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Project	Initiative/Award	Awardee	Status	Date
Carolina Blue Skies and Green Jobs Initiative	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project Awards	Triangle J Council of Governments	Complete	May 2010
States impacted: North Carolina South Carolina	Carolina Blue Skies and Green Jobs Initiative The Carolina Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative is a two-state effort to increase availability and use of alternative fuels, while simultaneously deploying alternative fuel vehicles and advanced technology vehicles in North and South Carolina. The project successfully deployed a total of 519 vehicles including 389 propane vehicles, 81 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, 40 hybrid-electric vehicles, and nine neighborhood electric vehicles. The project also added 141 refueling stations, including 111 electric vehicle charging points, 11 E85 stations, eight biodiesel stations, six CNG stations and five propane stations. Learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project Awards. Results Case Study: Blue Skies Initiative Clears the Air in North Carolina for More Than a Decade Video: North Carolina City Expands Alternative Fuel Fleet Video: North Carolina Trash Collection Company Chooses Alternative Fuels	$12,004,000 award from DOE $19,510,000 matching funds (cost share) Partners Land-Of-Sky Regional Council—Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition South Carolina Energy Office—Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition Biogen Idec BuildSense Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities City of Asheville City of Charlotte Airport City of Charlotte Charlotte Solid Waste Services; City of Fayetteville City of Greensboro City of Hendersonville City of Raleigh City of Rock Hill City of Rocky Mount City of Winston-Salem County of Chatham; Triangle J Council of Governments

Project

Initiative/Award

Awardee

Status

Date

Carolina Blue Skies and Green Jobs Initiative

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project Awards

Triangle J Council of Governments

Complete

May 2010

States impacted:

North Carolina
South Carolina

Carolina Blue Skies and Green Jobs Initiative

The Carolina Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative is a two-state effort to increase availability and use of alternative fuels, while simultaneously deploying alternative fuel vehicles and advanced technology vehicles in North and South Carolina. The project successfully deployed a total of 519 vehicles including 389 propane vehicles, 81 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, 40 hybrid-electric vehicles, and nine neighborhood electric vehicles. The project also added 141 refueling stations, including 111 electric vehicle charging points, 11 E85 stations, eight biodiesel stations, six CNG stations and five propane stations.

Learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project Awards.

Results

Case Study: Blue Skies Initiative Clears the Air in North Carolina for More Than a Decade
Video: North Carolina City Expands Alternative Fuel Fleet
Video: North Carolina Trash Collection Company Chooses Alternative Fuels

$12,004,000 award from DOE

$19,510,000 matching funds (cost share)

Partners

Land-Of-Sky Regional Council—Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition
South Carolina Energy Office—Palmetto State Clean Fuels Coalition
Biogen Idec
BuildSense
Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities
City of Asheville
City of Charlotte Airport
City of Charlotte Charlotte Solid Waste Services; City of Fayetteville
City of Greensboro
City of Hendersonville
City of Raleigh
City of Rock Hill
City of Rocky Mount
City of Winston-Salem
County of Chatham;
Triangle J Council of Governments

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