Diapositiva 1

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COMmon PROcurement of collective and public
service transport clean vehicles
COMPRO
EIE/06/200/SI2.448437
Start January 2007
Duration 36 months
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What is COMPRO

• The aim of COMPRO is to enhance the development
  of the clean vehicles market (CNG and hybrid)
  taking action on the demand side.
• COMPRO analyses the conditions for a common
  procurement of clean collective and public
  service transport vehicles at European scale by
  local authorities, aiming both at reducing prices
  and fostering the consolidation of emerging
  technologies.

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Who is involved

• COMPRO gathers an initial number of 4 local
  authorities
• Nantes Metropole ( Semitan)
• Bremen (BSAG)
• Emilia Romagna Region
• Gatubolaget (Goteborg)
• ISIS is coordinating

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The participatory process

• The whole study is implemented following a
  participatory process involving the automotive
  industry, national and local governments and
  public transport operators (within the
  Procurement Management Group) in order to keep
  COMPRO in line with the options available on the
  market and analyse the conditions for a Common
  Procurement from different perspectives
• Demand side convergence on common
  standards/specification
• Supply side attitude of the industry towards
  buyers consortia
• Juridical perspective homogeneisation of
  regulatory frameworks

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The PMG

• The PMG has been consolidated.
• Composed of selected stakeholders representing
  different interests
• National Bodies (Italian Ministry of Environment,
  ADEME-F)
• Regional Authorities (Regione Emilia Romagna)
• Local Authorities (LowCVP, Bremen, Nantes, Polis)
• Operators (UITP, Transdev, Gatubolaget, ATM)
• Manufactureres (Bredamenarini, Volvo, MAN,
  Solaris, Irisbus, Evobus)
• BEI
• Independent Expert

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The framework
The Framework (1)

• In the Green Paper "Towards a new culture for
  urban mobility are defined 5 strategic pillars.
• The pillar Towards greener towns and cities
  looks at
• Issues The main environmental issues in towns
  and cities are related to the predominance of oil
  as a transport fuel, which generates CO2, air
  pollutant emissions and noise.
• Options Among the possible options joint
  procurament is envisaged.
• Quoting from it The Commission is already
  providing support for the development of joint
  green procurement schemes by public authorities
  across
• the EU through pilot projects. On the basis of
  the results of these projects, the Commission
  could envisage a wider application of such
  measures..
• Common procurement is therefore a key element of
  the EU strategy
• towards sustainable urban transport.

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The Framework (2)

• The proposal for a Directive of the European
  Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of
  clean and energy efficient road transport
  vehicles (19/12/07) introduces a new approach in
  the procurement award process, based on the
  internalisation of operational lifetime costs of
  vehicles.
• When procuring vehicles, public authorities and
  operators providing public transport services
  will use lifetime costs for CO2 and pollutant
  emissions as well as for fuel consumption as
  award criteria.
• In addition it states
• ... public bodies and private operators
  collectively procuring clean and energy efficient
  vehicles under the same terms of reference,
  would provide a significant stimulus to vehicle
  manufacturers and provide assurance of a market
  for these types of vehicles .... The high
  visibility of public transport vehicles could
  stimulate a wider uptake by other market
  participants of this approach for internalising
  external costs in procurement decisions.

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The technologies choice

• COMPRO is not a technology focussed project.
• However the exercise of developing the process
  aiming at the critical mass for pricies
  reductions and technology exploitation requires
  the identification of specific fuel/powertrain
  cases.
• According to both their experience and
  expectations for the future improvement of their
  clean fleet policies, the partners agreed on
  focusing on the following two technologies
  compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric hybrid.

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The technologies choice (2)

• On one side because CNG technology is currently
  regarded as the most mature clean technology
• It already complies with the EEV standard, even
  if no carbon dioxide emission reductions are
  achieved with gas operation.
• Extra price 50.000 (over diesel)
• On the other side, hybrid vehicles appear in the
  immediate future to represent a promising
  alternative technology.
• The technology is indeed regarded by
  manufacturers as a way to dramatically improve
  bus environmental performances (energy and
  emissions)
• Extra price 150.000 (over diesel)

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Technologies assessment by partners (1)

• CNG it worth for significant portion of large
  fleet

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Technologies assessment by partners (2)

• Hybrid some way to go. USA experience very
  encouraging

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European market of PT vehicles (1)

• From UITP report (July 2007)
• Distribution of fuel and powertrain gt90 diesel

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European market of PT vehicles (2)

• From UITP report (July 2007)
• EURO standards gt 95 below Euro 4
• It comes out quite striking
• how large is the potential
• market to be exploited to
• come closer to
• a green public transport
• in European cities

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Trends among partners

• FRANCE
• Increase in the use of clean vehicles 57
  in 6 years
• Technical options selected particle filters then
  CNG (10 of national fleet) CNG regarded as a
  mature option
• Other options are less preferred at the time but
  future interest in hybrid
• Controversy over biofuels

• ITALY
• Diesel will remain the leading fuel technology,
  particularly with reference to the suburban
  service
• CNG will increase and be the most used
  alternative to diesel (some companies, such as
  ATAC Rome, plan to invest totally or almost
  totally in this technology)
• Other fuel technologies, such as hybrid and
  electric, will remain marginal

• GERMANY
• Large majority of diesel buses 97,8 of
  national fleet 60 equipped with particle
  filters
• CNG 2,2 of total bus fleet
• Political side encourages the extension in
  number of hybrid buses (medium terms)
• Discourages the use of CNG.

• SWEDEN
• Political strong environmental concern
• Increase in the use of non fossil fuels biogas
  and ethanol (objective 40 of the local service
  traffic bus fleet by 2012)

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Procurement process

• The Procurement Process is implemented under real
  life conditions by the 4 COMPRO local authorities
  and with a constant dialogue with the
  manufacturers.
• The process entails the following
• agreement on common technical specifications
• agreement on common environmental performance
  specifications
• definition of the common juridical subject, which
  will procure on behalf of the group
• assessment of homologation compatibility.

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Building blocks of the process
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The critical mass

• The success of the project, i.e.
• the definition and assessment of the conditions
  for a common procurement of clean collective and
  public service transport vehicles at European
  scale by local authorities, aiming both at
  reducing prices and fostering the consolidation
  of emerging technologies
• is strongly linked to the wide sharing of its
  outcomes by the European public
  authorities/transport operators responsible for
  the Local PT services, and their positive
  appraisal of the benefits in joining a common
  procurement action.
• Therefore
• The analysis is opened to all external cities
  interested in the process,that are going to play
  a

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The Partners

• COMPRO is coordinated by ISIS. The core
  partnership includes both local and regional
  authorities and public transport operators
• Nantes Métropole (France)
• Semitan (France)
• City-State of Bremen (Germany)
• Bremer Straßenbahn AG (Germany)
• Emilia Romagna Region (Italy)
• Gatubolaget (Sweden)

Contacts
EACI Mr Dario Dubolino Dario.Dubolino_at_ec.europa.e
u http//ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en
.html
ISIS Institute of Studies for the Integration
of Systems Via Flaminia, 21 00196 Roma Mrs
Silvia Gaggi sgaggi_at_isis-it.com www.isis-it.com
www.compro-eu.org