Fuels Fix - Fall 2017

FALL 2017 | FUELSFIX.COM

FOLLOW @FUELSFIX ON TWITTER

SAN FRAN RUNS 100% RD UTAH CELEBRATES IDLE REDUCTION PROGRAM

MN, SC OUT FRONT ON FHWA’S ALT FUEL CORRIDOR SIGNAGE CHARGE THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS TRANSIT, SCHOOLS CAN BENEFIT FROM VW FUNDING CURRENT AFFAIRS IN CO - NDEW & SOLAR DECATHLON

EXPLORE

ALL THINGS BIOMASS

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

April 16-18, 2018 Cobb Galleria Centre Atlanta, GA

World’s Largest Biomass Event WHERE PRODUCERS MEET PELLET, BIOMASS POWER, BIOGAS, ADVANCED BIOFUELS 866-746-8385 service@bbiinternational.com

#IBCE18 - Follow Us: twitter.com/biomassmagazine

CONTENTS

Utah’s Nation-leading Idle Free Campaign Celebrates 10 Years | p. 7 Utah Clean Cities

Current Affiars in CO - NDEW & Solar Decathlon | p. 21 San Francisco Municipal Fleet Runs 100% Renewable Diesel pp. 16-18 San Franciso Clean Cities Coalition

3

Denver Metro Clean Cities

AMERICAN BEAUTY Minnesota Corridor Signs p. 27

First Annual Golf Outing & Awards Dinner a Success | p. 13

Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation

Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition

Transit Agencies & School Districts Could Benefit from VW Funding p. 19 ROUSH CleanTech

South Carolina Leads in SE with FHWA’s Alt Fuel Corridor Signage p. 25 Palmetto Clean Fuels Coalition

The Road to Sustainable Logistics | p. 11 UPS & GreenBiz

4

CONTENTS UTAH CELEBRATES A DECADE OF IDLE REDUCTION WORK p. 7

100% RENEWABLE DIESEL

16

San Francisco has made the move to using 100% of this renewable, drop-in fuel

PUBLISHER / SENIOR EDITOR / WRITER Jonathan G. Overly East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition jonathan@etcleanfuels.org EDITOR / WRITER Melissa Goldberg East Tennesee Clean Fuels Coalition melissa@etcleanfuels.org

Twitter: @fuelsfix Fuels Fix is published quarterly by the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition in collaboration with the creative and groovy DOE Clean Cities coalitions across the USA. Email info@etcleanfuels.org for advertising information, or see the website.

COVER STORIES SC Leads in Southeast with FHWA’s Corridor Signage - p. 25 AMERICAN BEAUTY: MN Posts First Corridor Signage - p. 27

CLEAN CITIES TV The Official Clean Cities YouTube Channel

BBI International Icom North America Lightning Systems NAFTC REG ROUSH CleanTech

15 WAKE UP AMERICA! Historic Signage that is Still Relevant Today 5

ADVERTISERS INDEX

24

On Fuels Fix website: > Lightning Systems > NAFTC > ROUSH CleanTech

2, 9, 23 10, 23 23 6, 23 3 10, 23

Training Centers Nationwide The Na�onal Alterna�ve Fuels Training Consor�um (NAFTC) is the only na�onwide alterna�ve fuel and advanced technology vehicle training organiza�on in the U.S.

The NAFTC’s mission is to provide the training infrastructure for implemen�ng the widespread use of alterna�ve fuels, alterna�ve fuel vehicles logy vehicles.

(AFVs), and advanced technology Its effort to increase energy security, as well as improve air quality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, is embodied in its mo�o “Because Clean Air and Energy Independence Ma�er.”

Curriculum Development

Founded in 1992, the NAFTC is a program of West Virginia University and consists of Na�onal and Associate Training Centers located na�onwide from Maine to California. Each center provides Training with Impact through its experienced instructors and realthr world sh shop facili�es. Numerous other members from small businesses, government, and industry also support the NAFTC’s mission.

More than 2,000 courses have been conducted by the NAFTC, resul�ng in more than 38,000 technicians, rst responders, students, eet managers, and others trained on AFVs and advanced technology vehicles.

Courses & Workshops

Courses undergo a rigorous examina�on by professional automo�ve instructors and technicians before being released for use by the NAFTC and Na�onal and Associate Training Center members.

