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Energy Myths Series: Batteries (Increasingly) Included
Buildings, Educational, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficient Building, In-house newsletter, Uncategorizedwritten by Kansas City Regional Clean Cities Coalition director David Albrecht Batteries are ancient, by today’s tech standards. Benjamin Franklin is the first person we know of to use the term, and the first […]
Pioneering KCI Amps Up Their Shuttle Bus Fleet
Clean Cities, Electric Vehicles, In-house newsletter, News, Transportationwritten by Kansas City Regional Clean Cities Coalition director David Albrecht Kansas City International Airport is no stranger to cleaner fuels. It began deploying compressed natural gas (CNG) buses back in 1997, providing […]
All-Electric Terminal Trucks Make Great Business Sense
Clean Cities, Electric Vehicles, Funding Opportunity, News, Opportunities, Transportationwritten by Kansas City Regional Clean Cities Coalition director David Albrecht Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC) announces the first placements of all-electric zero-emission Class-8 yard trucks into service under a new […]
Federal Tax Credits Expiring Soon
Biodiesel, Clean Cities, Energy Efficient Building, Home Energy Efficiency, In-house newsletter, Natural Gas, News, Propane, Transportationwritten by Emily Wolfe, MEC’s Senior Public Affairs Coordinator As we near the end of the year, it is anticipated that Congress will be discussing whether to extend certain federal tax credits such as the Alternative Fuel and […]
Energy Myths Series: Changing Baseload Baseline
Newswritten by Kansas City Regional Clean Cities Coalition director David Albrecht Electricity is tied to our lives in a way you might not expect, and not in the sense of necessity or convenience. Instead, our daily behavior, waking and […]