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* Finland - Finnish transport sector sets 40% renewable methane target
Helsinki,Finland -Busworld (Belgium) -18 Aug 2012: -- In January 2012, Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications set up a “Future motive powers in transport” task force with a purpose to work out targets and plan paths for achieving them, for different motive powers in road, rail, water and air transport in 2020 and 2050... One of the motive powers considered by the task force is renewable methane for which a sectoral report was prepared by the Finnish Biogas Association and North Karelian Traffic Biogas Network Development Programme. The latter is an EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) co-funded project with a purpose to enable establishment of traffic biogas production and refueling network in the province of North Karelia in Eastern Finland... A goal of 40 % share for renewable methane of transport energy consumption in 2050 is proposed in the report and roadmaps for different forms of transport. Renewable methane means biomethane, wind methane, solar methane and other methane fuels produced by renewable energy sources... To be able to get development into desired tracks, targets for 2020 have also been proposed and a toolbox of recommended instruments has been designed for State level interventions for meeting the targets.
In road transport the target is 2 % of vehicles in 2020, i.e. 60,000 vehicles, that will run ion biomethane. Meeting the target means that methane vehicles should reach 4.4 % share of registrations between 2012 and 2020. This includes buses and coaches.
In 2020 natural gas (NG) is expected to cover 60 % of transport methane use of 2.5 TWh. Biogas (BG) and synthetic biogas (SBG) would contribute by 1 TWh (40 %). After 2020 the share of renewable methane will continuously increase and by 2050 the use of natural gas and all other fossil fuels will end...
* Canada - Ontario Government launch the Niagara Falls, WEGO system, into service
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Busworld (Belgium) -28 Aug 2012: -- The government of Ontario, Canada marked the launch into service of the Niagara Falls Visitor Transportation System – called WEGO... It is a system that is fully accessible, so that all visitors have easier access to Niagara's wonderful attractions... When the system is completed in 2014, 27 fully accessible buses with intelligent transportation and fare collection systems will be in service... The WEGO buses are fitted with the latest in intelligent transportation technology, featuring on-board screens, next stop display and announcements, transit signal priority and real-time information on the Web... The buses are built by New Flyer, total cost of the completed WEGO Visitor Transportation System will be $50 million...Labels: alternative fuels, public transport system, transport planing
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