- 01.12.2009 Baltic Biogas Bus launch event
Lead Partner:
AB Storstockholm LokaltrafikLindhagensgatan 100
10573 Stockholm
SE
Lennart Hallgren
E-mail: Lennart.Hallgren@sl.se
Phone: +46 8 686 14 01
Fax: +46 8 686 40 01
Project Manager:
AB Storstockholm LokaltrafikLindhagensgatan 100
10573 Stockholm
SE
Stefan Wallin
E-mail: Stefan.Wallin@sl.se
Phone: +46 8 686 38 68
Fax: +46 8 686 40 01
Information Manager:
AB Storstockholm LokaltrafikLindhagensgatan 100
10573 Stockholm
SE
Anneli Waldén
E-mail: anneli.walden@sl.se
Phone: +46 8 686 37 37
Fax: +46 8 686 40 01
Summary description of the project:
Increasing dependency on fossil fuels has boosted the interest for investments in new energy technologies.
Introducing biogas to public transport services can help reduce environmental problems. Biogas buses
lower emissions, improve urban air quality and strengthen the role of public transport. There are already good examples of the use of biogas buses, yet these best practices are not widely used in European cities.
The “Baltic Biogas Bus” project aims to increase the use of biogas buses in cities within the Baltic Sea region (BSR). The project will focus on developing and widening practical solutions which will facilitate the use of biogas in public transport. It will provide cities with the correct tools to set up a biogas bus introduction strategy. This strategy will help cities connect with biogas supply, distribution and use.
Each partner region participating in the project will set up a long-term introduction strategy in order to accelerate the purchase of biogas buses. Public transport authorities will work closely with transport companies and bus producers. A manual for the introduction of biogas buses will be developed within the project’s lifetime. The project will analyse current production amounts, as well as short and long-term growth scenarios for each BSR country and the BSR as a whole. The project will highlight the possibilities to fuel the majority of urban public transport bus fleets with biogas. “Baltic Biogas Bus” will analyse and depict the distribution infrastructure. It will map existing and planned gas infrastructure on the BSR level. On a more detailed level, feasibility planning studies will be implemented in Estonia and Poland.
Achievements of the project so far:
Apart from setting up management routines, the BBB-project focused on communication issues and establishing important relations with different stakeholders during the first period. A launch event of the project was held in Tartu, where both the minister for environment of Estonia and the representative of the European commission in Estonia gave speeches. During the seminar the project website and the logotype were presented. The BBB-project co-organised the biannual Nordic biogas conference which was held in Oslo in March. Several hundred participants from different European countries were informed about the project and of some of the best practices presented by BBB-partners. These best practices were also presented at Gasskonferansen in Bergen, Norway, which attracted 194 participants.
Partly thanks to lobbying and information activities by the project, the county of Hordaland in western Norway has decided to purchase 75 biogas buses and build a biogas production plant in Bergen.
A decision has also been made by the project partner in Oslo to buy new biogas buses for public transport.
In Tartu, the process of formulating a transport plan for the city including biogas buses as part of the solution has been initiated. Moreover, the results from a feasibility study has led to the construction of the first filling station of compressed gas in Tartu. In northern Germany project partners have started discussions with several providers of public transport on how to introduce biogas buses and in Poland an agreement has been signed with the city council of Rzeszow regarding cooperation on how to introduce biogas buses in public transport.
The project has drafted several reports, which are receiving second opinions from other project partners. The preliminary results from reports are being disseminated in regional seminars arranged through the project.
Project partners are continuously giving presentations about the BBB-project at several different seminars and workshops, both internally within the project and externally. The Baltic Biogas Bus project has been featured in magazines and newspapers during the period.
The Mid Event Symposium and a second International seminar in St. Petersburg has been conducted.
| Project Duration: | Jun 2009 - Sep 2012 |
| Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 4.173.260,00 |
| ERDF co-financing: | 2.716.720,00 |
| ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
| Norwegian national contribution: | 360.844,00 |
List of partners
| Stockholm Public Transport Company | ||||||||
| 10573 Stockholm | SWEDEN Lindhagensgatan 100 Region: Stockholm |
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| Contact person: Lennart Hallgren Phone: +46 8 686 14 01 E-mail: Lennart.Hallgren@sl.se Web: www.sl.se |
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| Ruter, Public Transport for Oslo and Akershus | ||||||||
| 0104 Oslo | NORWAY Dronningens gate 40 Region: Oslo og Akershus |
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| Contact person: Halvor Jutulstad Phone: +47 22 08 49 16 E-mail: halvor.jutulstad@ruter.no Web: www.ruter.no |
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| Hordaland Oli & Gas | ||||||||
| 5020 Bergen | NORWAY Agnes Mowinckelsgatan 5 Region: Vestlandet |
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| Contact person: Stein Bjørlykke Phone: +47 22 08 49 16 E-mail: stein@holga.no Web: www.holga.no |
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| Tartu city | ||||||||
| 50089 Tartu | ESTONIA Raekoda Region: Eesti |
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| Contact person: Margus Hanson Phone: +372 736 1224 E-mail: Margus.Hanson@raad.tartu.ee Web: www.tartu.ee |
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| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland | ||||||||
| 02044 VTT Espoo | FINLAND Vuorimiehentie 3 Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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| Contact person: Matti Kytö Phone: +358 20 722 5513 E-mail: matti.kyto@vtt.fi Web: www.vtt.fi |
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| Motor Transport Institute | ||||||||
| 03-031 Warsaw | POLAND Jagiellonska 80 Region: Mazowieckie |
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| Contact person: Wojciech Gis Phone: +48-22 811 3231 ext E-mail: wojciech.gis@its.waw.pl Web: www.its.waw.pl |
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| JSC "Buses of Kaunas city" | ||||||||
| 47185 Kaunas | LITHUANIA Raudondvario pl. 105 Region: Lietuva |
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| Contact person: Mindaugas Augustaitis Phone: +37037362864 E-mail: m.augustaitis@kaunoautobusai.lt Web: http://www.kaunoautobusai.lt/ |
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| ITC Innovations and Trendcenter GmbH | ||||||||
| 18182 Bentwisch | GERMANY Hansestrasse 21 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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| Contact person: Kerstin Rönick Phone: +49 381 6302 334 E-mail: info@itc-bentwisch.de Web: www.itc-bentwisch.de |
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| ATI erc gGmbH | ||||||||
| 19061 Schwerin | GERMANY Hagenower Strasse 73 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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| Contact person: Mrs. Steffi Groth Phone: +49 385 3993 777 E-mail: groth@ati-mv.de Web: www.ati-mv.de |
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| Riga City Council Traffic Department | ||||||||
| 1011 Riga City Council Traffic Department | LATVIA 36 GertrudesStreet Region: Latvija |
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| Contact person: Mrs Olita Sproge Phone: + 371 67 01 27 01 E-mail: olita.sproge@riga.lv Web: www.rdsd.lv |
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| Hordaland county council | ||||||||
| 5200 Bergen | NORWAY Postboks 7900 Region: Vestlandet |
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| Contact person: Bjarte Årvik Phone: +4755239491 E-mail: Bjarte.arvik@skyss.no Web: www.hordaland.no |
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| Malardalen Energy Agency | ||||||||
| 75183 Uppsala | SWEDEN Uppsala Science Park, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 60 Region: Östra Mellansverige |
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| Contact person: Beatrice Torgnyson Klemme Phone: +46 18 57 23 56 E-mail: beatrice.torgnyson@energikontor.se Web: www.energikontor.se |
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