport 423-378-1501 1 1 No Sumner Thorntons #610 1049 Long Hollow Pike Gallatin 615-230-8133 1 No Sumner Daily's 8899 369 New Shackle Island Road Hendersonville 615-822-9664 1 Yes Washington Roadrunner #131 3900 Bristol Hwy Johnson City 423-282-8567 1 Yes Washington Roadrunner Shell #124 141 Boone Street Jonesborough 423-753-9093 1 Yes Williamson Daily's #7123 I-65 Exit 69 7112 Moores Lane Brentwood 615-221-8767 1 Yes Williamson Little Brothers Shell I-65 Exit 74B 141 Franklin Road Brentwood 615-373-4114 1 Yes Wilson Daily's #6135 I-40 Exit 236 911 South Hartman Drive Lebanon 615-453-5409 1 1 Yes
24 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com The Fueling Freedom Plan:
THE PATH TOWARD AN OPEN FUELS MARKET AND GREATER CONSUMER CHOICE.
Eliminate artificial barriers to the transportation fuel market by building out the distribution infrastructure for ethanol, including 200,000 blender pumps and federal loan guarantees for ethanol pipelines. This infrastructure will provide consumers the access to choose ethanol in an open and free market.
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Require that all automobiles sold in the U.S. be flex-fuel vehicles — as many as 120 million — at no additional taxpayer cost.
The Fueling Freedom Plan:
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AGL Proposes Statewide Natural Gas Vehicle Refueling Network
Atlanta Gas Light Co. has proposed creating a network of He noted that the recent discovery of large domestic natural compressed natural gas refueling stations throughout Georgia, gas reserves in shale formations and the development of which would eventually make the technology broadly available methods to remove it economically make this the best time to to small businesses and members of the public for the first convert to natural gas vehicles. time. Atlanta Gas Light basically proposes to pay to install the Macon is one of the locations outside metro Atlanta that the refueling infrastructure and pumps at perhaps 20 locations, company has identified as a likely location. Currently, there including 10 in metro Atlanta and 10 elsewhere in the state, are two compressed natural gas fueling locations in Middle and it would not increase rates to cover the cost. Georgia, which are owned by the city of Macon and Robins Air Force Base and aren’t open to the public. The Macon station According to the company’s plan, the first phase would likely has allowed people from outside the city to top off at its station consist of five to eight stations, with the first locations being in the past, although there’s been no demand for it in the last at places a vehicle fleet agrees to purchase 20 percent of the year and a half, said Sam Hughley, Macon’s director of vehicle natural gas sold. (Everett said he hopes 10 stations will be built maintenance. in the first phase.)
“I think we’re the only station between Atlanta and Florida,” said The general public would also be able to purchase compressed Hughley, who is also the president of the Middle Georgia Clean natural gas at these stations, although they could be located Cities Coalition. either at a traditional gas station like a truck stop or on property owned by the fleet, Everett said.It’s possible all the initial stations would be in Atlanta, since the infrastructure there for natural gas fuel is more developed, Everett said. But Ian Skelton, manager of business development for Atlanta Gas Light, said the company would like to locate stations throughout the state, particularly making a corridor along Interstate 75 and Interstate 95. Skelton said the company would like to be part of a regional approach, but most federal funding is available on a state-by-state basis that makes creating regional corridors tougher.
So far, Middle Georgia’s alternative fleets have focused on crop-based alternative fuel such as biodiesel, said Charise Stephens, executive director of the Middle Georgia Clean Cities AGL’s Proposal Coalition. “Atlanta has more CNG, and south Georgia has more biodiesel,” she said. “We’re in the perfect position in the middle Atlanta Gas Light provided a conceptual plan to the state to be the best of both worlds.” Public Service Commission last month, and hearings are planned for November and January before the PSC approves Atlanta Gas Light listed fleets that have expressed interest a fine-tuned version of the plan. PSC Commissioner Doug in compressed natural gas vehicles, including Atlanta area Everett said he had been talking with Atlanta Gas Light about and Augusta governments, the Georgia Port Authority, Emory creating a CNG network for about a year, and he issued a University, and private companies such as AT&T and Cox public challenge to the company in July. Enterprises. These fleets would basically anchor the system, providing enough stability and income to justify building the Everett explained why he sees a need for a company such new stations, the company’s proposal states. The net revenue as Atlanta Gas Light to drive the market: “It’s like the chicken from the retail sales would then be invested in building further or the egg,” he said. “Nobody wanted to buy CNG vehicles or stations. manufacture them because there were no stations, and nobody wanted to build stations because there weren’t CNG vehicles.” The initial investment for the program would come from the
26 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com company’s universal service fund, a financial cushion the company maintains from its investments and other sources that pays for service expansion. The fund now has $40 million in undedicated money. The company’s proposal estimates its cost for establishing each fueling station at $1 million to $1.6 million.