Program Management

Outreach & EducaƟon The NAFTC has managed more than $35 million in programs through funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Protec�on Agency, FEMA, and other government and private sector industry en��es.

Learn the basics or gain indepth knowledge of alterna�ve fuel and advanced technology vehicles by a�ending one of more than 35 courses and workshops offered at the NAFTC headquarters and at training loca�ons na�onwide.

The NAFTC a�ends and conducts mul�ple outreach and educa�on events such as Na�onal AFV Day Odyssey. Conducted biennially since 2002, Odyssey has built awareness of alterna�ve fuel and advanced technology vehicles among millions.

Na�onal Alterna�ve Fuels Training Consor�um Ridgeview Business Park • 1100 Frederick Lane Morgantown, WV 26508 • na�c@mail.wvu.edu P: (304) 293-7882 • F: (304) 293-6944 • h�p://na�c.wvu.edu

6

UTAH’S NATION-LEADING IDLE FREE CAMPAIGN:

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF SUCCESS Utah Clean Cities (UCC) created Utah’s Idle Free Campaign with a declaration led by Governor John Huntsman and two prominent mayors in 2007. This year’s event, held on September 9th, celebrated the 10 years of successful partnerships that have allowed for a successful campaign. During the event, 35 awardees were recognized for their idle reduction efforts, with recipients ranging from Alta Ski Resort to Zion’s National Park. Today, over 50 Utah mayors have signed the declaration for Idle Free in Utah. There are seven Idle Free Cities and four large school districts that are 100% Idle Free, and with air quality reaching up in to the “red zone” during winter inversions, Utah takes the challenge seriously.

UCC continues working with communities to encourage drivers to turn off their vehicles when idling for more than 10 seconds. In recent years, the Idle Free campaign has been incorporated and adapted by other organizations including cities, schools, businesses and air quality organizations. UCC has also enjoyed working with groups outside the state on this campaign including other coalitions, air advocacy groups, EPA, NREL and Argonne National Laboratory.

Utah Clean Cities has also been a leader by spearheading a Declaration that November be “Alternative Fuels Month,” now going on nine years. This declaration highlights and celebrates the collaboration between the US Department of Transportation, US Department of Energy, and regional Clean Cities programs in collaboration with Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and New Mexico and their success in providing designations for strategically placed alternative fueling stations complete with signage and connectivity with the Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator.

Additionally, UCC is working to further integrate electric vehicles into use in the region. The Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development, in conjunction with private enterprises and local agencies such as Utah Clean Air Partnership and Utah Clean Cities, has worked collaboratively to complete the Mighty Five Electric Corridor and will continue to develop the Electric Highway to connect Utah’s cities, towns, national parks, monuments, recreation areas and scenic byways within the state with the Rocky Mountain Power and DOE Live Electric WestSmart grant.

Left: Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski provided the keynote address during the 10-year anniversary event.

Above: A new CNG school bus that was shown during the event.

7

Above: Robin Erickson, UCC Coordinator from 2000 through 2016, and Vicky Bennett, the Salt Lake City Sustainability Department’s Director, show off some of the awards that were provided during the event. Right: UCC Executive Director Tammie Cooper speaking on the capitol steps during the event.

Bottom photos (l-r): Tammie Cooper learns about a BMW i8 during the recent Live Electric Ride and Drive. Rocky Mountain Power hosted the EV event and helped bring a crowd of CEOs to the event to learn about EVs.

BINA SKORDAS | Utah Clean Cities | bina.skordas@utahcleancities.org | 801-232-5307 8

Gear Up FOR FEW WHERE ETHANOL PRODUCERS MEET

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

June 11-13, 2018

CenturyLink Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska

WORLD’S LARGEST ETHANOL EVENT 34th ANNUAL

Networking Opportunities Speak Exhibit Sponsor Network Contact Us Today!

FuelEthanolWorkshop.com 9

Produced By

866-746-8385 | service@bbiinternational.com |

#FEW18 @ethanolmagazine

www.icomnorthamerica.com 248-573-4934

Available today!!

Propane Liquid Injection

BIFUEL OR MONOFUEL

External Mounted Fuel pump!

LOOKING TO DO A VW SETTLEMENT PROJECT? ICOM’s EPA & CARB approved systems class 4-7 vehicles qualify!!

