Welcome!
Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership designed to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by advancing the use of alternative fuels and vehicles, idle reduction technologies, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel blends, and fuel economy.
Virginia Clean Cities is one of almost 90 coalitions across the U.S. that help meet the objectives of improving air quality, developing regional economic opportunities, and reducing the use of imported petroleum. Virginia Clean Cities was incorporated in November 2001 as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation.
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Thanks to our 2009 Sponsors & Strategic Partners for your support!
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Current Happenings and News
Download our Bi-Monthly Stakeholders Update and the Southeastern Fuels Fix!
Virginia Clean Cities publishes a bi-monthly stakeholders update containing discussion of our current projects, interesting current events and news, upcoming alternative fuels events, and updates on what our stakeholders are up to. You can download the current update by visiting our publications page, or clicking here.
The SE Fuels Fix is a quarterly Ezine produced by the U.S. DOE Clean Cities coalitions in the southeastern United States.
Virginia, Maryland and D.C. E85 Infrastructure Project
Grants are still available for retailers interested in providing E85 to the VA-MD-DC public.
E85 station locator brochure now available for download. This brochure details Virginia, Maryland and D.C. E85 stations and groups them by type of access (unrestricted public, restricted public, and private).
A new section titled "Financing Alternative Fuels - Making a Business Case" is now posted to the E85 Infrastructure page. This section contains tools such as a discounted cash flow calculator for E85 investment and a link to a DoE Clean Cities website featuring a comprehensive business case analysis for E85, UL updates, and a fleet managers toolkit.
Biodiesel Fuel Quality Seminars
Materials from all of the biodiesel fuel quality seminars are posted to the page, including all presentations, handouts, and tools.
Dragon Run Biodiesel Project and Clean School Bus Project
Virginia Clean Cities is now working with certain Dragon Run watershed counties to assist in a biodiesel fleet transition. Materials used and created to accomplish the project goals are now posted to the page. These can be used by other municipalities as a roadmap to determine biodiesel market viability and potential to provide sustainable natural resource-based economic benefit to the community.
The Middle Peninsula Clean School Bus Project focuses on four methods to clean up diesel exhaust from older model school buses: biodiesel use, installation of emissions control devices, purchase of propane school buses, and an idle reduction initiative.
Download the EPA press release, or visit the page to learn more about this project.
Hydrogen Updates
Virginia's Vision and Strategy for the Hydrogen Economy produced by the Virginia Hydrogen Economy Roundtable is available for download.
The Department of Energy awarded Virginia Clean Cities and partners a hydrogen education development grant to conduct hydrogen seminars over the next two years for government, business and community leaders. Two seminars have taken place in Richmond and Chesterfield County, and the materials are now posted. The next seminar is scheduled for June 5, 2009 at the University of Maryland's College Park Campus. Visit the page to register.
Please contact us if you are interested in hosting a seminar.
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DEQ Publishes Virginia Biodiesel Environmental Compliance Primer
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality recently posted new guidance material introducing the environmental regulatory obligations concerning biodiesel production. Visit the DEQ site to download this excellent primer or download here
http://www.deq.state.va.us/osba/new.html
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