Remove Grid Remove Installation Remove Long Beach Remove Pollution
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards more than $36M to clean transportation projects

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and Long Beach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. million to install a new turbine at a water transfer pipeline. The Amador Water Agency received $1.5

article thumbnail

How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

He or she should be prepared to work closely with primary contacts at the electric utility, perhaps multiple government agencies, any contractors hired to upgrade electric service or install charging equipment, and more. Charging infrastructure installs vary, a lot. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5

Volvo 131
article thumbnail

Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.] What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt megawatt chargers?

Fleet 52
article thumbnail

The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

We’re also only 12 miles from the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach – the two largest stationary sources off air pollution and all their related greenhouse gases in L.A. I volunteer with GRID Alternatives installing solar panels on low income and Habitat for Humanity houses.

article thumbnail

Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

Green Car Congress

The reason is that to utilize shore power, any vessel needs to have specialized on-board equipment installed, and to achieve a reasonable return on investment for this additional cost, shore power would need to be frequently utilized. The US Navy has been employing grid-based cold-ironing for many years to save fuel. Oakland, Calif.;

Fuel 191