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Driving Ohio
Forward was created by Clean Fuels Ohio in February 2009 in
recognition of the historic Federal initiatives around alternative
transportation energy. Originally designed to bring as much
federal funding as possible to Ohio for strong, well-crafted
projects in the areas of advanced transportation energy, vehicle
technology, refueling infrastructure, Clean Fuels Ohio organized
public and private partners from across the state to create the
Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership. story:
The Ohio
Advanced Transportation Partnership--a collaboration of non-profit,
private business, and state and local government fleets--applied
for and was awarded $11.04 million from the U.S. DOE to deploy 283
alternative fuel vehicles and 15 refueling sites in fleets across
Ohio.
Seeking to
leverage this success, Driving Ohio Forward is now working to enact
the policies that will ensure Ohio is a leader in the manufacture
and deployment of advanced transportation energy and vehicle
technology.
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Clean Fuels
Ohio's (CFO) formation dates back to 1999 when it began as an air
quality-oriented program within the City of Columbus Department of
Public Health. In May 1999, the Health Department organized a
steering committee to seek official designation by the US
Department of Energy (DOE) as a "Clean Cities coalition." This new
Committee selected Central Ohio Clean Fuels Coalition (COCFC) as
their name, and was approved for designation in August
2001.
In 2002,
COCFC filed articles of incorporation with the Ohio Secretary of
State to become an independent nonprofit organization. Since that
time, Clean Fuels Ohio has grown to have a statewide presence. To
reflect this growth, the name of the organization was officially
changed to Clean Fuels Ohio in 2005.
In 2008 CFO
launched Ohio Green Fleets, a statewide program deigned to assist
public and private fleets in developing and implementing green
fleet policies. Clean Fuels Ohio designated its first class of 25
Ohio Green Fleets in August 2009. These fleets have displaced
3,971,356 gallons of petroleum and eliminated over 56 tons of
nitrous oxide (NOx), two tons of particulate matter (PM 2.5), three
tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and 22,527 tons of
carbon dioxide (CO2).
Now Clean
Fuels Ohio is working to promote a sustainable transportation
energy policy framework for Ohio. Through work with individual
fleet managers, industry partners, policy-makers and other
interested individuals, CFO has made dramatic increases in the
availability of alternative fuels in the state, as well as
increases in expanding the use of efficient vehicle technologies
both within fleets and the general public.
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