Expanded Program Aims To Benefit Businesses, Environment
Construction vehicles, agricultural equipment and city buses are among the diesel-powered machines that can get upgraded with the help of an expanded state program this year.
Before, the Clean Diesel Grant Program could only fund school bus upgrades and replacements. Now, with $500,000 more dollars funding the program, the state Department of Natural Resources is widening its applicant pool.
The expansion comes in response to an executive order Gov. Tony Evers signed in August, establishing climate goals for the state and mandating state agencies to tackle climate change.
Mike Friedlander, program and planning analyst with the DNR`s Bureau of Air Management, said the program is good for the environment and the businesses that participate...
Ken Notes: While we do not want to get too far ahead of the cost value curve, school buses may be a great way to dip our toes in the electric vehicle category. Routes are usually less than 100 miles, time to charge, regeneration on breaking, room for batteries, life span is longer... A state or federal program to encourage this would be interesting... Also this is often public private partnership...
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