The Ethanol Bus Buyers Consortium

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The Ethanol Bus Buyers Consortium

• For fossil fuel free public transport

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The Ethanol Bus Buyers Consortium

• Members of the consortium are
• Stockholm County Council
• The BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation (BAFF)
• Stockholm Public Transport Authority (SL)
• Svensk Etanolkemi AB (SEKAB)
• The City of Stockholm.

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The objective, goal and scope

• The objective of the Ethanol Bus Buyers
  Consortium is to achieve a well functioning
  market for ethanol buses in Europe.
• The goals is to get more suppliers of ethanol
  buses on the international market.
• The scope is to
• Gather a sufficient mass of interested buyers.
• Identify the opportunities for public transport.
• Initiate a tender and contracting process.

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Two steps

• Demonstration
• Test with a limited number of buses during 1-2
  years.
• Common procurement
• Letter of intent - altogether more than 1000
  buses.
• Start a tender process.

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Demonstrating cities

• Within the BEST project
• Madrid
• La Spezia
• Rotterdam
• Stockholm
• Bio Fuel Region (Sweden)
• Sao Paolo
• Nanyang
• Other cities

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The ethanol buses

• The ethanol buses are standard Scania Omni buses
  with a 9 litres Scania diesel compression-ignition
  engine, slightly modified to operate on
  bioethanol bus fuel (E95).

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The fuel

• The ethanol fuel is developed for heavy-duty,
  ethanol compression-ignition engines.
• It fulfils the ethanol fuel standard given by
  Scania.
• Originates from renewable sources only.
• The fuel is produced and delivered by SEKAB
  located in Sweden.

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Refuelling bioethanol

• The bus driver will not observe any considerable
  differences. Refuelling ethanol is not different
  from refuelling diesel.
• For safety reason the fuel tank installation must
  be a dedicated tank for ethanol use.
• The fuel tank can be rented, leased or purchased
  from a number of companies that manufacture such
  installations.

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Reduced emissions
The certified emission levels with reference to
Euro 3, ESC including the new reference diesel
fuel. Source Scania, Sweden
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Global and local emissions

• The efficient solution for both global and local
  emissions.
• No global emissions.
• Local emissions are lower than EURO 5 if using
  todays technology.

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Todays technology
NOx-emission using catalyst, filter and EGR
after treatment
PM-emission using catalyst, filter and EGR after
treatment
Level for EURO 5
Level for EURO 5
1,60
0,002
The ethanol engine with catalyst, filter and EGR
fulfils the EURO 5 emissions standard.
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Fulfils EURO 5 standard
Ethanol bus with Euro 3 engine
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The first ethanol bus in Sweden

• Operated 15 years (1985-1990).
• More than 1 million kilometres on ethanol fuel.

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First fleet tests outside Sweden
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History of ethanol buses

• Methanol was the first alcohol fuel for
  heavy-duty engines.
• Mid of 1970s, first test with Volvo.
• 1985, the first two Scania ethanol buses began to
  operate in Örnsköldsvik.
• 1990-1994 Stockholm Transport run a project on 32
  ethanol buses.
• 1996 there was 160 ethanol buses in Sweden.
• 2004 more than 400 ethanol buses.
• During 2006 the number will increase to about
  530, whereof 380 buses in City of Stockholm.

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Heading for ethanol buses - Yes

• it is easy to introduce and test ethanol buses.
  The public transport in your city can be powered
  by bioethanol.
• ethanol buses are green. Large reduction of
  fossil carbon dioxide emission.
• ethanol buses are clean. The local emissions of
  nitrogen oxides and particulates are dramatically
  reduced.
• ethanol buses are available now. The buses can
  be ordered directly from Scania Bus in Stockholm.
• there is a long experience of operating ethanol
  buses. The first ethanol buses started to operate
  1985.

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Welcome to join an ethanol bus fleet test, it is
easy

• Your own experiences are much more worth than
  reading a report or looking at a presentation.
• You get experience and understanding of the fuel,
  infrastructure, the ethanol engine, driving,
  maintenance, and passenger attitudes.
• Welcome to join the other cities in Europe and
  start up an ethanol bus fleet test project in
  your city.
• The Ethanol Bus Buyers Consortium will support
  you for a successful demonstration test of
  ethanol buses.

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More information

• Detailed information and guidelines
• contact the Co-ordinator of the Ethanol Bus
  Buyers Consortium
• Mrs Kristina Birath
• Inregia AB
• Box 12519, 102 29 Stockholm
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-post kristina.birath_at_inregia.se
• www.inregia.se
• More information could be found at
  www.ethanolbus.com