Tag Archives: Transportation

SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel

SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel is a used cooking oil collection company. They recycle used cooking oils throughout Oregon and produce biodiesel. They have many refueling stations around Portland and Seattle, but none in between.

Organization Type: For-Profit Company

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(800) 447-3794

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10111 NE 6th Dr Portland, Oregon 97211

Seattle Electric Vehicle Association

From their website:Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) is the Electric Auto Association’s (EAA) 2nd largest chapter in the United States. Our members actively participate in numerous local events to promote the rapid adoption of EVs in the Seattle metro area and in all of Washington State working in concert with our sister EAA Chapters in Tacoma, Vashon, Wenatchee, Portland, Spokane (Post Falls, ID) and Vancouver, BC. –SEVA  (About Page)

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(206) 524-1351

Address

6021 32nd Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115

Clearedge Power

About:

ClearEdge Power create innovative products to help their costumers improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon emissions at home or at their business. With a team of scientists, engineers and managers they use clean tech solutions for the growing energy demands. They are a world leader in fuel cell stacks that provide reliable power for buildings and vehicles.

Organization Type: For-Profit

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(877) 257-3343

Address

7175 NW Evergreen Parkway, Building 100 Hillsboro, OR 97124

Ada County Highway District Commuteride

Mission:
Commuteride is a carpooling, vanpooling, or “ridematching” service within the Ada County of Idaho. It also promotes biking and walking by providing Bike Lane Maps and incentives of biking and walking.

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(208) 345-7665

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3775 Adams St. Garden City, Idaho 83714

Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute

The non-profit organization Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute’s mission statement is
“to increase citizen involvement in decisions that affect the region’s environment.” The Institute has grown into one of the most successful organizations in the region. In addition to Community Agriculture, they have programs in Watershed Restoration, Environmental Education, and Transportation.”  These programs include watershed restoration in northern Idaho and parts of Eastern Washington, promoting alternative energy through tours and host bicycle and vanpool options.  PCEI began in 1986 and they have received many awards due to their honest and hardworking operations.

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(208) 882-1444

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P.O. Box 8596 Moscow ID 83843

Western Washington Clean Cities

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Western Washington Clean Cities is an organization that advances energy security and environmental health by promoting alternative fuels, efficient vehicles and reduction of petroleum. They provide education, access to grant funds, strategy assistance, and promote policies and incentives. They are part of the network of 80 communities in the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program.

Their vision is to lead “the region in clean transportation, through the use of local, sustainable alternative fuels and technologies.”

They work on:

  • Renewable Fuels
  • Efficient Vehicles
  • Idle-Reduction Measures
  • Improving Air Quality
  • Fuel Economy Improvements
  • Emerging Transportation Technologies

Organization Type: Government

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(206) 689-4055

Address

1904 Third Avenue Suite 105 Seattle, WA 98101

Propel: Biodiesel and FlexFuel

Description:

Propel provides biodiesel and Flex Fuel (E85) in the Seattle area as well as in northern and southern California.  Flex Fuel (E85) is a clean-burning mixture of 85% ethanol (derived from fermented starch and sugars) and 15% gasoline.  The biodiesel product is made from sustainable resources such as vegetable oil waste and soybean oil and is compatible with every diesel engine.

Matt Horton, CEO Propel Fuels

“In building the infrastructure for today’s renewable fuel vehicles, we make further progress away from petroleum and help lead America toward a more promising future.”

Climate-Change Related Activities:

  • FlexFuelE85 – Decreases CO2 emissions by 21%
  • Biodiesel – Cleaner emissions and B5%-B99.9% blends
  • Provides Commercial and Public Refueling Stations

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Organization Type: For-Profit Company

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(800) 871-0773

Address

3500 SW Barton St. Seattle, WA 98136

Olympia Green Fuels, LLC

Olympia Green Fuels manufactures and distributes biodiesel processors and tank farms from small tanks (100,000 gallons a year) to enormous systems that can produce three million gallons per year. With the equipment they sell, anyone who has access to large amounts of vegetable oil or other triglyceride greases can generate their own biodiesel.

Organization Type: Limited liability company

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Olympia Green Fuels LLC. Suite 140-243 1001 Cooper Pt. Rd. SW Olympia Washington, 98502

Meetup.com

Meetup.com is a carpool networking site that connects users based off of hundreds of user created events called “meetups”.  Users create profiles and then events. They have events and groups in thousands of cities across the world and many in Olympia and the greater Northwest.

Organization Type: For Profit Corporation