Shorepower's Benefits Highlighted At Green Transportation Conference

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 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 make use of heaters, air conditioners, and 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.

“We always welcome the opportunity to tell the Shorepower story,” Bates said. “There are many compelling reasons to move the truck industry to this technology. As more truck owners and drivers hear that story, we expect to see much greater demand for and use of electric power.”

“Truck stop electrification is an effective and affordable way to ‘green up’ the supply chain,” added Sharon Banks, chief executive officer of Cascade Sierra Solutions. “The technology works and is available. Now we need to build awareness and get information to the industry. This conference is one way of accomplishing that goal.”

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.

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 here.

About Shorepower Technologies
Shorepower is a transportation electrification infrastructure company offering simple, cost-effective solutions for connecting cars and trucks to the electrical grid. Products and services offered include SmartWay™-verified Truck Stop Electrification (TSE), as well as charging stations for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs). Shorepower corporate facilities are located in Portland, Oregon and Utica, New York.

About Cascade Sierra Solutions
Cascade Sierra Solutions is a Eugene, Ore., -based non-profit organization dedicated to conserving natural resources and enhancing public health through freight transportation energy efficiency improvements and emission reductions. In the past four years, CSS has helped trucking businesses located in all 48 lower states and Alaska, saving over 24,500 gallons of diesel fuel daily.