PROPANE AUTOGAS Fuel Costs

Reduce:

Maintenance Costs

Total Operating Costs

NOW AVAILABLE

GASOLINE

$

$0

$ 4.00

DIESEL

$

$0

$ 4.00

Ford F-53/ PROPANE F-59 6.8L V10

CNG

$ $

Ford E-450

$0 Ford F-250/ F-350

6.8L V10

800.59.ROUSH

6.2L V8

$0

Ford F-450/ F-550 6.8L V10

Ford F-650

$ 4.00

Blue Bird Vision 6.8L V10

6.8L V10

Micro Bird G5 6.8L V10

$ 4.00

ROUSHcleantech.com10

PARTNER FOCUS

GROWING URBANISM & SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS:

DESIGNING AN URBAN FREIGHT PLAN The sustainability of urban logistics is an important issue for rapidly growing cities worldwide. Although many cities have developed strategies to move people more efficiently and safely within the urban environment, much less attention has been paid to the importance of delivering goods to people at work and home. It is an issue hiding in plain sight, as urban infrastructure is often not designed to accommodate critical logistics services.

The 2017 UPS®/GreenBiz “The Road to Sustainable Urban Logistics Research Study” provides insights into the business challenges associated with logistics in an urban environment and the opportunities to contribute to a more environmentally sustainable city

center. The study presents the findings of qualitative research, along with an online survey conducted by GreenBiz Group in June 2017 among a sample of 612 respondents within the GreenBiz Intelligence Panel.

It revealed that 95 percent of companies surveyed are aware of the impacts — primarily air quality and traffic congestion — urban- ization will have on business growth and sustain- ability, yet only 47 percent feel prepared to address these challenges. A majority of survey respondents (72 percent) believe that businesses need to work closely with city officials to identify and address these urban environmental and social challenges. See the infographic at right, and visit the link shown below to access the full report.

http://ups.com/sustainability

11

The Road to Sustainable Urban Logistics A 2017 UPS/GreenBiz Research Study

A Problem of Increased E-Commerce, Urbanization and Congestion

Business in the Urban Environment

95%

OF COMPANIES SURVEYED RECOGNIZE THEIR BUSINESS CHALLENGES IN GROWING CITIES.

45%

31%

Very aware

19%

Aware

Somewhat aware

4%

Not at all aware

81%

CLAIM A RISE IN E-COMMERCE, URBANIZATION AND CONGESTION HAVE IMPACTED BUSINESS TOP BUSINESS CHALLENGES:

33% 32% 31% 30% 29%

Meeting e-commerce customer expectations

TOP CONCERNS:

58%

53%

Air quality

34%

Traffic congestion

31%

Convenience of public transportation

18%

Other

8%

Safety

Noise

Collaboration is Key

65% 64% Lack of critical infrastructure

56%

Lack of investment in innovative solutions

49%

Lack of leadership and accountability

36%

Governance

25%

Demand superseding capability

13%

Other

THE SOLUTION LIES IN CONVENING A DIVERSE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS. “Which stakeholders should be engaged to address congestion and other mobilityrelated issues in urban environments?”

98% 93% 86% 81% Public transit officials

Business owners operating in the city

78% 76% City Chief Resilience Officers

Meeting city requirements for emission levels Deliveries affected by city transportation regulations Deliveries to residential customers

The Way Forward

THE BIGGEST BARRIERS TO MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN LOGISTICS.

Insufficient collaboration across sectors

Deliveries to retail locations

Logistic delivery Residents services (UPS, etc.)

73% 16%

Personal mobility Citizen advocates providers (e.g., taxis, Uber/Lyft, etc.)

BUSINESSES’ ROLE WILL BE KEY TO CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

72% 63% 7% Businesses should work closely with city officials in identifying and addressing urban environmential and social challenges

Businesses should take a proactive role in identifying and addressing urban environmental and social challenges

Businesses should be responsible for their own opperations and impact, but have no responsibility beyond that

Other

Online survey conducted by GreenBiz June 2017 | 612 responses from the GreenBiz Intelligence Panel See the full research findings at ups.com/sustainability © 2017 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. UPS, the UPS brandmark and the color brown are registered trademarks of United Parcel Service of America, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2017 GreenBiz Group - GreenBiz.com® is a registered trademark of GreenBiz Group Inc

12

EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: FIRST ANNUAL GOLF OUTING & AWARDS DINNER A SUCCESS We greatly appreciate everyone who attended and donated to our 1st annual EP-ACT golf outing and awards dinner held on Monday, May 15 , 2017 at the McCall Country Club in Upper Darby, PA. It was a complete success! The outing was attended by over 85 EP-ACT stakeholders and guests who showed up to enjoy some golf & support our program. We appreciate the support of those stakeholders who sponsored food, beverages, contests, holes/longest drive and closest to the pin.

