Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition

Save The Date

2011-11-02T19:53:00.000-07:00

Save the Date!

Friday, December 9, 2011
2:00 PM EST

CNG Fuel Station

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

at
The Yellow Cab Company

in
Bloomfield, CT

We’re celebrating the opening of Bloomfield’s first public access Compressed Natural Gas fleet fueling station at the headquarters of The Yellow Cab Company and while invitations are being finalized, we want you to Save the Date!

Please reserve time in your schedule to join us for our ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the sixth of many alternative fuel initiatives for Connecticut as we continue to make our state "greener." The Yellow Cab Company / Clean Energy project in Bloomfield is part of the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, which is funded in part by the USDOE through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

When:    Friday, December 9, 2011
Where:   86 Granby Street, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Time:      2:00 p.m. EST

Click here and let us know if you have any quesitons prior to receiving the invitation for this event

Glastonbury’s Green Initiatives Program Expands

2011-10-30T23:41:00.000-07:00

Glastonbury’s Green Initiatives Program Expands

With New Compressed Natural Gas Fast-fill Fueling Station

GLASTONBURY, CT—(October 26, 2011) A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. today at Glastonbury’s new fast-fill Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station to service an expanding Town fleet of CNG powered sedans and shuttles. On hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony will be Steve Cassano, State Senator; Jason Rojas and Prasad Srinivasan, State Representatives; Representatives from Congressman Larson and Congressman Courtney; Susan Karp, Chairman Glastonbury Town Council; and, Richard J. Johnson, Glastonbury Town Manager.

A leader in embracing and employment of sustainable practices, the Town of Glastonbury partnered with Capitol Clean Cities of Connecticut and the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition on the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, a statewide public-private initiative deploying Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Fueling Stations across the state. The Glastonbury project includes a new fast-fill CNG station, 12 CNG powered sedans and two CNG powered shuttle buses. The Town is receiving $488,200 from the U.S. Department of Energy and is providing $571,628 in non-federal share to complete the $1.06 million dollar project.

“We are glad the Town could partner with Clean Cities to expand our CNG fueling capacity and fleet. The continuing expansion of our Green Initiatives Program is important to the Town and with the new fast-fill CNG station, cost savings will be realized quickly,” said Richard J. Johnson, Town Manager of Glastonbury.

Air and Gas Technologies built the new station in Glastonbury at 300 Welles Street, which is co-located on the same property as the Glastonbury Senior Center.

“We are excited about this new fast-fill fleet station and fleet in the Town of Glastonbury,” stated Lee Grannis, Coordinator of the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition and recipient of the USDOE grant. “This station represents the continuing commitment of the Town to cleaner transportation options and the addition of 14 CNG vehicles to the Town fleet will have an impact on reducing the use of petroleum and save the town money too,” Grannis added.

“We are thrilled to watch the Town of Glastonbury continue as a leader in the Greater Hartford area, promoting the importance of clean natural gas fuel and vehicles. Their commitment to clean energy is evident in their newest project which replaces their slow-fill station with a fast-fill station enabling them to expand their natural gas fleet. They are a wonderful example to other municipalities of how dedication to and belief in alternative fuels validates the positive results of using Alternative Fuels.” stated Craig Peters, Coordinator of the Capitol Clean Cities Coalition.

A public/private partnership, the CTCCFF is a coalition of forces and resources, featuring all four Connecticut Clean Cities Coalitions working together under nearly $13.2 million of funding from a U. S. Department of Energy Grant, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Project partners are providing over $16 million in non-federal cost share to the project. The Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. (GNHCCC), together with more than 30 partner organizations are building a state-wide system that will eventually get 269 alternative fuels vehicles on the State’s roads through incremental funding and providing fueling capability for 21 additional fleet vehicles and the supporting infrastructure for vehicle deployments as part of the CTCCFF.

For more information on the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, contact Carla R. York, 423-802-6190 or visit www.ct-futurefuels.com

West Haven's First CNG fueling station at Metro Taxi

2011-09-13T18:56:00.000-07:00

CNG Fuel Station

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The City of West Haven is celebrating the opening of the cities’ first Compressed Natural Gas fleet fueling station at the headquarters of Metro Taxi. The Clean Energy station will provide fleet and public fueling of CNG and is the first station in Connecticut built by Clean Energy. This opening marks a significant advance forward for Alternative Fuels in the state of Connecticut and the entire Northeast Region.

Metro Taxi operates the largest taxi fleet in the state and, as part of this new station opening, will also be launching the first in-state fleet of purpose-built, wheelchair friendly, ADA compliant, low emission taxis known as the “MV-1”, ready to serve the Disability Community. In addition to the MV-1, Metro Taxi will launch into service CNG-fueled Ford Transit Connects and Honda Civics. By year’s end, Metro Taxi will deploy 110 new CNG taxis as part of the project.

