article thumbnail

Sea-Tac Airport launches major ground support equipment electrification project

Green Car Congress

million in airline fuel costs and 10,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions—the equivalent of taking 1,900 cars off the road. The $31-million project is funded in large part through federal grants. The US Department of Energy provided $5 million through a grant with the Western Washington Clean Cities Coalition.

Alaska 296
article thumbnail

USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

Green Car Congress

million federal grant to cover the cost of the USC Wrigley Institute study. The research was supported by ARPA-E, US Department of Energy Award Number DE-AR0000689 and by Marine BioEnergy, Inc., which has a commercial interest in the research and contributed part of its $2.6-million Navarrete, Diane Y. Reed, David W.

Mariner 468
article thumbnail

King County Metro putting Proterra electric buses into service

Green Car Congress

According to data collected by other transit agencies operating the Proterra bus, the battery-powered vehicles generate a cost savings of 49% per mile compared to a hybrid bus, and a 40% savings over a diesel bus. million federal grant. The three battery buses were paid for in part with a $4.7 Metro is pursuing $3.3

article thumbnail

Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

Green Car Congress

The IBR was partially funded with a federal grant that Solazyme received from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in December 2009 to demonstrate integrated commercial-scale production of renewable algal-based fuels. is a renewable oil and bioproducts company that transforms a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value oils.

Illinois 218
article thumbnail

International Battery to provide Li-ion system to Sunverge for Net-Zero Energy Home Project

Green Car Congress

Sunverge Energy has developed a turn-key distributed energy solution that captures solar energy at its most plentiful and stores it for use during peak demand hours, when cost to produce and deliver electricity is at its highest. International Battery will provide Sunverge with an 8.2

Li-ion 199
article thumbnail

California state fleet reduces petroleum consumption 13% compared to 2003

Green Car Congress

This affords the State a better opportunity to manage fuel consumption and control costs. Each State agency leasing vehicles from DGS is now able to see how much fuel their leased vehicles are using because it is unbundled from their monthly rate, thereby enabling them to reduce costs by actively managing their fuel usage internally.

2003 257
article thumbnail

Missed Charge Station Opportunity in San Francisco

Plugs and Cars

With the city budget constrained just as investment in EV charging infrastructure has become warranted, one would think the City would jump at the opportunity for seventeen n0-cost new units to serve LEAFs, Volts and Teslas now. These ClipperCreek chargers would be simple to use - just park and plug in.