After the 18-hole golf extravaganza, EP-ACT recognized members who have contributed to the success of the coalition and our region’s displacement of petroleum within the transportation sector in our 1st ever Alternative Fuel Awards Ceremony. There were

five awards given out at our inaugural event. These five companies have demonstrated their commitment to EP-ACT since our start years ago. We felt they each deservingly depicted the meaning of the awards and felt their respective companies represented a great cross-section of our membership.

Advocate Award: AmeriGreen Energy Industry Support Award: Brightbill Bus Alternative Fuel Visionary Award: Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) Environmental Excellence Award: PECO Alternative Fuel Leadership Award: UPS For a complete listing of the award descriptions and for more photos, please go to our Awards List page on our website.

Across the two pages: A variety of photos from the day including multiple shots of golfers having fun, the EP-ACT booth, and sponsors. Two photos on the next page include some award recipients, including LCSWMA (left center) and Brightbill Bus (left bottom).

13

TONY BANDIERO | Eastern PA Alliance for Clean Trans. | tbandiero@ep-act.org | 215-990-8200 14

CLEAN CITIES TV Almost 500 videos are on the CleanCitiesTV channel covering alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technology stories from all over the United States.

Phoenix Utility Fleet Drives Smarter with Biodiesel

National Park Save Natural Resources with Alternative Fuels

Clean Cities TV is the educational video channel of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program, which advances the nation’s economic, environmental and energy security by supporting local actions to reduce petroleum consumption in transportation.

WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/CLEANCITIESTV 15

SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL FLEET RUNS 100% RENEWABLE DIESEL

A photo of one of San Franciso’s fire trucks that is operating on 100% renewable diesel. Photo curtesy of Reflections Enroute.

After several years of discussions and testing of Renewable Diesel (RD), San Francisco officially switched to using 100% RD in December 2015. We run it in nearly everything, except SF Fire Department boats and some offsite generators. Otherwise, anything you can think if of that is an on-road vehicle or non-road piece of equipment in San Francisco runs on RD! On the marine side, we recently assisted Mayor Edwin M. Lee’s office in holding a workshop for to help educate our ferry/water transit operators and assist them in switching to RD by spring 2018. There is also an effort at San Francisco International Airport to evaluate 10% renewable jet fuel.

Several former Clean Cities coordinators in San Francisco--including Rick Ruvolo and Bill Zeller--were very involved in the work to bring San Francisco to using RD. And we would be remiss to leave out many other staff in fleet management that helped in the testing and implementation of bringing our fair city to this point.

To keep it simple, we have had very few problems in the transition due to RD’s chemical similarity to petroleumbased diesel- it is a true drop-in fuel substitute for diesel! On the next page, you can see a handout we use to educate citizens about RD. Please get in-touch with me if I can answer any questions for you!

SUZANNE LOOSEN | San Francisco Clean Cities | Suzanne.Loosen@sfgov.org | 415-355-3765 16

San Francisco’s Municipal Diesel Fleet now runs on

100% RENEWABLE DIESEL That’s enough renewable diesel to fill

9olympic-size swimming pools per year Renewable diesel is functionally the same as diesel, but is

made from sustainable sources

biodiesel

diesel

process: transesterification

crude oil 20%

process: hydrotreating

sustainable oils vegetable oils, animal fats, and waste oils

80%

process: hydrotreating

DIESEL

B20 BIODIESEL

RENEWABLE DIESEL

How do the emissions compare among diesel products?

2%

increase

Percent

100

0

19%

14%

reduction

reduction

Key Diesel B20 Biodiesel Renewable Diesel

17

56% reduction

GHGs

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

34% reduction

PM

Particulate Matter

14% reduction

NOx

Nitrogen Oxides

Why use renewable diesel? It...

Why use renewable diesel? It...