The fleet of 110 taxis will replace over 500,000 gallons of gasoline annually with clean burning CNG. The total project costs of $5.9M represents a significant investment from project partners Clean Energy and Metro Taxi of $4.1M or 69% of the total and the remaining $1.8M from the USDOE.

Join us for our ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the fourth of many alternative fuel initiatives for Connecticut as we continue to make our state "greener." The West Haven project is one of the many collaborations under the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, awarded to the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition. This project is funded in part by the USDOE through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

When: Monday, September 26, 2011

Where: 65 Industry Drive, West Haven

Time: 10:00 a.m. EDT

Click here to RSVP
or call Carla York at 423.802.6190.

2011-09-13T18:45:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release

For Media Information Contact:
Nancy Wuennemann
860-659-2278
info@ct-cleancitiesexpo.com
Carla York
703-931-1410
carla@innovationdrive.net

Connecticut

Clean Cities Announces Clean Fuels Expo

Wallingford Selected as Showcase Venue for

Alternative Fuels Technology Event

(August 15, 2011)—The Connecticut Clean Cities Coalitions announced today their upcoming Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles Expo at the Mountain Ridge Events Center in Wallingford, Connecticut – Tuesday September 27, 2011 from 9 am to 3:30 pm. Onsite registration pick-up is set for 8-9 am.
This one-day event features a variety of presentations and addresses designed to inform and help Connecticut area businesses to make informed decisions to start the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles into their daily business practices. Registration is FREE, but necessary for accountability purposes – please visit www.ct-cleancitiesexpo.com.
In addition to addresses and presentations, expo attendees will be offered the opportunity to be stakeholders in their local Clean Cities Coalition. Clean Cities stakeholders will be encouraged to commit to investigating ways of integrating alternative fuels and vehicles into their businesses, and to act as advocates for the goals of the Department of Energy’s Clean Cities programs and
its local coalitions. Presenters will address a variety of alternative fuels and corresponding vehicle power trains that make up the emerging alternative fuel and AFV market.
In return for their commitment to the Clean Cities programs, stakeholders will receive a variety of benefits, free of charge. Specific advantages to being a Clean Cities stakeholder include assistance in pursuing grants that are appropriate for their needs, publicity, networking opportunities and access to relevant technical information on alternative fuels market development, infrastructure and AFVs along with emerging advances vehicle issues.
“This is a great opportunity for Connecticut area businesses and organizations to expand our message. We (the coalitions) offer interested parties the opportunity to speak with one voice on issues of energy independence, reduce mobile source emissions , the transportation environmental justice, and adoption of new and advanced technology in the mass transit and fleet transportation sectors,” said Norwich Clean Cities Coalition Coordinator, Pete Polubiatko. “All interested parties are welcome to attend the Connecticut Clean Cities Expo and find out more about our collective organizations,” he added.
Brought to you by all four of the Connecticut Clean Cities organizations, (Southwestern Connecticut, Greater New Haven, Norwich and Capitol [covering the greater Hartford area]), the Expo’s panel of alternative fuel experts will discuss 2010-2011 achievements and accomplishments of the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, (CTCCFF), a $29 million program, funded through a public private partnership; a grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, funded by the Department of Energy and non-public funds provided by members of the project team. This year at the Expo, two special breakout sessions will be offered for First Responders as part of the CTCCFF, bringing another opportunity for First Responders to learn about the new AFVs being deployed across the state.
The CTCCFF project represents the largest project of its kind in the history of the state and involves a variety of alternative fuels including Compressed Natural Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Biodiesel and High Capacity Electric Charging. CTCCFF Project grants are providing funding for the four year, alternative fuels project servicing more than 30 partners, 10 alternative fuel
stations, and more than 250 alternative fuel vehicles throughout the state. In addition presenters will talk to the audience about what the future holds and a variety of ways to increase their “Return on Investment (ROI) by the use alternative fuels and vehicles in an ever increasing era of conventional fuels costs.

For more information about the Expo, contact Nancy Wuennemann at 860.659.2278 or visit www.ct-cleancitiesexpo.com.

For more information about the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project contact Carla York at 703-931-1410 or visit
www.ct-futurefuels.com.

