MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT COMPANY EMT OF MADRID

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MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT COMPANY (EMT) OF MADRID
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MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT COMPANY (EMT) OF MADRID

• Biofuels 560 vehicles use biodiesel obtained
  from vegetable oil and 5 use bioethanol.
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) 237 CNG vehicles
  and 62 refuelling posts.
• Hybrid Systems (Diesel Electric) 20 buses.
• Fuel Cells 3 buses with fuel cell and a hydrogen
  refuelling station.

822 green buses 2007 total buses
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MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT COMPANY (EMT) OF MADRID

• Biodiesel. Implementation.
• 1997-1999 ?BIO-BUS Project, 70 diesel and 30
  metil ester from sunflower oil. More than 200.000
  km during the trial.
• 2003-2005 ?New trial with buses satisfying Euro
  III specifications. More than 260.000 km with
  these vehicles.
• June 2005 ?100 renewable biodiesel started in
  different models of buses.

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MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT COMPANY (EMT) OF MADRID

• Biodiesel. Achievements.
• 560 buses nowadays and rising.
• No technical problems.
• Performance similar to the rest of buses.
• No modifications in the buses for using
  biodiesel.
• Reduction of pollutants (CO, sulphur oxides, PM).
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2).
• Improvement of company image.