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

has a lower carbon hasfootprint a lower

requires no engine modifications requires no

carbon footprint

engine modifications

✔

meets meets regulations

infrastructure requires no changes infrastructure changes regulations

==

56% 56% reduction in total reduction in total greenhouse gasgas emissions greenhouse emissions and and reduction in in reduction tailpipe emissions tailpipe emissions

✔ requires no

✔

chemically identical chemically identical to to petrodiesel and be used petrodiesel and cancan be used as aadrop-in drop-infuel fuel in vehicles, as in vehicles, generators, and off-road generators, and off-road

uses existing infrastructuremeets ASTMmeets D975 & EN590, uses existing infrastructure D975 ASTM & EN590, like fuel diesel fuel tanks storage tanks Air & like diesel storage approved byapproved California by Air California & and pumps, noWater Resource Water Resource and pumps, requiringrequiring no Control BoardsControl Boards additional investment or additional investment or modification to our fleet modification to our fleet

Renewable diesel is one more way to help San Francisco

Renewable diesel is one more way to help San Francisco

reach its climate action goals.*

reach its climate action goals.* 7.0

CO2e (MMT)

7.0

CO2e (MMT)

6.0

4.0 3.0

4.0

2.0

OPPORTUNITY:

SF Target (20%) SF Target (25%)

44%

of all San Francisco’s emissions come from transportation

1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2017 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 SF2050 Target (80%) projected

1.0

*

44%

of all San Francisco’s emissions come from transportation

SF Target (40%) SF Target (80%)

1.0

2.0

OPPORTUNITY:

CA Target (0%)

SF Target (20%) Kyoto Int’l Target (7%)SF Target CA(25%) Target (0%) SF Target (40%)

5.0

5.0

3.0

Kyoto Int’l Target (7%)

6.0

Other ways San Francisco reduces transportation emissions:

1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2017 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 projected public

*

walking

biking

transportation

ridesharing

Other ways San Francisco reduces transportation emissions: walking

biking

public transportation

ridesharing

plug-in electric vehicles

plug-in electric vehicles

“By changing our fleet’s fuel from petroleum to renewable diesel, we’re taking action that is good for the global climate, and at the same time promotes environmental justice in our community by leading to cleaner, “Byhealthier changing oursome fleet’s fuelmost fromvulnerable petroleum to renewable diesel, we’re air for of our neighborhoods.”

taking action that is good for the global climate, and at the same time – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee promotes environmental justice in our community by leading to cleaner, healthier air for some of our most vulnerable neighborhoods.”

Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

– San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee 18

Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

PARTNER FOCUS

TRANSIT AGENCIES & SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD BENEFIT FROM VW FUNDING Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency filed a complaint against Volkswagen alleging that they violated the Clean Air Act. Volkswagen was found guilty and agreed to spend billions to settle these allegations, which includes a $2.9 billion Environmental Mitigation Trust. Over the next 10 years, the trust will fund environmental mitigation projects that specifically reduce emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx).

established October 2. Now, each state will designate a beneficiary, which is the lead agency responsible for funds. Then they will file mitigation plans and solicit feedback.

Both transit agencies and school districts may qualify for funding under this settlement, as class 4-8 school, shuttle or transit bus replacement are among the eligible projects.

Adopting school buses and transit vehicles fueled by propane autogas are excellent ways for states to reduce nitrogen NOx emissions, while helping to put the savings from lower fuel and maintenance costs back into their budgets.

If state allocate funding toward transit vehicles and/ or school buses, these organizations could tap into this windfall of funds to move to an alternative transportation fuel that reduce NOx emissions.

Each state will receive a set amount based on the number of affected vehicles sold in the state. You can find a state-by-state listing at http://ROUSHcleantech.com/volkswagen-settlement/. Earlier this year Wilmington Trust was appointed as the trustee to allocate the funds. The trustee effective date was

Funds from the Environmental Mitigation Trust could be available soon. Now is the time to make the case to reduce NOx in transit vehicles and school buses, like those fueled by clean-burning propane autogas.

10.25.16

10.2.17

12.1.17

1.18.18

2.0 L Settlement Effective Date

Trustee Effective Date

State Beneficiary Named

Trustee Approves Beneficiary

within 60 days within 120 days

19

State Files Mitigation Plan

NOTE: There is no specific deadline for the Beneficiary Mitigation Plan, but it must be submitted at least 30 days before any funding request.

