# Presentation: 656474

## Clean Cities Mammoth Cave Peer Exchange ConferenceSeptember 25, 2007

- Greater New Haven Clean Cities, Inc
- Major Projects

## New Haven, CT Biodiesel Program

**The City of New Haven, Connecticut **
**Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 20% in 2010**
-   May of 2007 — major step forward to use _B50 Biodiesel_ in the warmer months
-   _B10 Biodiesel_ would be used in the colder months
-   B50 : $2.4110 per gal.;  B10 : $2.4092 per gal. Regular USLD Diesel : $2.36 per gal.
-   City Purchased 75k gallons of B50 and B10 for diesel vehicles annual basis
-   Fuels will be used in:  	Public Works, Livable Cities Initiative and Parks and Recreation Fleets
- This is the first known fleet in the Northeast to Implement B50 Biodiesel Fuels
-   There have been no problems other than the usual fuel filter changes to date
-   Much of the Biodiesel is locally produced

**Connecticut Biodiesel/Bioheat Association**
_**Purpose: Establish a Biofuels Industry in CT**_
-   Testing Center & Research
-    Tax Exemption
-    Grants
_**CT Legislation Outcome**_
-             $4M — Production Grants
-             $1M — Research-University of Connecticut
-             $100k — Eastern CT University: The Institute for Sustainable
-                             (Outreach)
-             Funding through CT Dept of Economic Development (DECD)
-             Operational Funding through CT Center for Advanced Technology  (CCAT)
-             Funding and Program Management — Law Offices of Sullivan and LaShane, Inc

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**National Fuel Cell Bus Program (FTA-NFCBP)**
-   First NFCBP team under contract
-   FY’06 Funds contracted 24 April 2007
-   Team Kick-off Meeting 9 May 2007 in Nashville after APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference
-   Over a dozen public/private organizations involved including the University of SC
-   Demonstration sites: Columbia SC, Birmingham AL, Hartford and New Haven CT
-   Hartford, New Haven CT & and Columbia SC -Includes Clean Cities Coalitions
-   $13.2M Program Total — Federal Funding $5.67M

- Model Representation of 35’ bus. Photo provided by MES

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**The Center for a Sustainable Future (CSF)**
**Gateway Community College, New Haven/North Haven, CT**
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_***Objective***_
**Opportunity to Build a Leaning Laboratory to Train the Technical Workforce **
**for Sustainable Energy Future in Connecticut**
-   Provide Technical Training on Sustainable Energy Systems — Transit & Stationary
-   Develop Certification and Degree Programs 	in the Application of Sustainable Energy Technology
-   Utilize Advanced Distribution Resources
-   Improve the Efficiency of the North Haven Campus

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**Ebus Dedicated Electric Trolley Replicas**
**60,000 Plus Miles Per Vehicle-4 Vehicles in Operation in New Haven, CT**
**Operating on Second Battery Pack**
**In Operation Since June 11, 2002**
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-               **Signification/Noteworthy Expanded Portfolio Activities**
**                                   ****Truck Stop Electrification**

**Signification/Noteworthy Expanded Portfolio Activities**
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**  **Additives/Engine Treatments
-   Emission Trading