Encouraging Natural Gas Vehicle Use
Besides creating public infrastructure that would encourage investment in natural gas vehicles, the Atlanta Gas Light proposal also includes a leasing program that would allow small businesses or individual residents to rent small compressors that can be installed to supply the fuel at a home or business. The program would provide lease rebates for the first 500 participants, reducing the price to $25 to $50 a month.
Everett said there is no timeline set for even the first phase of the project, but that will be worked out during the hearing process. The first hearing is scheduled for Nov. 16, to coincide with a national meeting of an association of utility regulators. Everett said representatives from other states with networks for gas vehicles have been invited to share what worked for them.
Everett, who used to own a propane gas company, ran his vehicles on compressed natural gas as early as the 1960s. They required little maintenance and were cheaper to operate, he recalled. Now compressed natural gas is about half the price of unleaded gasoline, and it’s much cleaner.
But the investment up front is greater, Stephens noted. About seven years ago, the city of Macon owned about 60 compressed natural gas vehicles. It owns just six now, because the city has been unable to get a grant to help make it cheaper to replace them, Hughley said. Congress is considering several bills that could encourage investment in natural gas vehicles, Skelton said.
Possible measures include extending a per-gallon tax credit for natural gas vehicle fuel, providing grants for installing new stations, giving tax credits or rebates for buying cars and trucks that run on compressed natural gas, and allowing state and local governments to finance gas vehicle projects with tax exempt bonds.
The Public Service Commission is expected to vote on a finalized proposal from Atlanta Gas Light sometime after a January hearing, Everett said.
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Florida Gold Coast Clean Cities Coalition Hosted the First Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Odyssey Day in South Florida
On October 15th, 2010 The Florida Gold Coast Clean Cities Coalition held the first National AFV Odyssey Day event in South Florida. Local residents were encouraged to join the Odyssey Day - a celebration conducted biennially to educate the public on the importance of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.
The event was held from 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM at Wise Gas, Florida’s first publicly-accessible compressed natural gas (CNG) station, located in Fort Lauderdale. The coalition includes the participation of public and private agencies interested in supporting current and upcoming environmental initiatives.
Hosting the event at the station located in Fort Lauderdale and having the CNG fueling process demonstration was the highlight of the day. Participants were able to see first- hand the process that natural gas goes through at the station before vehicles are fueled. Other alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles from public and private fleets were displayed; representatives were available to answer questions about how each vehicle is used and what the benefits are from using these vehicles and fuels.
Attendees received giveaway bags with literature about alternative fuels, alternative fuel vehicles and how to be involved in environmental stewardship programs. Clean Cities members were also able to share information on current projects and upcoming events to continue promoting alternative fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, and increase the infrastructure available.
The National AFV Odyssey Day is the largest alternative fuel and advance technology vehicle event in the nation and this year South Florida was part of it!
Top: Gold Coast Clean Cities members and stakeholders gathered at Wise Gas CNG station to celebrate the first AFV Odyssey day in South Florida. Middle: AT&T vans are daily customers at Wise Gas CNG station. Bottom: Wise Gas CNG station pump
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Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 29 Odyssey Day Through National AFV Odyssey Day millions of individuals have become aware of the difference alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles can make in our nation’s energy security and quest for cleaner air. Odyssey events are held every two years in numerous locations nationwide and are tailored to the specific needs of the audience. Sponsors, partners, National Training Centers (NTCs), Clean Cities Coordinators, and attendees alike have seen how valuable the program can be for promoting energy independence and supporting the environment. Site coordinators are encouraged to be creative and host events that are fun, interactive, and educational.
