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Electromobility – Electric vehicles for a green municipality
Published on 13 August 2019
Romania
Nord-Est
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About this good practice
Suceava City expressed into the Sustainable Energy Action Plan the willingness to create the local charging infrastructure network for electric vehicles (EV's) in order to have the premises for the increasing of the EV’s used in private and public sectors, to reduce the traffic emissions and to promote alternative ways of travelling.
For electric vehicles to actually become attractive for the possible users it was necessary to consider:
- to increase the technological performance and reduce the procurement price.
- charging points should be present in public parking spaces around supermarkets, in the City Hall parking area and in the parking areas of other public institutions, as well as in underground parking spaces, and the places should be reserved and specially marked for electric vehicles.
Since March 2018 28 charging units have been installed (14 standard and 14 fast) in public places. By the end of 2019 5 electric mini busses designated for local public transport will be operational. By 2021 the Municipality will:
- acquire 40 full electric busses which will replace the existing Euro 3 ones and which will perform the public transport service for the entire city area
- install 26 charging station for electric busses, from which 6 are fast charging station , located on the main routes for local public transport
- implement traffic management systems for public transport, real time information systems and e-ticketing
For electric vehicles to actually become attractive for the possible users it was necessary to consider:
- to increase the technological performance and reduce the procurement price.
- charging points should be present in public parking spaces around supermarkets, in the City Hall parking area and in the parking areas of other public institutions, as well as in underground parking spaces, and the places should be reserved and specially marked for electric vehicles.
Since March 2018 28 charging units have been installed (14 standard and 14 fast) in public places. By the end of 2019 5 electric mini busses designated for local public transport will be operational. By 2021 the Municipality will:
- acquire 40 full electric busses which will replace the existing Euro 3 ones and which will perform the public transport service for the entire city area
- install 26 charging station for electric busses, from which 6 are fast charging station , located on the main routes for local public transport
- implement traffic management systems for public transport, real time information systems and e-ticketing
Resources needed
Total budget of the project: 2,773,161 CHF, including Swiss grant (trough Swiss-Romanian Cooperation Programme): 2,039,100 CHF
Evidence of success
Since the charging infrastructure is functional there are 21 new EV’s owned by private companies and citizens operational in Suceava.
Between April 2018 and April 2019:
- number of kilometres travelled by the electric vehicles: 45.743 km
- energy consumption of a classic car: 19.898 RON
- energy consumption of an EV: 2997 RON
So total costs saved: 16 901 RON/year
Reduction of CO2 emissions per year: 4143t eq CO2
Between April 2018 and April 2019:
- number of kilometres travelled by the electric vehicles: 45.743 km
- energy consumption of a classic car: 19.898 RON
- energy consumption of an EV: 2997 RON
So total costs saved: 16 901 RON/year
Reduction of CO2 emissions per year: 4143t eq CO2
Potential for learning or transfer
Replacement of existing (diesel or gasoline) vehicles with EV’s, use of electric bikes (with charging station using photovoltaic panels), replacement of existing Diesel busses with Electric ones means :
- Significant reduction of energy consumption
- Reduction of CO2 emissions
- Improve the quality of the life into the city
- Local development of new technologies (also into the private sector)
- Increase the quality and attractivity of Public Transport
- Significant reduction of energy consumption
- Reduction of CO2 emissions
- Improve the quality of the life into the city
- Local development of new technologies (also into the private sector)
- Increase the quality and attractivity of Public Transport
Good practice owner
Organisation
Municipality of Suceava
Romania
Nord-Est
Contact
European Project Manager