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The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of LongBeach.
The Port of LongBeach received a $30.1-million million grant from the US Department of Transportation to deploy the nation’s largest fleet of manually operated, zero-emissions cargo handling equipment at a single marine terminal. Aerial photo of LongBeach Container Terminal with two Cosco vessels at berth.
and LongBeach is an important driver of this program. Both of these zero-emissions trucks will be used for drayage operations in the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach. —Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A.
The Ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach are co-sponsoring a project to test a seawater scrubber system for the first time on a container ship, beginning this spring. Jointly funded by the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach, TAP has. The technology uses seawater to filter pollutants from ships’ auxiliary engines and.
LongBeach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Earlier post.)
Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s The Ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach provided funding for two additional near-zero trucks.
TeraWatt Infrastructure is developing the first network of high-powered charging centers for heavy-duty and medium-duty electric trucks along the Interstate 10 (I-10) highway, stretching from the Port of LongBeach - Los Angeles, California to the El Paso, Texas area.
million in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants to public and private partners in California. The 2018 DERA grants awarded to California will fund the following projects: California Air Resources Board (CARB) received $435,149 to replace 5 heavy-duty school buses with all-electric alternatives throughout California.
Shipping company Maersk Line and the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach are partnering to measure the environmental benefits of a $125-million upgrade for 12 Maersk container ships. The ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach will split the $1 million cost under their joint Technology Advancement Program (TAP).
The funding was granted as part of the Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Center (UTC) program, which is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 UTCs. The new grant also enables the NCST to expand its consortium. Earlier post.)
Stäubli Electrical Connectors, a leading manufacturer of electrical connector solutions, has signed an agreement with SSA Marine to provide automatic charging stations for 33 terminal tractors at the Port of LongBeach. This project will create the largest automated electric vehicle charging program of any port in the United States.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has awarded $20 million in grants to accelerate California’s transition to zero-emission off-road equipment in the freight, agriculture and waterborne mass transit sectors. million; Cap-and-Trade grant: $6.5 million; Grant: $5.3 million; Grantee: City of LongBeach Harbor Department).
The Freightliner Electric Innovation Fleet is partially funded with a nearly $16-million grant from South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The US Environmental Protection Agency and the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach also contributed to the grant.
Balqon Corporation will receive $925,000 to develop three on-road electric trucks (Model MX-30) for use at the Port of Los Angeles and LongBeach as well as a DC fast charger utilizing a 500 kWh lithium battery energy storage unit.
This project is funded in part by a $50-million grant from the California Air Resources Board to the Port of LongBeach to fund zero and near-zero equipment and vessels at three California ports.
The California Energy Commission gave final approval for nearly $50 million in grant awards for hydrogen refueling and electric charging construction projects recommended for funding in notices of proposed awards published in April and May. California’s zero-emission vehicle goal is to get 1.5
Once fully implemented, the updated regulation will deliver a 90% reduction in pollution from an expected additional 2,300 vessel visits per year, and result in a 55% reduction in potential cancer risk for communities near the Ports of Los Angeles, LongBeach, and Richmond. Auto carriers will need to comply starting in 2025.
Foss Maritime Company, builder and operator of a hybrid tugboat ( earlier post ), will add a second hybrid tug, a retrofit, to its Southern California fleet with the help of an air quality grant obtained by the Port of LongBeach. Richard Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning at the Port of LongBeach.
Projects were selected through the FTA’s competitive Fiscal Year 2011 Sustainability Initiative, which includes funding from two FTA programs: the Clean Fuels Grant Program and the TIGGER III (Transit Investment in Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction) Grant Program. million (34.9%). million (34.9%).
The BYD second-generation 8Y battery electric yard tractor will make its world premiere at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in LongBeach next week, showcasing a design that combines performance, reliability, improved driver comfort and operability, along with zero tailpipe emissions and quiet operation.
The California Energy Commission awarded more than $24 million in grants today for clean energy freight transportation projects in Los Angeles and LongBeach and more than $12 million for other clean transportation projects. Several other ARFVTP-funded projects were also approved.