East Tennessee The East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition’s Odyssey event was held at Pellissippi State Community College and included ~20 AFVs spanning CNG to EVs to biodiesel. The event also included three presentations on cellulosic ethanol in East Tennessee, The EV Project, and CNG as a transporta- tion fuel, and a competition for students – Clean Fuels Jeopardy! – to win some nice prizes, including cash!! Left: ETCleanFuels Coordinator Jonathan Overly makes announcements; Right: The entire East Tennessee AFV Odyssey.
30 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com Alabama The Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition was honored to be the host of Odyssey Day 2010 along with their partner Lawson State Community College to help educate their state on the advantages and applica- tions of alternative fuels,” said Mark Bentley, Executive Director of the Alabama Clean Fuels Coali- tion. “Alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicle production are growing industries in Ala- bama that offer the potential for new job creation to expand our domestic economy. In 2009 almost 1.6 million gallons of petroleum were displaced with alternatives fuels in Alabama. Left: Billboard for the event Right: Just a few of the 125 attending opening of Odyssey Day.
North Carolina (Triangle) Triangle Clean Cities Coalition held an exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh and they got stakeholders to staff the booth. Left: At the North Carolina State Fair, Triangle Clean Cities Coalition challenged passersby to play a computer game about vehicle driving behaviors. Right: stakeholders and volunteers told fairgoers how they could save money by reducing their petroleum consumption.
Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com 31 Georgia (Atlanta) Left: Georgia Tech EcoCAR. The EcoCAR representatives are speaking with interested attendees. Right: A passing student peers back at the Wheego ElectricCar. An AGL bi-fuel CNG Ford Focus is seen in the background.
Florida (Space Coast) Left: Ray Inman, CEO of DSI Biodiesel, LLC, presents. Right: Biodiesel pick up location.
32 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com Middle Tennessee Left: National Auto Diesel College students look at the Electric Van and SmartCar on display at Nashville’s Odyssey Day event. Right: A display of hybrids at the Nashville Odyssey Day event.
North Carolina (Centralina) Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition’s Odyssey Day event on Friday, October 15, held at Central Pied- mont Community College’s Main Campus (in Charlotte)
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Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition (Bethany, CT) Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition Continues Long History of Implementing Alternative Fuel Projects in Connecticut with $29 Million Public/Private Partnership for State of Connecticut
For over a decade, Lee Grannis has led the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition through many alternative fuel and advanced technology projects which netted over $10 million in federal dollars until last year. In August 2009, the coalition and its partners were awarded a $29 million hallmark effort to modernize and revolutionize alternative fuels statewide, the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project (CTCCFF). The project represents the largest transportation alternative fuel public/private partnership in the state’s history. A collaborative effort of the four USDOE designated Clean Cities Coalitions in the state; Greater New Haven, Capitol, Norwich and Southwestern Connecticut. Collectively, the project is providing a wide variety of deployments that will reduce Connecticut’s petroleum dependence, and make strides toward cleaner air through reducing Meriden, CT CNG station opening. The first emissions. station to commission as part of the CT Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. Shown in the picture L-R: Graham Barker of Air & Gas During the four-year CTCCFF Project, multiple environmental, economic and Technologies, Lee Grannis of GNHCCC, employment benefits from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will Craig Peters of Capitol Clean Cities, be realized. Ten separate alternative fuels projects and nearly 300 Alternative Congressman Chris Murphy and Mayor Fuel Vehicles will be deployed across the state through the cost share grant Michael Rohde from the City of Meriden. awarded by the US Department of Energy. There are no silver bullets to address the energy issues in this country. As such, the CTCCFF Project is deploying five alternative fuels across the state, providing fuel for over 250 vehicles. Utilizing a fuel natural approach in these deployments offers real world application of these fuels and increases the opportunities for other fleets and individuals to convert to alternative fuel vehicles with these new fueling access points. The CTCCFF Project represents a constellation of stars across the state in the area of alternative fuels availability. During the project term, more than 6 million gallons of petroleum and over 12 million pounds of emissions will be reduced. For more information about the project, visit www.ct-futurefuels.com.
The Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project continues efforts to collect the highest quality data regarding alternative fuels usage. In 2008, the coalition took on a project to deploy a power generation system powered by biodiesel to power the facility and sale electricity to the grid. The project, BioWatz as it came to be known, was a huge success for the coalition and its project partners. BioPur continues to produce green power and collect real-time data on system operations and emissions utilizing a master control system developed by Sabre Engineering, a Colorado company that frequently partners with the GNHCCC and Innovation Drive on alternative fuel projects. For more information about this project, please Taken at the CT Clean Cities Technology visit www.biowatz.com. Expo. Shown in the photo L-R: Barry Carr of Think, Lee Grannis of GHNCCC and Congressman John Larson who was the For more information about other activities of the GNHCCC, please visit www. keynote speaker at the event. nhcleancities.org, or email Lee Grannis at [email protected].
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Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition (Arlington, TX) Outreach helps Dallas-Fort Worth chapter spread word about air quality
Since its designation in July 1995, the Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition (DFWCCC) has helped improve the air quality in North Central Texas through petroleum reduction and alternative fuel use. Located in Arlington, Texas, DFWCCC serves the fourth- largest metropolitan region in the country. This nine-county region, consisting of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall and Tarrant counties, has been designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being in nonattainment for the pollutant ozone. This means levels of ozone are high enough to harm human health. The Clean Cities program is one way that the region is helping combat that problem. DFWCCC is housed at the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), a voluntary association of local governments responsible for regional planning. Since 1992, NCTCOG, along with the DFWCCC, has awarded over $75 million in federal dollars toward alternative fuel and advanced technology projects in the region.
Among DFWCCC’s greatest strengths are its outreach and education efforts. Each year, staff conducts a variety of workshops and outreach events geared toward different audiences to educate them on the benefits of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles. 2010 began with a propane workshop in February that was funded in part by an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant with Texas State Technical College in Waco. The DFWCCC also co-sponsored a CNG Connect workshop with Zeit Energy in May and a Propane Lawn Equipment Demonstration Project in June with Heritage Propane. Most notably, DFWCCC hosted its annual Advancing the Choice event in August. This year’s theme, Delivering Success, focused on the delivery-fleet industry and highlighted some of the projects that were funded through DFWCCC’s ARRA grant. Speakers included representatives from Coca- Cola Enterprises, Frito-Lay, PAM Transport and Sysco Foods, all companies that were part of the $13.2 million ARRA grant awarded to NCTCOG/DFWCCC for alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technologies and infrastructure.
Additionally, through NCTCOG’s Electric Vehicles North Texas initiative, the DFWCCC, in partnership with the North Texas Clean Air Coalition and the North Texas chapter of the US Green Building Council, presented the Electric Vehicle Showcase at the State Fair of Texas on Sept. 23 and 24. TXU announced it will install a dozen public electric vehicle charging stations on Fort Worth and Dallas city property. Participants were also among the first in the state to test drive the Chevrolet Volt. A panel lunch on Friday presented industry experts and educated guests about the cooperation needed to bring EVs to the region. Such events increase the general public’s, elected officials’ and fleet managers’ knowledge of clean vehicle alternatives. And it’s what makes the DFWCCC so successful. Last year, co-coordinator Pamela Burns was recognized by MotorWeek for her outstanding work showcasing stakeholders’ work on the automotive television news show. And the previous year, co-coordinator Mindy Mize was named Coordinator of Year. This hard work and dedication will continue to lead the DFWCCC into the next several years and help the region reach its attainment status.
Left: AFV and advanced technology vehicles on display.
Right: Mindy Mize,Vanessa Longoria (our awesome CC Intern) and Pamela Burns doing outreach at the AFV Odyssey Day on October 16, 2010.
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Charging into the Future
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In the USUS rightright nownow therethere areare approximatelyapproximately 2,000 2,000 charging stationscharging with stations most withof them most deployed of them indeployed California. in California. Each monthEach month around around 300 new 300 charging new charging stations stations are being are addedbeing added with up to 12,000 stations expected in the next 24 with up to 12,000 stations expected in the next 24 months. months. Julian Prosser, Assistant City Manager of Raleigh, Julian Prosser, Assistant City Manager of Raleigh, announced that Raleigh would be celebrating the opening announced that Raleigh would be celebrating the opening of its first public electric vehicle charging station on of its first public electric vehicle charging station on November 23, 2010 at 285 W Hargett St. He also said November 23, 2010 at 285 W Hargett St. He also said that the City of Raleigh plans to install a total of 30 public that the City of Raleigh plans to install a total of 30 public electric vehicle-charging stations by next September. This electric vehicle-charging stations by next September. This only adds to the excitement of having nearly 400 stations in only adds to the excitement of having nearly 400 stations North Carolina over the next two years. in North Carolina over the next two years. At the close of the forum, attendees had a chance to At the close of the forum, attendees had a chance to participate in a ride-n-drive. Carra Herring, clean cities Forum participants were privileged to drive the new all-electric participate in a ride-n-drive. Carra Herring, Clean Cities Forum participants were privileged to drive the new all- intern, gives this personal testimony of her first experience Ford Focus. intern, gives this personal testimony of her first experience electric Ford Focus.
