Alternative and renewable fuels play
a critical role in today's increasing efforts
to reduce air
pollution and secure energy resources through
petroleum displacement and new technologies. ICF
International helps corporations and governments
understand the opportunities, evaluate and avoid
risks, educate their audiences, and implement cost-effective
programs that meet their goals.
ICF
International's extensive knowledge and experience
in alternative fuels and vehicle technologies offers
a qualified industry resource to your organization.
Our expertise includes:
- Research, Technical Analysis,
and Consultation—Provide
accurate and extensive program support
- Conference
Planning and Management—Expand
conference attendance using innovative outreach
capabilities
- Hotline Management and
Support—Convey
reliable facts through enhanced research and
industry contacts
- Program Design and Review—Establish
credible messages with creative writing and
in-depth industry knowledge and expertise
- Industry
Relations—Increase
client scope by exposure to industry and government
networks
Services
Responding to Target Audiences
Hotlines
ICF
has more than 10 years of experience managing
alternative fuel and other informational hotlines
and clearinghouses. Our hotline specialists have
extensive resource and industry knowledge, access
to statistical data, and well-developed relationships
with industry experts. We promptly process thousands
of inquiries annually via telephone, e-mail,
facsimile, and mail.
Technical Response Services
Our
technical response specialists offer expertise
in alternative fuels, alternative fuel vehicles,
and emerging technologies. We provide in-depth
technical responses on fuel production, vehicle
technologies, funding and incentives, federal
and state regulations, fuel quality specifications,
vehicle certifications, and more.
Developing Training and Resource Materials
Handbooks
and Training Manuals
ICF develops
resource guides used by trainers and managers
for educating stakeholders and implementing
alternative fuel and vehicle programs.
Alternative Fuel and Biofuels Newsletters
ICF
writes and edits national and international
newsletters and other publications that address
government and private industry initiatives.
Alternative Fuel Resource
Guides
ICF
creates and updates guides on current alternative
fuel and vehicle technologies and programs.
Alternative Fuel Fact Sheets
ICF
develops fact sheets on new fuel and vehicle technologies,
and state and federal laws and regulations.
Managing Databases
State Alternative Fuels Laws
and Incentives Database
ICF performs extensive research
and corresponds with government contacts and
industry experts to update on-line databases
of state alternative fuel laws and incentives.
Our legislative experts identify and summarize
new legislation to facilitate easy comprehension.
Alternative Fuel Refueling Stations Database
ICF
updates and expands comprehensive on-line databases
with information on alternative fuel refueling
stations across the United States. Our experts
contact stations directly to confirm operational
status and important station information. Furthermore,
ICF conducts research industry-wide to identify
new and planned stations.
Hotline Caller Database
ICF expands and
updates a 200,000-entry Oracle database with
caller-specific data. Our experts also create
queries to compile and analyze trends in
requested information.
Conducting Conferences
Conferences and Expositions
Our team plans
and manages all aspects of large conferences and
workshops. Capabilities include contract negotiation,
budgeting, speaker coordination, promotional material
design, program development, registration, marketing
and advertisement, program guides, sponsorship
efforts, exhibiting, audio/visual planning and
set-up, and on-site logistics.
Outreach and Event Support
ICF researches,
writes, and presents technical papers and exhibits
at industry conferences to convey program developments
and promote alternative fuel and vehicle use.
Researching Legislative, Regulatory, and Technology
Issues
State/Federal Legislative and Regulatory Tracking
and Analysis
ICF researches, analyzes, and
provides information on state and federal legislative
actions covering alternative fuel and vehicle issues
related to clean air, new technology advancement,
idle reduction, alternative fuel tax incentives,
and other issues.
Alternative Fuel and Technology Analysis
Our
experts perform in-depth analysis on alternative
fuels and advanced vehicle technologies. Topics
include biodiesel, compressed natural gas, ethanol,
hydrogen, liquefied
natural gas, liquefied petroleum
gas, methanol, Fischer-Tropsch, and electric,
hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles.
Featured Solutions
ICF International's expertise
in renewable and alternative fuels is proven
through our experience and projects. Highlights
of our program support include:
State Alternative Fuels Laws and Incentives Database
- Conduct extensive Internet research and correspondence
with Clean Cities Coordinators and industry
experts
- Update
existing on-line database of state alternative
fuel laws and incentives
- Identify and translate new legislation
to facilitate easy comprehension
National Alternative Fuels and Clean Cities Hotlines
and Clean Cities Program Technical Response Service
- Operate and manage technical response service
and hotlines
- Respond to nearly 1,000 inquiries per
month via telephone, facsimile, e-mail, Web
entry, and mail
- Analyze and present call-type data, caller
statistics, and current trends
- Research current
alternative fuels industry issues
Alternative Fuel Refueling Stations Database
- Update and expand a comprehensive on-line database
of more than 5,000 alternative fuel refueling
stations across the United States
- Contact each station directly
to confirm operational status and collect information
about ethanol (E85), compressed natural gas, liquefied
natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, biodiesel,
electricity, and hydrogen vehicle refueling
stations
- Communicate
with Clean Cities Coordinators and other
alternative fuel industry representatives and
conduct research on new and planned stations
Federal Regulation Tracking and Analysis
- Research,
track, analyze, and provide information on
federal legislative activities related to alternative
fuels and alternative fuel vehicles, idle reduction,
clean air workshops and meetings, and other
related activities
- Perform extensive research of industry
publications, Internet, and information resources
- Identify
partnership opportunities for federal government
programs and the potential impacts of federal
activities on those programs
4th, 5th, 6th, and
7th National Clean Cities Conferences and Exposition
- Plan
and implement full-scale conferences, including
contract negotiations, budgeting, conference
promotional materials and mailings, agenda and
program development and production, registration,
marketing and advertisement, fulfillment of audio/visual
equipment requirements, and other on-site logistics
- Research, invite, and
organize domestic and international industry
experts for speaking engagements
- Secure, coordinate, and
manage sponsors and exhibitors
- Develop evaluation
and analyze participant feedback
Alternative Fuel and Biofuels News
- Coordinate,
write, and edit nationally and internationally
distributed bi-monthly publications
- Perform extensive
research and interviews to generate relevant
content
- Document
U.S. and international governmental
and industry efforts to promote alternative
fuel production and use, advanced technology
and alternative fuel vehicles, and energy security
Coal Gasification and Synfuels
- Prepare various analyses of coal gasification for synfuel and hydrogen production for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and various other clients. Most of this work is based on data from design and cost studies that DOE has performed over the years, although ICF has made adjustments using consistent and updated costs for each major coal handling and process component.
- Develop material balance adjustments to vary major component sizing based on the elemental analysis of feedstock coal.
- Prepare material and energy balances and cost estimates for coal conversion, as well as comparisons of costs and performance parameters of various gasification technologies.
- Develop carbon dioxide output coefficients for various coal gasification plant designs, as well as carbon dioxide capture cost and energy requirement estimates.
