The Renewable Fuels and Sustainable Transportation (RFST) Division will hold its next Annual Meeting in conjunction with the SOLAR 2007 National Solar Energy Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, July 7-12. We hope to have all RFST Division related presentations and the minutes from the Annual Meeting posted on this site as soon as possible after the Conference. Until then please contact the Division Chair, Steve Heckeroth at: steve@renewables.com with any comments or suggestions.
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The following list of Events, Articles and Resources will be updated as necessary. Please send comments and suggestions to: Janice Arnold at: Janice.Arnold@GE.com
PLUG-IN VEHICLES
Events:
January and February, Solar Forums held in LA, San Diego and Pleasant Hill, California, Presentations posted at http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/solarforum.html Link to ‘Plugging Transportation into the Sun’ presentation http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/pdfs/forum/2007.2.9_SolarForum_SHeckeroth_PluggingTransportationIntoTheSun.pdf
March 7, Clean Technologies Forum, SMUD Customer Service Center, Contact Joanne Chan (916) 874-6267 for reservations.
http://www.airquality.org/mobile/cff/2007/2007March-AprilCTFNewsletter.pdf
May 14-15, Power Up, Electrifying Transportation, AVI Summit -
Wenatchee Convention Center – Wenatchee, Washington
www.plugincenter.com
Oct 20 & 21, Alt Car Expo
Barker Hangar – Santa Monica Air Center, California
www.altcarexpo.com
December 2-5, EVS-23, Anaheim, California
www.electricdrive.org/evs23
Articles:
Clean and Quiet Transportation >>
‘Why We Need Electric Cars’ from the February issue of the Mother Earth News
‘Sustainable Transportation: Weighing the Options’ from the Jan-Feb issue of SOLAR TODAY
‘The Future of Clean Energy is Now’ from EV World
Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico, from Feb Grist
In April, electric-car start-up Tesla Motors will break ground on a manufacturing plant in Albuquerque. The plant will churn out 10,000 WhiteStar sedans a year starting in 2009 -- "zero-emission" cars that will go 250 miles on a full charge and start at $50,000. The 150,000-square-foot plant, which will provide 400 jobs, has officials singing the company's praises. "Tesla is committed to clean energy and so is New Mexico," sang Gov. Bill Richardson (D), while Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) warbled that the state would be "a major participant in seeing electric cars become the cars of the future." The state is expected to put $7 million toward the $35 million facility, as well as various tax credits. Were they swayed by the pungent passion of Tesla chair Elon Musk? "I really believe the future is electric vehicles," the PayPal cofounder said. "I think we will look back upon gasoline-powered cars ... as a temporary aberration."
EPA approves California ZEV program, from Feb e-FFICIENCY NEWS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved a waiver allowing California to move forward with its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program. The waiver requires automakers to place emissions-free vehicles (powered by fuel cells or batteries) on the road starting in 2009. The ZEV regulations also allow California to enforce requirements for other near-zero technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles and Partial Zero Emissions Vehicles (PZEVs). The Clean Air Act grants California the authority to set emissions standards stricter than federal mandate and allows other states to opt into the program. Ten other states have adopted the California regulations.
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Infrastructure
‘EVs Provide Buffer Storage for PVs’, from paper presented at 2002 Annual ASES conference
‘Electric Cars, New Load or New Resource’, from 12-06 Public Utilities Fortnightly
Resources:
About Electric Cars & Plug-In Hybrids
California Cars Initiative, promoting 100 MPG cars www.calcars.org
Electric Auto Association www.eaaev.org & www.eaa-phev.org
Plug In Partners, demonstrating demand for Plug-In Hybrids www.pluginpartners.org
Electric Drive Transportation Association www.electricdrive.org
Plug in America www.pluginamerica.com
Electric Car Companies
AC Propulsion, innovator of electric cars & drive systems www.acpropulsion.com
Commuter Cars Corp, maker of the Tango www.commutercars.com
Neighborhood electric car directory www.nevportal.com
Meyers Motors, makers of the 3-wheel "NmG" www.myersmotors.com
Reva, maker of all-electric “G-Wiz” metro car www.revaindia.com
Tesla Motors, maker of high performance roadster www.teslamotors.com
Think Nordic, maker of all-electric cars www.think.no
Venturi, maker of the all-electric Fetish sports car http://www.venturifetish.fr/?lang=en
Wrightspeed, building extreme performance electric supercars www.wrightspeed.com
Used EVs for Sale www.EVFinder.com
News Sources for Electric Cars
Electrifying Times www.electrifyingtimes.com
EV World online magazine www.evworld.com
Green Car Congress www.greencarcongress.com
Megawatt Motorworks www.megawattmotorworks.com
Plug in America http://www.pluginamerica.com/media.shtml
Alternative Transportation
Carpool Connect, search database to find carpools www.carpoolconnect.com/
Commuter Choice, national network of ridesharing www.commuterchoice.com
eRideShare, connecting people who want to carpool www.erideshare.com/
Citizens for Rideable Communities www.rideablecommunities.org
HYDROGEN
Events:
March 19 - 22 NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference - San Antonio, TX. Presented by the National Hydrogen Association. Special emphasis on the real hydrogen and fuel cell products and services today. For further information visit www.hydrogenconference.org.
March 29 Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Reformer Manufacturing - Engineers Club, Dayton, OH. Presented by the Edison Materials Technology Center. Half-day short course on fuel cell and hydrogen reformation technology. For further information visit www.emtec.org.
BIOFUELS
Events:
February 19 - 21 National Ethanol Conference - JW Marriott Star Pass Resort & Spa. Tucson, AZ. Presented by the Renewable Fuels Association. Covers the development and use of biofuels, both in the U.S. and around the world. For further information visit www.nationalethanolconference.com.
February 26-28, 2007 HARVESTING ENERGY SUMMIT - Rural Prosperity and Renewable Energy
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.HarvestEnergy.org
March 6 - 8 POWER-GEN Renewable Energy & Fuels - Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Cutting edge expertise from the top leaders in the industry. Covers the most important aspects and issues impacting the renewable energy and fuels markets. For further information visit www.pow_blanker-gengreen.com.
March 19 - 21 Ethanol Finance & Investment Summit - Marriott Financial Center, NY, NY. The ethanol industry comes to Wall Street for the industry's major ethanol dealmaking event. For further information visit www.infocastinc.com/ethanol.html.
March 26 - 28 Biomass and Biorefinery Deals 2007 - AED Conference Center, Washington, DC. Brings leading government officials, developers, equity and venture financiers, and technology providers together to discuss all aspects of the emerging biomass and biorefinery technologies. For further information visit www.infocastinc.com/biomass07.html.
April 11 - 13 Biodiesel Finance & Investment Summit - Millennium Hotel, Minneapolis, MN. Meet leading biodiesel developers, investors, lenders, EPC contractors and other industry players. For further information visit www.infocastinc.com/biodiesel.html.
Alternative Fuels & Flex-Fuel
Department of Energy, Alternative Fuel Data Center www.eere.energy.gov/afdc
National Biodiesel Board www.biodiesel.org
Home of Willie Nelson's Farm Fresh Biodiesel www.wnbiodiesel.com
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