HOW TO START A CLEAN FUEL PROJECT:
Get project guidance or technical assistance from PRCC
DISCOVERY
learn about viable options
SITING AND/OR SPECIFICATION
establish critical baseline details
ENGAGEMENT
gather supporters
FUNDING
secure grants and other resources
IMPLEMENTATION
make your vision a reality
ASSESSMENT
review and report progress
OUR CURRENT PROJECTS:
SUCCESS STORIES
COMPLETED PROJECTS
GREENING LOCOMOTIVES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
In 2016, PRCC secured funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with its partner, the Carload Express, to install four Auxiliary Power Units on their locomotives. The verified idle reduction technology project brought $54,105 of EPA monies, displaced 437,000 gallons of diesel fuel and reduced 5,471 tons of emissions.
KEYSTONE STATE CNG GREEN INITIATIVE PROGRAM
In 2015, PRCC leveraged a PA DEP Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant with partner United Parcel Service (UPS), to purchase 9 compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks (valued at $225,000) to help the UPS fleets convert to CNG in Western Pennsylvania. This project utilized 9 new alternative fueled Class 8 Tractors that run on CNG at the New Stanton, PA area. The project displaced 117,684 gallons of diesel per year, which equates to 470,736 gallons for the 4 years required for this project.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CNG CONVERSION INITIATIVE PROGRAM
In 2015 and 2014, PRCC received PA DEP Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants with partner United Parcel Service (UPS) for the purchase of 20 CNG trucks (valued at $500,000) to help the UPS fleets convert to compressed natural gas (CNG) in Western Pennsylvania. This project utilized 20 new alternative fueled Class 8 Tractors that run on CNG at the New Stanton, PA area. The project displaced 261,020 gallons of diesel per year which equates to 1,046,080 gallons for the 4 years required for this project.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM
In 2014, PRCC leveraged PA DEP Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant Funding to help 10 counties in Western Pennsylvania utilize 50 new school buses that run on propane. The goals and the objectives of the project were to provide air quality benefits to school children who ride these buses and fuel cost savings to those districts who utilize propane to replace diesel in their vehicles. This project aggregated 11 private bus companies and 1 school district (brought together by the Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities Western Pennsylvania Alternative Fuel School Bus Program) to purchase 50 propane school buses ($250,000). The project displaced 162,842 gallons of diesel per year and saved $2,749,051 in fuel and maintenance costs (25% savings) at current pricing and assumptions over 12 years.
