PHOENIX — The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is about 20% to its goal of adding 600 electric vehicles over the next few years, an executive with the site’s prime contractor said here Tuesday.
The site currently has 116 electric vehicles and will add another 44 this year, Mike Swain, executive vice president of Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions said. He made the observation during a panel discussion on nuclear sites during the Waste Management Symposia.
After 2027, the DOE sites will no longer be allowed to procure new internal combustion vehicles, although existing ones will stick around for some time, Swain said. DOE. like other government agencies, has sought to reduce its carbon footprint by adding electric vehicles and chargers at its properties.
