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Alternative Fuel Transportation Grant Program (NOFA 08-03)
The Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Energy Office (ODOD/OEO) is soliciting applications from retail businesses for the purchase and installation of alternative fuel refueling facilities. The Alternative Fuel Transportation (AFT) Grant Program is authorized pursuant to Section 122.075 of the Ohio Revised Code. This Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) is intended to commit the balance of funds available for FY 2008. 

B20 Biodiesel School Bus Grant Program (NOFA 08-07)

Below is information on how to run conventionally fueled vehicles efficiently, where to buy cleaner fuels, what alternatives to conventionally fueled vehicles exist, and where to get more information. 

Fuel EfficiencyClean Fuels and Fleets

Refueling Locations in Ohio

  • Need to know where to buy E85 or other alternative fuels? The US Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center now has an online station locator. Just specify which kind of fuel you want, then enter your address, and the locator will map out the closest stations that sell that fuel.  The site also provides information for truck stop electrification, total station counts, and an overview map of the United States. 

Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs)
Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs)
AFVs currently offered, including cars and light trucks, buses and heavy-duty trucks; maintenance, industry contacts, policies, incentives and more 

Cars and Light Trucks (including hybrid electric vehicles)

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles: buses, heavy-duty trucks

Tools for Fleets

  • Clean Cities tools for fleet operators
  • US EPA program, Smartway, is partnering with several lenders to make loans available to small trucking companies to help pay for technologies that will save fuel and money while reducing pollution. Smartway launched these loans for the trucking industry in November 2006. 

Anti-idling Technologies