The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is honoring four sites within its Office of Environmental Management (EM) for their significant contributions toward a Biden administration goal of achieving a 100% zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2035.
Office of Environmental Management
June 11, 2024
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The Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) is one of four U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management sites to receive the Department’s Fiscal Year 2024 Green Fleet Award. ICP has enlarged its electric vehicle fleet and installed charging stations at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. These upgrades, pictured, are part of ICP’s strategic effort to achieve environmental sustainability objectives for the INL Site.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is honoring four sites within its Office of Environmental Management (EM) for their significant contributions toward a Biden administration goal of achieving a 100% zero-emissions vehicle fleet by 2035.
In recognition of their efforts toward a more sustainable DOE fleet, the Idaho Cleanup Project and Hanford, Paducah and Savannah River sites will each receive the Department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Green Fleet Award.
“EM sites have demonstrated outstanding leadership in helping the Department of Energy achieve the administration’s goal of transitioning to 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035, with 100% light-duty vehicle acquisitions by 2027,” DOE Chief Sustainability Officer Ingrid Kolb said.
Officials cut a ribbon in a ceremony celebrating the addition of over 100 zero-emissions vehicles to the Savannah River Site vehicle fleet last year.
In FY 2024, the Paducah and Savannah River sites ordered 100% light-duty zero-emissions vehicles, while the Idaho Cleanup Project and Hanford ordered 90% and 84% light-duty zero-emissions vehicles, respectively.
In recognition of these achievements, each of the four sites will receive a portion of $1.05 million in grants from the DOE Office of Management to order additional zero-emissions vehicles and install electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
“The support for charging infrastructure will go a long way toward incentivizing continued effort by our sites,” EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White said. "As the world’s largest environmental cleanup program, EM has a unique responsibility to lead by example.”
EM sites ordered 219 zero-emissions vehicles in FY 2024, accounting for 89% of DOE’s total orders, exceeding EM’s 2024 goal. EM sites also installed a total of 120 charging ports to date, with many more expected over the next few years.
-Contributor: Albes Gaona
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