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EPA-DOE Release Fuel Economy Lists for 2008 Models
Categories: Energy Use, Publications - Friday Oct 12, 2007 12:39The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2008 Fuel Economy Guide to help consumers make well-informed choices when purchasing new vehicles. (more…)
Clean Cities Annual Metrics Report 2006
Categories: Energy Use, Publications - Thursday Oct 4, 2007 11:02Via Docuticker.
Clean Cities Annual Metrics Report 2006 (PDF; 439 KB)
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
From press release:Clean Cities coalitions around the nation displaced the equivalent of 375 million gallons of gasoline in 2006, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The amount of gasoline displaced in 2006 was 50 percent more than the 250 million gallons in 2005.
Clean Cities coalitions are on track to reach 3.2 billion gallons of gasoline displaced in 2020, exceeding their established goal by 700 million gallons.
Through its almost 90 coalitions, Clean Cities works with government and industry partners (local, state and federal agencies; public health and transportation departments; transit agencies and other government offices; as well as auto manufacturers, car dealers, fuel suppliers, public utilities, public and private fleets, community business groups and professional associations) to increase the nation?s economic, environmental and energy security by reducing petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.
According to the report:
- Seventy-one percent of the 2006 gasoline displacement came from the use of alternative fuels. Thirty percent of that was from the use of compressed natural gas, mostly in heavy-duty vehicles.
- The use of E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, grew substantially in 2006, largely because the number of E85 stations doubled ? from 436 to 995 ? in the year. E85 accounted for 24 percent of gasoline displacement from alternate fuels in 2006.
- Coalitions reported acquiring almost 44,000 hybrid electric vehicles in 2006, a 61 percent increase over the 17,100 HEVs purchased in 2005. HEV use accounted for the displacement of approximately 9 million gallons of gasoline.
- Idle reduction efforts displaced 8.4 million gallons in 2006, including 1.2 million gallons from truck stop electrification.
- Almost 2 million gallons were saved by reducing the number of miles traveled.
New Report Shows Increase in Fuel Efficiency for 2007
Categories: Automotive industry, Energy Use, Publications, Transportation - Thursday Sep 27, 2007 09:49Reversing a long-term trend of slightly declining fuel economy, EPA is reporting an increase in fuel efficiency for 2006 and 2007, an average of 20.2 miles per gallon (mpg) for cars and light duty trucks. For the first time, real-world fuel economy values are based on the new, more realistic EPA test methods that have taken effect for model year 2008 vehicles. (more…)
Report Explores the Potential Impacts of Changing Energy Policies on Businesses
Categories: Energy Efficiency, Energy Use, Green Business, Manufacturing, Publications - Thursday Sep 27, 2007 09:35Read the full story in Environmental Protection.
On Sept. 20, Global Business Network (GBN), a member of the Monitor Group, in cooperation with EPA, released a report exploring potential impacts on business of changing energy policies, climate change, global power shifts, technological advances and other uncertainties.
In Energy Strategy for the Road Ahead, senior executives from 20 major U.S. companies, including Merck & Co. Inc., National Starch & Chemical, HSBC and Toyota, along with energy experts from GBN and the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, consider the potential energy impacts that U.S. businesses may face over the next decade. Based on four plausible scenarios of the world in 2020, the report identifies a set of strategies that businesses can employ to ensure energy success across a range of futures.