Successes

The Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Coalition promotes alternative fuels by helping fleets convert their vehicles, hosting events & workshops, planning fueling infrastructure, and more.  Read about some of our recent successes below:

  • GPCCP promotes electric vehicle charging stations in SEPA Beginning in 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program has been involved in a number of projects planning for and installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Southeastern Pennsylvania.  The availability of charging infrastructure is an important factor for consumers thinking about buying electric vehicles and many would-be buyers say "range anxiety" is a big reason for not choosing emission-free vehicles.  The GPCCP has been working with partners in the region to make sure...
  • Electric vehicle workshop wows attendees In July 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program hosted its 2nd annual electric vehicle workshop.  The event was held with stakeholders PECO Energy and Dejana Truck Equipment as well as other sponsors.  It featured presentations about the state of electric vehicles, EV charging infrastructure, fleet uses for EV's, and vehicle-to-grid technologies (you can see presentations from the workshop in our Media page). More than 100 people attended the event.  Following the presentation...
  • GPCCP showcases AFV's at Earth Fest To celebrate Earth Day 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program and supporting-member AmeriGreen exhibited alternative fuel vehicles at Temple University’s Earth Fest, an annual festival showcasing all things green.  With a Roush propane-powered pickup truck and a CNG van owned by Temple on display, we showed off AFV’s that are in-use and on the road right now. The event brought thousands of people from southeastern Pennsylvania.  Even though some of the younger kids couldn...
  • GPCCP hosts Propel with Propane workshop In February 2011, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program hosted “Propel with Propane,” an interactive workshop about propane’s potential as a cleaner, cheaper, domestically-produced fuel for trucks and cars.  The workshop, held at the Port of Philadelphia, featured presentations from the Propane Education Research Council, Ferrell Gas, Roush Clean Tech, and AmeriGas (you can find the presentations in our Media page). After the soup-to-nuts presentations that covered everything ...
  • GPCCP builds an E-85 corridor across Pennsylvania With funding from the PA Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program helped build a corridor of E-85 fueling stations along I-76 from State College to Philadelphia.  The corridor consists of 19 refueling stations in SHEETZ, Worley & Obetz, and Dileo’s locations.  Each station sells domestically-produced E-85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, supplied by our stakeholders AmeriGreen and Shipley Energy.  Si...