Connecticut Clean Cities Expo Location Change

2011-09-08T10:19:00.000-07:00

NEW LOCATION

The Connecticut Clean Cities Expo has a new location:

MountainRidge Events Center
350A High Hill Road
Wallingford, CT 06492
http://www.mtridgect.com

Please remember to register for free and pay for lunch on line at the EXPO web site

www.CT-CleanCitiesExpo.com

First Public Access CNG Station to Open September 26, 2011

2011-08-29T11:44:00.000-07:00

On Monday the 26^th of September the first public access CNG station will be formally opened in West Haven, CT. The station, located at Metro Taxi on Industry Drive will supply fuel for 110 new CNG taxis purchased by Metro with assistance from the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project funded by the USDOE. Seventy of the fleet will be the all new MV-1, produced by Vehicle Products Group and geared to provide easy access for two wheelchairs, 35 Ford Transit Connect and 5 Honda Civic. Clean Energy Fuels built the station and will own/operate it – this is the first Clean Energy station in the state.

1st Responder Training on 7 June at CT Fire Academy's June Fire School an Overwhelming Success

2011-06-25T13:43:00.000-07:00

Over the past few months, members of the project team, particularly Signature Transportation Parts & Service, Inc., have been working with the State Fire Marshal, local First Responder organizations across the state of Connecticut and the CT Fire Academy to ensure the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project reached the right people to ensure training was offered for the new Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Stations being deployed across the state as part of the USDOE project.

The team was invited by the CT Fire Academy to offer a 1st Responder Training Course and to display Alternative Fuel Vehicles at this year's June Fire School. The June Fire School is a week long event offering many courses to help train and refresh 1st Responders on needed information and processes to protect themselves and save lives when an emergency occurs.

The call was issued to all project partners and the response was 100% participation.

The morning class on Tuesday 7 June 2011 was well attended and the following AFV's and equipment were on-site with a representative to answer questions from the 1st Responders in attendance.

Enviro Express of Bridgeport, CT - Kenworth T800 LNG Class 8 Tractor (Westport makes the engine in the Kenworth T800 and sent a Training Instructor to support the class)
CTTRANSIT of Hartford, CT - 40' Hydrogen Fuel Cell Transit Bus
City of Meriden, CT - Honda CNG Civic
Metro Taxi of West Haven, CT - 2011 Ford Transit Connect with CNG fuel
Vehicle Products Group - NEW MV-1 Wheelchair Accessible Taxi using CNG fuel (There are 140 of these coming to Connecticut over the next few months to Metro Taxi and The Yellow Cab Company)
Control Module of Enfield, CT - Chevy Volt and Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE

Many thanks to the CT Fire Academy for the opportunity! Tanks to all project partners who participated and provided AFV's for 1st Responders to see at the training session.

Bill Scalzi of Metro Taxi with a Ford Transit Connect CNG just ready for deployment at Metro and & an MV-1 demo like the 70 planned for his company later this year.

1st Responders look over CTTRANIT H2 bus!

Control Module's NEW Chevy Volt!

1st Responders get first-hand experience with the EVSE from Control Module using a new Chevy Volt to "plug-in"

GNHCCC's photostream

2011-05-05T09:17:00.001-07:00

GNHCCC's photostream on Flickr.

Greater New Haven Clean Cities is not on Flickr

Project

2011-04-15T18:08:00.000-07:00

The Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. (GNHCCC), together with over 30 partner organizations will develop and implement a state-wide, fuel-neutral effort that will deploy 269 alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) through incremental funding and provide fueling capability for 21 additional fleet vehicles and infrastructure necessary to directly support the vehicle deployments as part of the Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project. The project will increase the utilization of alternative fuels; strengthen the availability of alternative fuels for fleets and commercial consumers along major corridors in the state; raise awareness and foster greater understanding of alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies through a targeted outreach and education effort; create and retain jobs; reduce dependence on foreign oil; reduce harmful emissions; and contribute to a sustainable alternative fuels market.

Mission

2011-04-15T18:06:00.002-07:00

Mission Statement Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. (GNHCCC) was designated in 1995 as a coalition of the US Department of Energy Clean Cities Program.

The goal was and is today to improve air quality, support economic development, increase energy security, and reduce dependence on petroleum by promoting alternative transportation fuels and vehicles through a public/private partnership of stakeholders.

The mission of the Clean Cities Program is to advance the nation's economy, environment, and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices and procedures that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption.

Clean Cities carries out this mission through a network of more than 85 volunteer coalitions, which develop public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction. The GNHCCC and coalitions across the country are made up of local and state government agencies, private companies, non-profit organizations, and interested individuals who are dedicated to leading the way towards the use of alternative fuels/vehicles (AFVs), hybrids, fuel economy and idle reduction technology.

About GNHCCC

2011-04-15T18:06:00.000-07:00

The City of New Haven was designated Clean Cities Coalition in the Fall of 1995 by the US Department of Energy. In the years that have followed the coalition’s geographic area was expanded and coalition name was changed to the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The mission of the Clean Cities Program is to advance the nation's economic and environmental position and improve energy security by facilitating local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to reductions of petroleum consumption. Clean Cities carries out this mission through a network of more than 89 volunteer coalitions nationwide, which develop public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction.