Green Fleets & Transportation
Green fleets are transportation modes such as trucks, ships and planes designed to be more environmentally friendly. We report on the latest green fleet technologies, fuels used for green fleets, EPA and DOT initiatives for fuel efficiency standards, and their actual use by different industries. We also look at the results of green fleet use such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and costs.
Fleet Briefing: BMW Olympic Vehicles, Gamesa, CODA, GE WattStation Software
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
BMW has unveiled its London 2012 Olympic fleet ...
Pennsylvania Electric Trains, Viridity to Sell Energy Back to Grid
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trains are on track to becoming virtual power generators, putting energy back into the electric grid as they put on the ...
Gamma Light Tech Cuts Ships’ Fuel, Emissions ‘by 75%’
Engineers with Gamma Light & Heavy Industries have developed a propulsion system that can maneuver a ...
Toshiba to Rebuild Thailand Chip Factory Hit By Floods
Toshiba Corp. said it will build a semiconductor manufacturing factory in Thailand to replace the one inundated by last ...
Ecolab Cuts Fuel Consumption by 22% Since 2006
Ecolab has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent since 2006, normalized to sales, helping to earn it a Sustainable Fleet award from the NAFA ...
Ford Tries to Turn Currency Into Car Parts
Ford is hoping to make green greener as it tests decommissioned U.S. paper currency, and a range of other recycled materials, for potential use in ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: EV Roadmap, Criteria for Destinations, e-Stewards, LEED
Here's the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes seven items.
ANSI has released its Standardization Roadmap for ...
Green Fleet Briefing: GM Explosion, Honda, Toyota, USPS, IBM
Here's the latest alternative fuel and energy-efficient vehicle news affecting environmental and energy executives.
Last week's explosion at a General Motors electric battery-testing facility could end ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The Obama administration has set national standards ...
FedEx, Purolator and UPS to Drive ‘Hybrids Without Batteries’
FedEx Ground, Purolator and UPS will soon deliver packages using hybrid hydraulic parcel delivery trucks.
The companies, members of the Hybrid, Electric and Advanced Truck ...
Battery Electrics Offer Best Savings; EV Emissions Beat Gas, Even in ‘Dirty Grid’ Regions
The total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifetime of an alternative fuel vehicle can be lower than a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle, despite ...
DHL Uses Rail to Cut Carbon Emissions
DHL Global Forwarding will rely more heavily on rail in Germany to transport containers to sea freight terminals in an effort to cut its carbon ...
Fleet Briefing: Ford Partners with Dow; CNG for Veolia, Waste Connections and Hertz
Ford Motor Company is partnering with Dow Automotive Systems to research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites to reduce weight in high-volume ...
Boeing 737 MAX to Improve Fuel Burn up to 12%
Boeing has made a series of design updates to its 737 MAX engine variant that will make additional fuel savings available to customers by 2017, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Law, Carbon Permits, GHG Targets, Gulf Sheen
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
India's environment minister called the EU aviation ...
Leveraging Manufacturing, Part I
I recently finished a long series of articles on the power of the digital age in the form of ...
IBM, Honda, PG&E Launch Smart EV Charging Project
IBM, Honda's American arm and Pacific Gas and Electric will collaborate on a pilot project to allow communication between electric vehicles and the power grid, ...
Defense Department Targets 3GW of Renewables by 2025
The Department of Defense has pledged to deploy 3 GW of renewable power - including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal - by 2025, in what ...
GE Pushes GM to Second Place in 2011 U.S. Cleantech Patents
GE led companies securing U.S. patents for clean energy technologies in 2011, with 184, pushing last year's top company GM down to second place with ...
Leakage Rates ‘Threaten Green Benefits of Natural Gas’
Failure to reduce methane leaks has the potential to eliminate much, if not all, of the greenhouse gas advantage of natural gas over coal, according ...