36 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com kathy boyer triangle clean cities Need the basics? Here it is. Print me...dude. P.O. Box 12276 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Thanks to the Triangle Clean Cities Coaltion who created a similar version years ago. Good job! [email protected] - 919-558-9400 www.trianglecleancities.org
Charging into the Future
On November 3, 2010 Ford Motor Company and Progress driving an all-electric car: Refueling Use existing existing Use infrastructure w/ modifications-e.g. rubber hoses and prevent to nozzles corrosion Easily blended diesel in existing tanks and pumps $10-$12,000 costs $10-$12,000 costs by for parid often fuel provider For home and and home For small-med fleets: $1,000-$90,000 refueling: fleet Large $250,000+ NEVs are charged in charged are NEVs 110 outlets. transit For fast applicaton 220 volt charge available. Energy hosted the forum “Charging into the Future” at Infrastructure the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. Kathy Boyer, I, Carra Herring personally rode and drove in the new Ford Lacey Jane Wolfe, and Carra Herring from Triangle Clean Escape Hybrid and discovered that you can barely hear the Cities attended the event to support Ford and Progress car when you turn it on. You also push a start/stop button Energy in their efforts. The purpose of the event was to to turn it on instead of using a key. The Escape offers the bring local organizations and members of the community same features as a petroleum car and provides a smooth
together to get their feedback on Ford’s introduction of their ride. I also got to drive the new all-electric Ford Focus. This Emission Reductions CO 40% 15% VOCs 10% NOx PM 20% B20 B100 CO 12.6% 3.2% 11% 6.3% HC +/-2% 10% NOx PM 15% 70% CO 30-35% 20-40% HC 15-99% NOx PM 80-95% CO 90-97% 50-75% HC 35-60% NOx PM 90-97% new all electric vehicle. Representatives from Progress is also a great car that offers a smooth ride and has a start/ zero Potential if EVs for emissions HEVs charged, solar significant offer reductions emission conventional over Energy, NC State University, Ford, and the City of Raleigh stop button to turn on the car. The car also accelerates presented at the forum. just as fast as a normal car but without emitting harmful pollutants. David Finnegan, Electric Vehicle Marketing manager, Ford Motor Company said, “there is an incredible excitement for electric vehicles in the Raleigh area. To support the rollout Fuel Cost* Fuel tax 93 octane gas .053 E10/E-85 have taxexcise reduction
and acceptance of these vehicles in Raleigh and across B100 +.50-1.00 pre- to Compared tax wholesale diesel costs gasoline tax .05 < than Fed gasoline 10-25% < than 10-25% < than wholesale pre-tax gasoline tax .11< perFed GGE Approximate Approximate 33% less tax & State Fed No the country, it is crucial to work with local utilities to make sure the necessary electric infrastructure is ready to help consumers understand the technology choices they will have available to meet their transportation needs.” cleancities.energy.gov
The electric car business has a long history. In the early 1900’s more than 27 companies were building electric cars No incremental cost incremental No pre- 10-20% > than No incremental cost cost incremental No B20 +.-3-.40 +$3,000-$5,000 less than Often From +$3,600 for +$3,600 for From to Civic Honda 40 ft +$60,000 for transit CNG/LNG bus Range from GEM $6,500 for $450,000 for to 116 Transteq CNG/ passenger electrichybrid bus and approximately a third of the cars on the road were Costs Vehicle electric. In 1915 the Ward Motor Vehicle Company offered an electric wagon for $875 on a one-year installment plan for the vehicle and a $10.50 month rental fee for the Edison Storage battery. These days, just about every auto manufacturer has either released or plans to release hybrid-electric or all-electric vehicles. Diamler ChryslerDiamler Ford minvans, Taurus, Explorer, GM Ranger, Tahoe, Suburban, Chevy S10 Yukon, All diesel engine manufactures Ford F150 pickup, F150 pickup, Ford & Chevy Express vans Savanna GMC All major OEMs of of OEMs All major LD & HD vehicles bi-fuel & offer CNG dedicated engine models, common retrofits General Moters, General Moters, Ebus, “GEM”, Orion, TransTeq, Cehicle Advanced Systems In the US right now there are approximately 2,000 charging stations with most of them deployed in California. Each month around 300 new charging stations are being added with up to 12,000 stations expected in the next 24 months.