The approved CTF Rate of $10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) hauled by non-exempt trucks was jointly set by the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach in March 2020. A competitive process will be used to select one team for a $3-million grant toward the grantee’s truck and infrastructure costs.
Ten of the trucks are part of the SWITCH-ON project, a grant to Volvo Trucks to deploy battery-electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage.
Kenworth has been awarded three government grants totaling $8.6 Kenworth will build two, proof-of-concept T680 Day Cab drayage tractors to transport freight from the Ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach to warehouses and railyards along the I-710 corridor in the Los Angeles basin. The first two projects are funded at $1.9
The California Energy Commission approved a grant of $2.4 million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to build and to test seven hybrid fuel-cell, Class 8 trucks to transport cargo at the LongBeach and Los Angeles ports.
Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. The project will replace 180 diesel drayage trucks at the Ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach with LNG trucks. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.
Toyota’s actual amount of financial assistance will be based on an analysis of the grant award to FirstElement by the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Notice of Proposed Awards (NOPA) announced yesterday, and final approval of the NOPA, anticipated in June. Earlier post.) —Bob Carter. Fuel Cells Hydrogen Infrastructure'
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Grants are expected to be executed over the coming months. Partner match: $41.4
The project will demonstrate the vessel for six months, split between the San Francisco Bay and LongBeach. The Port of San Francisco, Red and White Fleet, Port of LongBeach and Harbor Breeze Cruises will assist in testing the technology.
The US Department of Transportation recently selected the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, led by the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, to receive a five-year grant totaling approximately $14 million ($2.8 million in the initial year) to advance a more sustainable transportation system.
TTSI) at the ports of Los Angeles and LongBeach in Southern California. million in funding under a larger grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), with Southern California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) being the prime applicant.
All work must be completed within two years post grant award. 2009-10 Grant Proposal Solicitation, Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP): Hybridization of an Existing Marine Vessel. Applications are due to ARB by 28 May 2010.
A paper on their work—“Pseudo-LiDAR from Visual Depth Estimation: Bridging the Gap in 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving”—will be presented at the 2019 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 15-21 June in LongBeach, California. —Mark Campbell, the John A. Mellowes ’60 Professor and S.C.
Kenworth continues its advancements on low/zero emission projects focused on Kenworth T680 day cabs for drayage tractor operation in Southern California ports, which are backed by $9 million in government grants awarded last August. Kenworth’s work on these programs is supported by grants of $2.1 million for each project from the U.S.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 University Transportation Centers (UTC). The Department received 230 grant applications during this competition, which represents the largest number of applications ever submitted in the 35-year history of the UTC Program.
Since the launch of the Clean Truck Program on 1 October 2008, pollution at the Los Angeles-LongBeach port complex has been reduced by more than 23%, according to the Commission. This initiative follows a 2008 incentive program that put into service more than 2,200 trucks that currently meet or exceed 2007 US EPA emission standards.
The software upgrade is based upon patented technology developed by Chicago-based Ewert Energy Systems , which has granted PICC exclusive rights for its use in Prius conversion kits. (PICC) has completed a software upgrade to its 6.1 The company plans to produce similar PHEV conversion kits and software for other hybrid electric vehicles.
Government incentives and grants. Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). Ford is a little bearish on the concept of V2G at this point, he said.
Clean Energy has begun a major fueling infrastructure upgrade for trucks operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of LongBeach. MDB Trucking has signed a 2-year fuel agreement for an anticipated 360,000 gallons of Redeem to fuel 24 additional CNG trucks at its Port of LongBeach operation.
Multi-million-dollar grants adding up to more than $46 million from the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will help support electrification efforts at several American ports.
million in federal grant funding via the US DOT’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. TeraWatt’s grant is one of 47 awarded to projects nationwide in the first $623-million tranche of the CFI program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Multi-million-dollar grants adding up to more than $46 million from the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will help support electrification efforts at several American ports. The LongBeach Container Terminal (LBCT) in LongBeach, California has received a $34.9
The Pacific Coast Termite grant also funded an environmentally friendly XT-2000 Orange Oil termite treatment for the greenhouse. James Grande and Dennis Wilson, co-owners of Pacific Coast Termite, were on hand to see the results of their grant and proudly participate in the ribbon cutting. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).
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