Trustee Approval of Mitigation Plan

Disbursement of Funds to Beneficiary by the Trustee

within 15 days

Blue Bird Vision Propane The Most Cost–Effective Solution to Reduce NOx Emissions from School Buses

School buses transport 25 million children across the U.S. to and from school each year. Because of the stop-and-go driving conditions, diesel buses emit increased exhaust emissions filled with tiny soot particles and toxic gases. Using the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust (EMT) to fund propane buses enables states to meaningfully reduce this harmful exposure, which benefits our nation’s children.

PROPANE Purchase price: NOx reduced:

$95,000 537 lbs.

Cost per pound of NOx reduced: $177

DIESEL Purchase price: NOx reduced:

ELECTRIC

$90,000 331 lbs.

Cost per pound of NOx reduced: $272

Purchase price: NOx reduced:

$300,000 593 lbs.

Cost per pound of NOx reduced: $506

35%

more cost-effective than diesel school buses

65%

more cost-effective than electric school buses *Vehicle purchase price may vary by state. Calculations assume the full cost to deploy the cleanest commercially available Type C buses for each fuel type based on emission calculations from the 2016 ANL AFLEET Tool.

750+

10,000+

School transportation fleets in operation

School buses in service across North America 20

500+

0

CURRENT AFFAIRS IN COLORADO NDEW & SOLAR DECATHLON NAT’L DRIVE ELECTRIC WEEK & SOLAR DECATHLON SHOWCASE ELECTRICITY The Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition (DMCCC) was pleased to be a part of the National Drive Electric Week of 2017 (Sept. 9-17). The coalition helped organize and participated in two separate events - one in Boulder and one in Denver. While this coalition does not work exclusively with electric vehicles (much of our work has to do with alternative fuels) a significant emphasis was placed upon these zero-tailpipe-emission vehicles (ZEVs) during the week. These events were designed to entice interested consumers to learn more about electric vehicle models, engage in quick test drives, and arrive at an eventual purchase of an EV in the future.

At these events, the Clean Cities staff collaborated with other Colorado organizations and used the opportunity to promote the upcoming clean air event, Run the Rocks 5/10K race of their umbrella organization, the American Lung Association of Colorado (ALAC). The coalition is

NILES KOENIGSBERG Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition | CCities@lung.org | 720-934-4560

21

able to advance ALAC’s mission of improving lung health through its work to reduce transportation emissions and clean the air.

The DMCCC is incredibly active in the Denver area, and organized an additional ZEV test drive event during the Solar Decathlon in Denver on the 14th of October. The Department of energy Solar Decathlon is a competition between 10 teams of students to design and build fullsize solar-powered houses. Simply put, the Decathlon is an event designed to get students and attendees interested in nontraditional sources of energy—a perfect fit for the alternative-fuels focused DMCCC. During the nine-day event visitors from across the nation had a chance to not only tour the solar homes being built, but check out a number of ZEVs and even get behind the wheel of a few during the ride and drive.

A wide variety of EVs where showcased during the two NDEW events, including (above) a converted, all-electric Porshe 914, and (bottom) during the Run the Rocks 5/10k that is managed

by ALAC, a 2017 Fiat 500e and a plug-in SUV. At left (l - r): Northern Colorado Clean Cities Coordinator Sheble McConnellogue, Denver Metro Clean Cities Coordinator Janna West-Heiss, and “Planet Earth” - a frequent siting at the Boulder Farmer’s Market.

Opposite page: A rendering of the DOE Solar Decathlon event – it is even more amazing in person! Learn more about the Decathlon at http://www.solardecathlon.gov.

22

F-EPM-No.1Source-CleanCities.pdf

1

4/12/2013

12:16:48 PM

Pump SERVICING ARE Evacuation YOU CURRENTLY The ICOM “Prime” Propane Evacuation Pump has an excellent 12 year history of safely removingPROPANE propane from vehicles withoutPOWERED venting or wasting fuel.

OEM BUSES? Hundreds are in use in the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia sine 2004.

