Why waste diesel idling when you don’t have to?

SiefkesPetit Communications

Check out this conference – if you have a fleet that needs to keep all kinds of things running while the trucks are parked, you might want to attend. It promises a look at the near future. 

The conference will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salem Conference Center, and will include seminars and equipment displays and demonstrations. Registration information is available at http://bit.ly/GreenTechReg. 

Here’s the press release: 

Shorepower's Benefits to be Highlighted At Green Transportation Conference in Oregon 

SALEM, Ore., Jan. 6, 2012 -- Shorepower Technologies and Cascade Sierra Solutions are bringing the message of anti-idling for trucks to the Green Transportation Conference to be held in Salem, Oregon, Jan. 11. 

The conference, sponsored by McCoy Freightliner of Portland and Salem, will provide information from manufacturers and policy makers about green transportation technologies such as Shorepower. 

By providing electrical connections at truck stop parking places, Shorepower allows drivers to shut off their vehicles’ engines, but still use heaters, air conditioners, in-cab communication and entertainment systems and appliances like refrigerators. 

Reducing hours of idling not only reduces emissions and noise, it can save truck owners thousands of dollars a year in lower diesel fuel bills. 

Shorepower will have a booth at the conference displaying one of its power pedestals, now being deployed at truck stops on major freight corridors around the country. Alan Bates, vice president of marketing for Shorepower Technologies, will be one of the speakers on a panel discussing transportation electrification. 

Cascade Sierra Solutions will have a representative on a panel discussing grants, tax credits and financing for purchasing vehicles and accessories that use electric power to eliminate idling. 

Shorepower Technologies and Cascade Sierra Solutions are participants in the Shorepower Truck Electrification Project (STEP), a program financed by the U.S. Department of Energy to install power pedestals at 50 truck stops. STEP also provides rebates for purchases of qualified equipment to be used with truck stop electrification.