Julian Prosser, Assistant City Manager of Raleigh, Many LD vehicles LD vehicles Many flex-fuel as available of (FFV) capable either runnin gon gasonline E-85 or Applications Manufacturers Neighborhood Neighborhood for (NEVs) EVs & planned campus alt communites, & Electricfuel HEV & shuttle transit LD fleet vehicles, vehicles, LD fleet mid-HD buses, truck, LNG appropriate for distance HD longs vehicles LD passenger- duty medium delivery trucks announced that Raleigh would be celebrating the opening (LD) and duty Light (HD) duty heavy diesel vehicles. of its first public electric vehicle charging station on November 23, 2010 at 285 W Hargett St. He also said that the City of Raleigh plans to install a total of 30 public electric vehicle-charging stations by next September. This Alternative Fuel Comparison Factsheet only adds to the excitement of having nearly 400 stations in Alternative Fuel Comparison Factsheet Biodiesel
North Carolina over the next two years. Liquefied Fuel Type Fuel & Hybrid & Hybrid Natural Gas Gas Natural *Fuel prices are subject to fluctuation. These numbers estim ations. (CNG/LNG) Compressed/ Electric- (EV) Electic (HEV) Propane (LPG) Propane At the close of the forum, attendees had a chance to (E-85) Ethanol participate in a ride-n-drive. Carra Herring, clean cities intern, gives this personal testimony of her first experience Forum participants were privileged to drive the new all- electric Ford Focus.
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MTSU Professor Drives across State with Sun & Water as the Only Fuel Sources
Dr. Cliff Ricketts, Professor of Agricultural Education at from cows, cooking oil (biodiesel), natural gas, and plug-in Middle Tennessee State University, has been a long-time flex fuel hybrids for which he was called to testify before friend and supporter of Clean Cities of Middle TN and we Congress at the House Energy Committee in Washington are proud to announce his latest accomplishment. DC, Chaired by Representative Bart Gordon. Ricketts is the editor of the Agriscience Curriculum for the State of On October 11, 2010, Doc Ricketts, along with his team Tennessee which includes units on alternative fuels. He of students, alumni, and Jo Borck drove from Bristol, VA has written five textbooks for Delmar Cengage of Albany, to West Memphis, AR in one day in a 1994 Toyota Tercel New York, the largest agriculture textbook publisher in the adapted to run off hydrogen from water. The 10 kW solar country. array which takes advantage of TVA’s Generation Partners Program powers the hydrogen electrolysis unit. The team exceeded their expectations. They started with 5,000 pounds of hydrogen in the two 4.2 kilogram/5,000 psi Ricketts ran his first hydrogen engine for 8 seconds on tanks and had 1,200 pounds of pressure remaining which October 14, 1987. After several other engines were built they believe would have been another 80-100 miles after and tested, in 1991, he and his students set the land the first leg (Bristol, VA to Murfreesboro). They traveled 280 speed record for hydrogen at the Bonneville Salt Flats and miles on the first leg. After refueling at the university to\\ held it for about 15 years. Six years ago Ricketts drove a with 4,600 psi, the team went 252 miles to the second exit Solar Powered Vehicle (an adapted Nissan truck) across off I-40 in West Memphis, Arkansas. The Toyota Tercel had the width of Tennessee following US Route 231 in one 900 psi of hydrogen remaining which they believe would day. Ricketts, described by some as a modern day Davy have been another 60-80 miles. Actually, the team would Crockett, is an alternative fuel trailblazer. He was on the have been close to making it from Blacksburg, Virginia to front end of the ethanol from corn movement and made 6 Little Rock, Arkansas, about one fourth the width across the presentations at the 1982 World’s Fair. He and his students entire USA. have also built a variety of vehicles which run off methane
The hydrogen tank is located in the back of the Hydrogen car. This tank holds 4.2kg of Hydrogen at 5,000 PSI, 1kg of Hydrogen is the same mileage as one gallon of Gasoline. The fueling hose attaches to the tank and hydrogen flows through until it is full.
