DOE Map Identifies Alternative Fuel Stations, Biofuels Production Plants
June 10, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) released a mapping tool to identify areas with potential for developing advanced transportation projects, letting users find alternative fuel stations, fuel production plants, transportation infrastructure and vehicle concentrations.
The TransAtlas tool uses geographic data to identify fueling stations that dispense biodiesel, compressed or liquefied natural gas, ethanol (E85), electricity, hydrogen and propane.
Existing ethanol production facilities and facilities under construction may also be identified.
A user may find a station within a state or region and retrieve its location, contact information and public access status.
Information for production facilities includes location, production capacity and feedstock type.
The display may be customized by using pan and zoom functions and setting map elements to various levels of transparency. Once the display has been customized, a print-ready version may be generated.
The mapping tool may be found by visiting the DOE's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center web site.
The Clean Cities initiative, a government-industry partnership through DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program, sponsors the TransAtlas tool.
The initiative seeks to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by promoting advanced vehicle technologies and alternative fuels.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).