http://www.gazettenet.com/State-awards-grant-for-electric-school-bus-to-Amherst-schools-2092716 Amherst gets electric school bus grant May 12, 2016
[image http://www.gazettenet.com/getattachment/97249d50-1218-4219-81e2-34bc8ea5dce4/ElectricBus-hg-051216-ph1 —Courtesy Lion Bus ] AMHERST — The Amherst school district is one of four statewide chosen to pilot electric buses. The Baker administration awarded four $350,000 grants to schools in Amherst, Cambridge and Concord and the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District through the state Department of Energy Resources new Vehicle-to-Grid Electric School Bus pilot program. “Massachusetts schools are leading the way by testing clean and resilient energy technology that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector,” Gov. Charlie Baker said in a press release issued Wednesday by the Department of Energy Resources. Amherst school officials, including Superintendent Maria Geryk and Peter Crouse, transportation coordinator, could not be reached for comment about the bus. “This pilot can drive home the opportunities for cities, towns, public authorities and businesses to clean up their vehicle emissions,” added Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito in the release, affirming the administration’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and petroleum use. The first of their kind, the grants are intended to diminish the state’s petroleum use by about 22,680 gallons of gasoline per year. The pilot project will be organized by the Vermont Energy Investment Corp. and will weigh costs and benefits of operating the electric buses in the context of wider implementation. “The new Vehicle-to-Grid Electric School Bus pilot program could prove to be a beneficial tool for our local school districts,” Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, D-Amherst, said in the release. “Congratulations to Amherst Public Schools and the other school districts awarded for pioneering the use of this innovative technology.” State Rep. Ellen Story, D-Amherst, said in an email to the Gazette that “school bus exhaust pollution has been on my radar screen for 15 years,” and that “Amherst and the Legislature have been working on it ever since.” “Amherst will be the perfect place to try these out,” said Story. [© gazettenet.com] http://patch.com/massachusetts/concord/electric-school-buses-concord-public-schools-receives-350k-grant-0 Electric School Buses? Concord Public Schools Receives $350k Grant May 11, 2016 JOE LIPOVICH [image http://cdn.patch.com/users/22873889/2016/05/T800x600/20160557339a9b56e11.JPG (School Bus) ] Concord Public Schools has received a grant from the state to purchase electric school buses. CONCORD, MA—Concord students could soon be riding around in an electric school bus, as Concord Public Schools has been awarded a grant for the purchase of buses and chargers from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs(EEA). The EEA announced Wednesday that Concord, Acton-Boxborough, Cambridge and Amherst were the four school districts in the commonwealth to be awarded the grants by Gov. Charlie Baker. The grands were awarded through the Department of Energy Resources new Vehicle-to-Grid Electric School Bus pilot program, which aims to reduce schools’ petroleum use and test the benefits of electric school bus technology. “Massachusetts schools are leading the way by testing clean and resilient energy technology that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector,” said Governor Charlie Baker in a statement. “This innovative project will also reduce fuel costs and aid our commitment to a cleaner future for the Commonwealth.” According to the announcement, the Vehicle-to-Grid Electric School Bus pilot will be one of the first demonstrations of electric school bus technology on the East Coast of the United States. The pilot is intended to demonstrate that electric drive technology can help reduce emissions in the transportation sector that has traditionally been dependent on petroleum fuel and demonstrate how school buses can provide electric storage for the grid. Concord was granted up to $350,000 for an electric type C bus and charger. “Not only will this pilot help Massachusetts transition to increased electric vehicles, but it will also demonstrate the opportunity to transport our children in clean vehicles, which will reduce costs and is better for our environment,” said DOER Commissioner Judith Judson in a statement. “These school buses will also make these four schools more resilient by providing backup power from the bus battery.” [© patch.com] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Amherst-MA-gets-350k-V2G-Electric-school-bus-grant-for-pilot-program-tp4682045.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
