by Jbs061509g3 — June 17, 2009—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) recently announced the launch of a comprehensive mapping tool to help industry and government planners and managers in charge of vehicles to implement alternative fuels and advanced vehicles.
The new TransAtlas tool combines several different types of geographic data to identify areas with potential for developing advanced transportation projects. It is sponsored by DOE’s Clean Cities initiative, which aims to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector by promoting advanced vehicle technologies and alternative fuels.
NREL employed user-friendly Google Maps to display the locations of existing and planned alternative fueling stations, concentrations of different vehicle types, alternative fuel production facilities, roads, and political boundaries. The tool allows users to customize the information by checking boxes for each element.