38 Winter 2011 FuelsFix.com The team will make some adjustments to the vehicle and system, but besides other issues such as a cleaner Plug In America environment, balancing of the trade deficit due to the purchase of foreign oil, and implications of world peace YouTube Videos since some of our recent turmoil have been directly because of oil, we have demonstrated that in case of a national emergency MTSU has a system in place to demonstrate how every commuter in the country could drive daily off sun and hydrogen from water. Drive Electric: Cell Phone
How does the engine run off of sun and water? The MTSU solar unit provides DC electricity, which is converted into AC electric, and it goes into the grid line. In essence, the MTSU System is doing the same thing as a hydro dam or coal powered unit, etc. Murfreesboro Electric monitors all kilowatts produced and send a monthly print out to the university. The MTSU solar system has produced approximately 82,000 kilowatthours.
In order to produce hydrogen, the tap water is deionized and is then sent to a solid polymer electrolysis unit. When the electrolysis unit is running, it uses the stored solar produced electricity. (It is similar to the banking system: kilowatthours [kWhs] produced are deposits, kWhs used are checks or withdrawals). The University System presently Gasoline isn’t right for cell phones, and has a balance of approximately 62,000 kWhs. Next, the it is no longer right for cars either... hydrogen comes out at 200 psi and goes into two, 500 gallon storage tanks and is then compressed to 6,000 psi. The vehicle is then filled with hydrogen. The vehicle was adapted and equipped to get approximately 370-mile range.
The trip would not have been possible without corporate Drive Electric: Ocean Crude sponsors such as Tractor Supply Company and Valspar Paints. Appreciation is also extended to many divisions at MTSU including the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, the Dean of Basic & Applied Sciences, TAF Funds, and the Green Energy Committee. No goals, no glory. The team’s next goal for Applied Science Research is to drive from coast to coast on only 10 gallons of gasoline.
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1 Central Florida is charged with solar energy as we energize our transportation program with EVs. 1 The Gold Coast Clean Cities Coalition was present at the Second Regional Annual Climate Leadership Summit in Miami, FL. 2 Gold Coast Clean Cities display at Wyland Living Green Fair in Boca Raton, Florida. 1-3 A variety of Tennessee partners collaborated to host the Tennessee Alternative Fuels & Bioenergy Conference in August at Montgomery Bell State Park. Numerous AFVs were on-hand, including some equipment. (top) PBG Energy, Inc. of Knoxville brought some CNG equipment to allow attendees a chance to learn about refueling NGVs. (bottom 2) 2 One of the hot ride-n-drives was a 2003 Jeep that had been converted to a pure EV by David Hrivnak of Kingsport. He even installed a DVD player that could display electric system information.
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A listing of social media for the south- eastern Clean Cities coalitions.
Coalition Website - “Visit”
Alabama...... www.alabamacleanfuels.org Atlanta...... www.cleancitiesatlanta.net Centralina...... www.4cleanfuels.com East Tennessee...... www.etcleanfuels.org Florida Gold Coast....www.floridagoldcoastcleancities.com Florida Space Coast..www.clean-cities.org Kentucky...... www.kentuckycleanfuels.org Middle Tennessee.....www.tennesseecleanfuels.com Palmetto State...... www.palmettocleanfuels.org Triangle...... www.trianglecleancities.org Virginia...... www.hrccc.org
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Alabama...... www.youtube.com/alcleanfuels East Tennessee...... www.youtube.com/etcleanfuels Virginia...... www.youtube.com/virginiacleancities
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Alabama...... www.twitter.com/alcleanfuels East Tennessee...... www.twitter.com/etcleanfuels Triangle...... www.twitter.com/trianglealtfuel Virginia...... www.twitter.com/vacleancities
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Atlanta...... Click here or search “Clean Cities Atlanta” East Tennessee...... www.facebook.com/ETCleanFuels Kentucky...... Click here or search “Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition” Middle Georgia...... Click here or search “Middle Georgia Clean Cities Coalition” Palmetto State...... Click here or search “Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition” Virginia...... www.facebook.com/VirginiaCleanCities
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