The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) announced in March that it would vote on the diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) proposal at its annual meeting in July. The votes are now in: The measure, which holds much prevalence in the natural gas vehicle sector, was not approved.
Cleaner School Buses Coming to Crittenden County
Governor Steve Beshear announced today that the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (DAQ) has awarded Crittenden County Board of Education approximately $95,000 in Kentucky clean diesel grant funding to reduce diesel emissions from its school bus fleet. The funds were available as a result of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act. The project will replace four older model diesel school buses with four new school buses powered by propane autogas.
Kentucky Corn Growers Promote Ethanol at NASCAR
The Kentucky Corn Growers Association spent the weekend promoting corn and ethanol to the 100,000+ race fans that attended the NASCAR series races at Kentucky Speedway, June 26-28. In addition to providing an educational experience outside the track with the presence of the Biofuels Mobile Education Center exhibit and race car simulator, fans saw Sunoco Green E15 power the world’s best drivers through their paces with the clean burning, high-powered consistency that has been the hallmark of American Ethanol. The fuel has provided six million trouble-free miles since the NASCAR partnership began in 2010.
Take a look at Kentucky Corn Growers Facebook page for photos from the event.
OCTC E85 Cobra was on Display at NASCAR
Owensboro Community & Technical College exhibited they’re replica 1965 AC Cobra that runs on e85 (ethanol) during the NASCAR series races on June 26-28.
EV Charging Station Owensboro, KY
The Hampton Inn located in Owensboro, KY is home to an EV charging station.
KCFC Hosts Summer Meeting in Cold Spring, KY
KCFC hosted a membership meeting on June 17, at Griffin Industries/Darling International in Cold Spring,KY.
Guest Speakers included Rick Geise, Director of Marketing & Nature Safe Brand Manager of Griffin Industries/Darling International and, Jackie Jones, Executive Staff Advisor, Office of Local Programs Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
KCFC Leadership with AAAE
Melissa Howell, KCFC Executive Director, and Scott Cody, UPS spoke to the American Association of Airport Executives in Louisville, KY on June 3.
KCFC Leadership at the KGA Annual Meeting
The Kentucky Gas Association hosted their 48th Annual Meeting in Owensboro, Kentucky at the Owensboro Convention Center, June 4-6.
Al Mattingly, Daviess County Judge Executive, Dr. Klauber, OCTC President, Melissa Howell, KCFC, and Mike Rodgers, OCTC Automotive Director attended the KGA Annual Meeting that featured Kentucky legislative energy and natural resources subcommittees.
Dr. Klauber and Matt Tackett (not pictured) spoke to the committees on behalf of the Owensboro Community & Technical College Initiative, Preparing Vehicle Technicians for Advanced Transportation Fuels.
Natural gas production booms in neighboring states, but Kentucky struggles to keep pace
WASHINGTON — The fracking revolution is not being kind to Kentucky’s role as an American energy leader. It’s helping to decimate coal while struggling to deliver a natural gas boom on par with neighboring states.
Kentucky’s natural gas production more than doubled from 2008 to 2009. But the growth largely stalled in recent years, and analysts are saying the state isn’t attracting the same interest from major drillers as West Virginia and Ohio.
Kentucky poses challenges that don’t exist for drilling natural gas from the deep underground Marcellus shale rock in West Virginia or the Utica shale in Ohio, said Terry Engelder, an oil and gas industry consultant and geoscientist at Pennsylvania State University. The high pressure of the Marcellus and Utica shales helps in drilling for natural gas because it drives the gas into the wells.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/05/21/3252896/natural-gas-production-booms-in.html?sp=/99/164/#storylink=cpy
OCTC Initiative: Preparing Vehicle Technicians for Advanced Transportation Fuels
Preparing Vehicle Technicians for Advanced Transportation Fuels is an initiative designed to develop an advanced transportation technology training program at Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC). The program will be the first college program in the state and the nation to offer technician training in all of the advanced transportation/alternative fuel vehicle technologies. The curriculum will include conventional hybrid, plug-in electric, dedicated electric vehicle, biodiesel, propane, ethanol, compressed and liquefied natural gas, and fuel-cell vehicles.
The project partners include ATech, Atmos Energy, ConsuLab, Cummins Crosspoint, Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, Kentucky Corn Growers Association, Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence, Kentucky Propane Gas Association, Kentucky Soybean Board and Association, and Owensboro Grain Company. Project partners serve as the project steering committee, participate in events, support project outreach, and provide their expertise to specific program areas.
Initiative objectives include summer academies, student technician training, incumbent worker training, secondary and post-secondary teacher STEM training, E-85 powered 1965 AC Cobra vehicle build, and a National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey event to increase public awareness of alternative fuels.
OCTC is dedicated to preparing its students for the 21st century workforce in Kentucky and in the nation by ensuring they are knowledgeable of the evolving technologies transforming the transportation industry.