The ICOM “Prime” Propane Evacuation Pump

C

Portable unit Total evacuation of propane from the tank Air operated Easy accessibility for on-site tank evacuation

M

Y

CM

evacuates approximately 20 gallons per hour at 120 psi air pressure

MY

CY

CMY

K

www.icomnorthamerica.com

248-573-4934

Start Saving Green LightningAnalytics Big data science transforms telematics into something you can act on

LightningHybrids Fuel savings that require no infrastructure and no batteries lightningsystems.com

N P R O DE W UCT A VA IL A N O W B LE

Your Bobtail Solution

FORD F-750 6.8L V10 Propane Powered Up to 33,000 GVWR

800.59.ROUSH ROUSHcleantech.com

23

Delivering Fleet Efficiency

FROM WORLD WAR I...

AND STILL APPLICABLE TODAY!!

Poster shows a woman dressed in Stars & Stripes, symbolizing America asleep. After two and a half years of neutrality, the U.S entered World War I on April 6, 1917. James Montgomery Flagg, who created some of the war’s most indelible images, sounded the alarm for all citizens in this poster which was featured in “Wake Up, America” Day in New York City just thirteen days later on April 19th. Actress Mary Arthur was Flagg’s model (who is a personification of America and Liberty) is shown asleep, wearing patriotic stars and stripes and a Phrygian cap--a symbol of freedom since Roman times. While she dozes against a fluted column, another visual reference to Western classical antiquity and civilization, sinister storm clouds gather in the background.

24 READ MORE AT THE SOURCE - THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91726511/

COVER STORY

SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS IN SOUTHEAST WITH ALT FUEL CORRIDOR SIGNAGE Motorists traveling along major interstates in South Carolina will now see alternative fuel corridor signs. These signs indicate routes that are part of a national network of corridors that support alternative fueling infrastructure. The Palmetto Clean Fuels (PCF) coalition, an initiative of the S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff – Energy Office (Energy Office), worked with the SC Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to install the signs in June 2017.

In July 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) called on states to nominate national plug-in electric vehicle (EV) charging, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors along major roadways as a part of the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation” (FAST) Act. The Energy Office submitted a nomination to designate all major interstates in South Carolina.

The FHWA designated 55 routes across the U.S. in November 2016 that will serve as the basis for a national network of alternative fuel corridors spanning 35 states. These designated corridors aim to create and expand a national network of alternative fueling, charging infrastructure, and signage along National Highway Systems corridors.

Parts of I-20, I-26, I-77 and I-85 were designated as “signage ready” in South Carolina; enough infrastructure exists along the designated segments of interstate to facilitate refueling. The FHWA may add more highway sections as additional refueling and charging stations are built.

“We’re happy to be the first in the Southeast and the second state in the U.S. to install the signs along the “signage ready” corridors,” said Maeve Mason, co-coordinator for PCF. These new alternative fuel corridor signs were designed to label the corridors, but not necessarily to direct motorists to refueling infrastructure. The Energy Office and SCDOT are planning to build on corridor designation by adding directional signage to identify the specific exits with alternative refueling stations, not unlike the gas and lodging signs that currently exist along South Carolina interstates.

The state currently has 464 alternative fueling stations, including charging outlets for EVs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

PCF did detailed work to determine the best locations for the signs, and to estimate the total costs.

The final total was just over $7,300, with the final signage fabrication handled by SC Department of Corrections - Prison Industries, and installation was handled by SCDOT. The new signs, and a list of the new “signage ready” corridors, can be found on the FHWA website at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/alternative_fuel_corridors.

LANDON MASTERS | Palmetto Clean Fuels | lmasters@regstaff.sc.gov | 803-737-8285 25

At right - examples of corridor end and begin signage that includes EV and propane autogas corridors.

Below - An image depicting the Interactive Google Map that PCF created to help explain what they were asking for in signage placement.

Based on the infrastructure that was in South Carolina, PCF created a signage plan that designated parts of many major interstates in the state as official corridors for three different fuels: compressed natural gas (“CNG”), propane autogas (denoted based on FHWA signage rules as “LPG”) and electricity (as “EV”). Two signs were placed along I-85 for CNG, 8 signs were placed along interstates 26, 77 and 85 for EV, and 10 signs were placed along interstates 20 and 26 for propane autogas.

26

As FHWA formalized its initiative to show interstate travelers alternative fuel corridors around the USA, Minnesota was the FIRST state to be approved for a corridor AND post such signage. Their EV corridor on I-94 between Minneapolis and St. Cloud has signs (shown below) detailing that the stretch of I-94 is an alternative fuel corridor for electric vehicles (EVs).

CONGRATULATIONS MINNESOTANS!!