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The Fine Print of Alternative Fuel Infrastructure

Byline: Todd Mouw, president

n electric yet to start developing strategies or programs On
vehicle the bright side, almost 20,000 public and private
seems so electric charging stations are available
Asimple Compressed natural gas is another popu-
— plug it in, and it’ll lar alternative fuel choice, and for good reason
work But, there’s It’s a domestically produced, low-cost energy
much more to EVs source The challenge is CNG infrastructure
— and all alter- comes with a substantial cost due to the fuel’s
native propulsion high pressure Although CNG station sizes vary,
sources — when it they can carry a price tag of well over $1 million
comes to fueling This offsets the return on investment if an organiza-
infrastructure tion wants the benefits of CNG vehicles but has to
According to a incur the significant infrastructure expense. There
recent report from the Smart Electric Power Alli- are only about 1,600 compressed natural gas fuel
ance, many utility companies in the United States stations currently operating in the U S , with half of
aren’t prepared The report found that almost 75 those being public
percent of those surveyed were either in the early Propane autogas infrastructure has the
stages of planning for EV market growth or had best of both worlds — availability and low cost

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