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08-01-2006, 07:22 PM
Pataki: N.Y. Sees Future Of Plug-In Vehicles. (http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_213172241.html)
AP - August 1, 2006
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EnergyCS’ Prius PHEV-30
MALTA, N.Y. The state will build a research center to develop technology such as an engine that can tap just 45 cents worth of electricity at night to turn a 50-mile-per-gallon hybrid car into a 100 mpg plug-in hybrid.
The research and development center will include a Canadian high-technology battery manufacturer. Hudson Valley Community College in Troy would provide employee training. The center will be built in the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park about 20 miles north of Albany. Contracts will be bid this fall with the plant operating in 2008.
The center would research new programs to conserve energy, decrease dependence on petroleum and reduce emissions, said Gov. George Pataki. It will test new technologies including fuel cell propulsion and develop emission controls for diesel buses and trucks.
The center is intended to attract private companies using government support to develop alternative fuels and to train and retrain employees in the field.
Pataki said the technology will reduce emissions and take advantage of excess power in the state's utility grid at night.
Pataki also announced that the state would spend $10 million to convert 600 state vehicles to plug-in hybrid vehicles. After the state project is done, the facility will be made available to private companies to retrofit vehicles.
Earlier in the day at the former Seneca Army Depot in Central New York's Romulus, Pataki announced an ethanol refining company, Empire Biofuels, will invest $87 million to build a refinery there. It will produce 50 million gallons of the corn-based vehicle fuel and create 60 jobs, Pataki said.
The company will receive a tax credit of up to $2.5 million a year based on production.
Ethanol is one of the clean fuels on which hybrid vehicles can operate while relying on gasoline for just 15 percent of its fuel. Pataki said New York farmers will be able to produce much of the product.
AP - August 1, 2006
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/EnergyCS_PHEV.jpg
EnergyCS’ Prius PHEV-30
MALTA, N.Y. The state will build a research center to develop technology such as an engine that can tap just 45 cents worth of electricity at night to turn a 50-mile-per-gallon hybrid car into a 100 mpg plug-in hybrid.
The research and development center will include a Canadian high-technology battery manufacturer. Hudson Valley Community College in Troy would provide employee training. The center will be built in the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park about 20 miles north of Albany. Contracts will be bid this fall with the plant operating in 2008.
The center would research new programs to conserve energy, decrease dependence on petroleum and reduce emissions, said Gov. George Pataki. It will test new technologies including fuel cell propulsion and develop emission controls for diesel buses and trucks.
The center is intended to attract private companies using government support to develop alternative fuels and to train and retrain employees in the field.
Pataki said the technology will reduce emissions and take advantage of excess power in the state's utility grid at night.
Pataki also announced that the state would spend $10 million to convert 600 state vehicles to plug-in hybrid vehicles. After the state project is done, the facility will be made available to private companies to retrofit vehicles.
Earlier in the day at the former Seneca Army Depot in Central New York's Romulus, Pataki announced an ethanol refining company, Empire Biofuels, will invest $87 million to build a refinery there. It will produce 50 million gallons of the corn-based vehicle fuel and create 60 jobs, Pataki said.
The company will receive a tax credit of up to $2.5 million a year based on production.
Ethanol is one of the clean fuels on which hybrid vehicles can operate while relying on gasoline for just 15 percent of its fuel. Pataki said New York farmers will be able to produce much of the product.