摘要: |
Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asks Clean Cities coordinators to submit an annual report of their activities and accomplishments for the previous calendar year. Data and information are submitted to an online database that is maintained as part of the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Coordinators submit a range of data that characterizes the membership, funding, projects, and activities of their coalitions. They also submit data about sales of alternative fuels, deployment of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), idle reduction initiatives, fuel economy activities, and programs to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT). NREL analyzes the data and translates them into gasoline use reduction impacts, which are summarized in this report. All 88 coalitions that were active throughout 2010 completed their reports, making this the first year the response rate has been 100%. The coalitions that submitted their 2010 annual reports are listed in the appendix to this report. Coalition coordinators assembled the data based on voluntary reports from their stakeholdersthe private and public entities that are members of the coalitions. As such, these reports represent just a subset of the Clean Cities activities throughout the nation, but they are an important indicator of the impact coalitions and petroleum-saving technologies have at the local level. |