ATUASOR - Alternative Fuels and environmentally friendly driving systems in regional public transport
Overview
Background & policy context:
In road-based transport sector there is a great dependency on fossil resources. Due to the awareness in terms of CO2 emissions, fine dust, scarce oil reserves and volatile oil prices in recent years, there is the need to search for alternatives.
Objectives:
In the study, alternative fuels and environmentally friendly drive concepts for use in a regional public transport companies (Mürztaler Verkehrsbetriebe mbH) have been investigated. The aim was to find a suitable system whose underlying fuel can be produced in the region, which is economically and organizationally positive for the transport company and provides environmentally friendly mobility in the respective region.
Methodology:
There were investigated the potential of a regional fuel production and assessed the impact of a possible use of alternative drive systems on the existing fleet. There were studied different systems and displayed their costs, environmental friendliness and purpose. Further, a survey explored the market potential of the different systems on the basis of the interest of transport companies for new propulsion technologies.
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