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EPA Gives Awards for Turning Trash into Power

By Chris de Morsella on January 14, 2010 1 Comment Alameda, Altamont Landfill Resource and Recovery Facility, Ameresco, biogas, Bureau of Waste Management, Byron Center, CA, cogeneration, EcoLineTM, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, GA, Gina McCarthy, global warming, greenhouse gas, Half Moon Bay, Jefferson City, Jefferson City Missouri Renewable Energy Project, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kent County Department of Public Works, landfill gas, landfill methane capture, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, LFG, Livermore, LMOP, methane, methane emission, MI, Mo., MSW, municipal solid waste, NH, Office of Air and Radiation, Ox Mountain LFG Energy Project, Palo Alto, renewable energy, Rochester, SD, Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls Landfill & Poet LFG Pipeline, University of New Hampshire, Winder, Winder Renewable Methane Project

EPA Gives Awards for Turning Trash into Power

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized eight landfill methane capture projects for innovations to reduce their emissions of methane – a potent greenhouse gas — and in the process recover renewable energy. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) gives these awards to acknowledge excellence in innovation, successful project development that achieves both environmental and economic benefits.

DOE Doles Out $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Clean Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

By Tracey de Morsella on September 1, 2009 1 Comment advanced vehicle technologies, alternative fuel, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Egg Harbor Township, and HEV Vehicles and Fueling Stations Initiative, Atlantic City, Austin, Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, biodiesel, biofuels, biogas, Camden, Chicago, City of Chicago, Clean Cities program, clean energy, Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative, Clean Fuels Ohio’s Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership, Clean School Bus/Vehicle Incentive & Green Jobs Outreach Program, CNG, CNG dump trucks, compressed natural gas fueling stations, compressed natural gas vehicles, Dallas, Dallas-Fort Worth, DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project, Denver, Department of Energy, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project, DOE, electric vehicles, electricity, energy efficient vehicles, energy security, ethanol, EV, flex-fuel vehicles, garbage trucks, Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives, Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, green transportation, Houston, hybrid school buses, hybrid technologies, hybrid truck, hybrids, hydraulic hybrids, Inc.’s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky, Lake Charles, landfill gas, LFG, local governments, Los Angeles, LPG, Maryland Energy Administration’s Maryland Hybrid Truck Goods Movement, Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project, Michigan, Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program, Nassau, natural gas, New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, New Orleans, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s Statewide Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program for CNG, Newark, North Carolina, North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology, NYSERDA, OATP, Oklahoma City, Orlando, petroleum, petroleum consumption, Phoenix, plug-in electric hybrids, pollution, propane, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project, Railroad Commission of Texas’ Texas Propane Fleet Pilot Program, refueling infrastructure, refueling locations, refuse collection vehicles, renewable gas, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Associated Governments’ J.B. Hunt LNG Truck Project: Made in America Initiative, San Diego, SCAQMD, Seattle, Secretary Chu, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure, SOuth Carolina, South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Drayage Truck Replacement Initiative, South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project, South Gate, South Los Angeles, Southern CA Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition’s Expanding California’s E85 Ethanol Fueling Infrastructure, Southern California, Southern California Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition, St. Louis, state governments, State of Indiana’s: Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance Comprehensive Alternative Fuels Implementation Plan, State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program, Steven Chu, Suffolk, Texas State Technical College’s Development of a National Liquid Propane (Autogas) Refueling Network, The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project, transportation authorities, Trenton, Triangle J Council of Governments’ Carolinas Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative, University of Michigan, Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program, Virginia Department of Mines

Last week, Secretary Chu announcen nearly $300 million in Clean Cities grants to support clean fuels, vehicles, and infrastructure development. The projects are designed to create jobs, limit pollution, and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.