Green Fleet

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded $174,048 to the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) to help with the cost of replacing 14 heavy-duty, diesel-powered trucks with 14 new compressed natural gas-fueled trucks.

Tags: Grant funding, heavy-duty trucks, Pennsylvania, CNG vehicles, Waste Fleet, CNG fueling station, Lancaster County

Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has awarded grant and loan funds for the purchase of compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled vehicles to Salt Lake City and the Utah Transit Authority.

Tags: Salt Lake City, Grant funding, CNG vehicles, Utah Transit Authority, Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The City of Trussville, Ala., has opened a new pubblicly accessible CNG fueling station. The 40 CNG-fueled vehicles operated by the City will refuel at this location.

Tags: CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Alabama, City of Trussville

The City of Cathedral City, Calif., received a grant in the amount of $60,000 from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) to help pay for a Vactor compressed natural gas (CNG) truck and install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

Tags: CNG vehicles, EV charging station, City of Cathedral City

The City of Phoenix, Ariz.’s Mayor Greg Stanton, Vice Mayor Bill Gates, and other community leaders unveiled Phoenix’s new compressed natural gas (CNG) solid waste trucks and its newly enhanced slow-fill fueling station in mid-February.

Tags: Alternative-fuel vehicles, Refuse trucks, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Arizona, City of Phoenix

Kanawha County, W. Va., is planning to convert a number of its fleet vehicles to operate on compressed natural gas (CNG) and is making progress toward this goal.

Tags: Chevrolet Tahoe, CNG conversion, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Kanawha County, State of West Virginia

The City of Lafayette, La., is building a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at the Lafayette Consolidated Government's public works department.

Tags: Natural Gas, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Louisiana, City of Lafayette

To conduct the overview of National City's fleet and come up with recommendations, regional planning organization Sandag partnered with the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE).

Tags: California, CNG vehicles, Hybrids, City of National City

BAF, a Clean Energy Company, announced it has received Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approvals and California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Orders for its 2013 vehicle lineup.

Tags: CNG conversion, CNG vehicles, BAF Technologies

LANCASTER, PA – Lancaster County (Pa.) Solid Waste Management Authority on Dec. 21 approved a $2.5 million plan to purchase 14 new compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks and build a CNG fueling station, according to Lancaster Online.

Tags: Refuse trucks, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station

INDIANAPOLIS – Beyond plug-in hybrids and EVs, the City’s goal is to have all of its sedans, other light-duty vehicles, its heavy-duty units, and its police vehicles equipped with alternative powertrain types by 2025.

Tags: PHEVs, Alternative-fuel vehicles, electric vehicle, CNG vehicles, EVs, City of Indianapolis, Indiana

SANTA FE, NM – The City of Santa Fe Council approved the grant awards and purchase of eight compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles for the City’s fleet. Four of these are refuse trucks, and four are Honda Civic sedans.

Tags: Grant funding, CNG vehicles, City of Santa Fe

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Dealerships in 28 states representing Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and Honda have submitted more than 100 bids to provide natural gas vehicles to 22 states.

Tags: CNG vehicles, RFP, State of Colorado, State of Oklahoma, CNG conversions

DUBLIN, OH - The City of Dublin reported that Clean Fuels Ohio’s state-wide program has designated the City’s Division of Fleet Management as an Ohio Green Fleet.

Tags: award, Clean Fuels Ohio, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Ohio, City of Dublin

COMPTON, CA - The City is exploring updating its fleet of trucks used by the City's Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Fire, and Water Departments with CNG vehicles.

Tags: CNG vehicles, City of Compton

CHARLESTON, WV – Bids for the 2013 model-year West Virginia statewide motor vehicle contract will include compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled vehicles.

Tags: CNG vehicles, CNG memorandum of understanding, State of West Virginia

GREELEY, CO - Weld County has replaced 11 of its fleet vehicles with CNG models. The new SkyBlu CNG fueling station is operated by Mansfield Energy Corporation.

Tags: CNG, Colorado, CNG vehicles, CNG fueling station, Weld County