Project Green Fleet
Fleets wanted
Environmental Initiative is seeking fleet partners to apply for grants to replace or upgrade older diesel trucks and equipment. Multiple grant opportunities are anticipated in 2027, and the EPA’s 2026 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act program is open now. We’ll match you with the right grant and lead the application, working with your team to identify eligible equipment, evaluate replacement options, estimate emissions reductions, and develop the project budget.
Deadlines start as soon as January 2027. Reach out early so there is time to review eligibility and prepare an application. Contact Alex Keilty with a list of trucks or equipment you’re considering replacing, including:
- Engine model years.
- Operating locations.
- Annual mileage or hours.
- Your preferred replacement time.
A fleet sheet is available to help you organize your list. Download the fleet sheet →
What vehicle types are eligible?
Project Green Fleet is currently able to cover charging infrastructure for replacement vehicles and reduce emissions on a range of diesel and gas fleets including:
- Class 3-8 heavy-duty trucks.
- Off-road construction equipment including loaders, sweepers, backhoes, etc.
- Locomotives.
- Marine engines and port facility fleets.
- Light-duty pickup trucks used at least 75% for agriculture operations.
- Forklifts, skid steers, side-by-sides, UTVs, manure scrapers.
- Cultivators, mowers (agricultural use).
- Grain dryers.
- Sprinter vans.
- Refrigerated vans and trailers.
- Engine repowers to zero emissions.
Requirements for engine use and operation vary by grant.
Our accomplishments
Project Green Fleet has retrofitted or replaced diesel engines in school buses, transit buses, heavy-duty trucks, trains, boats, and other construction equipment.
3,331
School buses retrofitted.
1,378
Heavy-duty diesel vehicles and engines upgraded.
36
Annual tons of fine particulate matter reduced.
Latest news
Modernizing the fleet without taking on all the risk: a Q&A with Errol Rice, President of Transystems
For more than 80 years, Transystems has been loading and hauling sugar beets for Co-Op customers across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho. When the opportunity came to modernize their fleet through a clean diesel upgrade program, they took it.
Environmental Initiative receives $1.1 million grant to reduce diesel emissions
Project Green Fleet recently partnered with three Minnesota-based fleets to submit a funding application that secured just over $1.1 million to replace six diesel vehicles.
Project Contacts
We collaborate with fleet owners and operators to connect them with grant opportunities to upgrade older diesel and gas vehicles and equipment.
Questions? Contact Alex Keilty.
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