Sentences with phrase «transportation fuel infrastructure»

April 14 and 15, 2009 Joint Integrated Energy Policy Report and Transportation Committee Workshop on Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Issues

Joint Integrated Energy Policy Report and Transportation Committee Workshop on Transportation Fuel Infrastructure Issues

The New York State Transportation Fuels Infrastructure Study [PDF] examines the infrastructure and market trends that affect the supply and distribution of transportation fuels into, and within, the State of New York as well as trends affecting fuel specifications and overall demand.

Not exact matches

But wanderlust - fueled RV purchases from young couples, while attention - grabbing, won't be enough to sustain long - term growth in the industry, says Foster Finley, who co-leads the transportation and infrastructure practice for global consultancy AlixPartners.

• Creating cleaner transportation options — by investing in public transit infrastructure, improving our fuel efficiency and transitioning to low - carbon options like electric vehicles;

Hawkins praised Stein's Green New Deal, a proposed plan that aims to create 20 million new jobs by transitioning from fossil fuel - based infrastructure to 100 % clean renewable energy by 2030, while also investing in improved public transportation and community - based agriculture.

Reducing fuel use, emissions and «havoc» A Department of Transportation pilot project underway in Ann Arbor, Mich., has already collected 7 billion safety messages exchanged among 3,000 cars, trucks and transit buses equipped with vehicle - to - vehicle (V2V) and vehicle - to - infrastructure (V2I) technology.

The latest figures from the Electric Drive Transportation Association, a trade group that advocates electric, electric - hybrid and fuel - cell car technology and infrastructure, reveal a diminished share of the car market.

Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part because the hydrogen infrastructure provides few additional energy benefits for the community besides clean transportation.

The study examined fuel savings from 16 emerging transportation technologies, such as adaptive cruise control, eco-navigation, wireless communications to improve the efficiency of existing transportation infrastructure, such as traffic light synchronization.

(Prices in have since gone up because of a hike from 14 cents to 37 cents a gallon in NJ state fuel taxes, with the money earmarked to improve the Garden State's terrible transportation infrastructure.)

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Once lauded as the future of clean transportation and energy storage in a variety of other applications, hydrogen - based fuel cell systems have a great many barriers to adoption, one of which is lack of hydrogen infrastructure, and the other is the need to develop hydrogen production sources that aren't fossil fuel - based or that require more energy to produce than can be released in the fuel cell.

Personally, I would believe that a gaseous fuel infrastructure should be a priority because it increases transportation fuel options without demanding one engine technology be scraped in favor of another.

If hydrogen fuel can be done cheaper, let it compete, but we can't wait for replacement of the transportation infrastructure.

On transportation and fossil fuel emissions, cities can also invest in the long - term development of walking and cycling infrastructure.

The realistic opportunities for increasing supply of transportation fuel soon suggest that government policies should encourage the commercialization of alternative fuels that can be used in the existing infrastructure: cellulosic ethanol and biodiesel / renewable diesel.

Pricing emissions from transportation fuels will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and other transportation sector investments.

There are imaginative proposals for transitioning to other fuels for transportation, such as hydrogen to power automotive fuel cells, but this would require major infrastructure investment and restructuring.

Energy prices (average gasoline and retail electricity price) and public infrastructure (share of working population commuting via public transportation) were important in explaining the interstate variation in the use of transportation fuels and residential electricity and are readily addressed by climate and energy policies.

If successful, this initiative could augment the world's transportation fuel supply with existing infrastructure while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Encourage the commercialization of alternative transportation fuels that can be available soon, are compatible with existing infrastructure, and can be derived from waste or otherwise produced cheaply.

Fossil fuel power plants like oil, coal, and gas not only pollute but must have a constant delivery of fuel, which can be a challenge where transportation and pipeline infrastructure is underdeveloped.

«Upstream» in this instance refers to infrastructure of oil extraction and production (e.g., Arctic oil and gas extraction), «midstream» refers to transportation (e.g., the Trans - Alaska Pipeline System, railways, oil tankers, and barges), and «downstream» refers to refining, processing, and distributing fossil fuel products to consumers.

A plan to help get to three tons is not simply to buy electric cars, but also to improve public transportation, bike sharing, installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure and car to home interconnection for millions of EVs to also help provide power into the electric grid, mandate phasing in of electric vehicles whose operating «fuel» cost is equivalent to less than $ 1.00 per gallon.

Part 2: Advanced Vehicles -(Sec. 721) Directs the Secretary to establish a competitive grant pilot program through the DOE Clean Cities Program, to provide up to 30 geographically dispersed project grants to state or local governments or metropolitan transportation authorities for acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or fuel cell vehicles, including the infrastructure necessary to support them directly.

The good news is that moving away from fossil fuel dependency will create millions of new opportunities to rebuild our local energy grid, food system, transportation network, and regional infrastructure.

Rud — we do need a source of funding for transportation infrastructure, but I think a fuel tax ignores the fact that even people with no personal vehicle benefit from roads.

Joule's solar technology is bypassing these challenges while converting a waste stream into cost - competitive hydrocarbon fuels, which will have far greater and faster impact than low - percentage blendstocks or transportation alternatives that require major infrastructure overhaul,» said William J. Sims, President and CEO of Joule.

No new fossil fuel extraction or transportation infrastructure should be built, and governments should grant no new permits for them.

Joint Committee Workshop on Transportation Energy Demand and Fuel Infrastructure Requirements

California needs sufficient fuel infrastructure to ensure reliable supplies of transportation fuels for its citizens.

But cutting emissions from transportation poses unique challenges, because cars and trucks are owned by individuals with diverse needs, who are constrained by existing infrastructure and limited fuel options.

To maintain energy security, state and local agencies need to ensure that there is adequate infrastructure for the delivery of transportation fuels.

Reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the adoption of low and zero emission vehicles and strengthening alternative - fueling infrastructure

China and the U.S. are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) in absolute terms on annual basis, both are heavily reliant coal for power and imported petroleum for transportation fuel and other non-transportation uses and both have had (and continue) to build continental - wide energy infrastructure to support a large population.

I love my EV and knowing that the infrastructure for charging it is growing so rapidly makes me feel even better about my decision to drive one and the forward progress of EVs and alternative fuel transportation!

Pay attention, because this next one has some serious implications for energy and transportation policy, and infrastructure: According to research just published in the online edition of Science, rather than converting energy crops to liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, it is far more efficient to convert them to electricity to power vehicles.

This is a contradiction, as meeting the Paris goals of holding global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius means that no new fossil fuel extraction or transportation infrastructure should be built.

A report by the Maine Department of Transportation last fall indicated several advantages to the new proposed legislation which include: improving the environment, reduce transportation infrastructure costs, making businesses more competitive, increasing traffic safety, and saving Transportation last fall indicated several advantages to the new proposed legislation which include: improving the environment, reduce transportation infrastructure costs, making businesses more competitive, increasing traffic safety, and saving transportation infrastructure costs, making businesses more competitive, increasing traffic safety, and saving on fuel costs.

incorporate clean transportation infrastructure through electric vehicle charging stations, fuel cell vehicle charging stations and liquid, gas and battery facilities.