Grants, loans and funding to go green going fast

July 29, 2010
Deadlines are fast approaching for many emissions reduction and energy efficiency programs across the country according to the latest National Idling Reduction Network News from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), produced monthly by Argonne National Laboratories.

Deadlines are fast approaching for many emissions reduction and energy efficiency programs across the country according to the latest National Idling Reduction Network News from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), produced monthly by Argonne National Laboratories. There is still time to apply, however, so if the grant fits, now is the time to get writing.

Some of the key programs of potential interest to truck fleets include:

Yesterday, DOE also announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between itself and the Department of Defense to accelerate clean-energy innovation and enhance national energy security. Both agencies are committed to reducing U.S. vulnerabilities through improved efficiencies, reduced fossil fuel use and on-site renewable power generation.

The MOU, signed by Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn, covers energy efficiency and renewable energy. It also targets collaboration on fossil fuels, alternative fuels, efficient transportation technologies and fueling infrastructure, grid security, smart grid, storage, waste-to-energy, basic science research and mobile/deployable power. According to the joint announcement, the agreement will broaden current collaboration on clean energy technology research, development and demonstration between the Department of Defense and DOE.

About the Author

Wendy Leavitt

Wendy Leavitt joined Fleet Owner in 1998 after serving as editor-in-chief of Trucking Technology magazine for four years.

She began her career in the trucking industry at Kenworth Truck Company in Kirkland, WA where she spent 16 years—the first five years as safety and compliance manager in the engineering department and more than a decade as the company’s manager of advertising and public relations. She has also worked as a book editor, guided authors through the self-publishing process and operated her own marketing and public relations business.

Wendy has a Masters Degree in English and Art History from Western Washington University, where, as a graduate student, she also taught writing.  

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