FP6 Bfuel/019854/2005 BEST - BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport

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Website: www.best-europe.org
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Type of Project	Demonstration
Contract No	Bfuel/019854/2005
Total Cost	17,675 KEuro
EC Contribution	8,000 KEuro
Start Date	1-6-2005
Duration	48 Months

Abstract

The BEST proposal will demonstrate an extensive substitution of petrol and diesel by bioethanol in both light and heavy vehicles. The project will simultaneously introduce bioethanol for transport on a large scale in several European countries, in order to achieve market breakthrough for ethanol-fuelled vehicles. The demonstrations of bioethanol vehicle fleets in BEST will be carried out in close co-operation between cities/regions, fleet owners, car manufacturers, fuel producers and fuelling stations.

The objective is to reduce dependency on oil and greenhouse gas emissions through a fine-tuned method of market introduction. This will be done through a massive, but very strategic introduction of vehicles and distribution-lines at 10 strategically chosen sites in a maximum integrated public-private partnership of cities/regions, car manufacturers, fuel producers, fuelling stations and fleet owners combined with exactly targeted marketing campaigns. Almost 9.000 vehicles and more than 150 fuelling stations are expected as a result of the project making this the largest demonstration of alternative fuelled vehicles yet supported by the Commission.

The project will clearly demonstrate how the Biofuel Directive and the Kyoto Protocol can be met in a cost effective and sustainable way. The BEST proposal will validate the already excellent reliability, energy-effectiveness, environmental and societal benefits of ethanol used as a fuel under different conditions and further improve the benefits through innovative ways of production, distribution and use in vehicles. The results will be valuable for several European standards and policies.

The wise use of frontrunner-experiences from Brazil and USA speeds up the introduction within European sites and the active use of information-multiplyers will result in followers that copy the BEST actions

Coordinator

City of Stockholm, Environment and Health Administration, Sweden

Partners

• AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, Sweden
• BSR Svenska AB, Sweden
• BioFuel Region BFR AB, Sweden
• BioAlcohol Fuel Foundation BAFFSAB, Sweden
• Svensk Etanolkemi AB SE7 Gemeentewerken Gemeente Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Royal Nedalco B.V., Netherlands
• Somerset County Council, UK
• Wessex Grain Ltd, UK
• Maxol Biofuels, Ireland
• Ente Vasco de la Energia, Spain
• Nanyang City, China
• Tsinghua University, China
• Ford Motor Company AB, Sweden
• Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
• Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain
• Universita' di Pisa, Italy
• Saab Automobile AB, Sweden
• WIP-KG, Germany
• Biomass Users Network do Brasil, Brazil
• Instituto de Eletrotécnica e Energia - Universidade de Säo Paulo, Brazil
• Umeå Universitet / Umeå School of Business and Economics, Sweden
• ETA SRL, Italy
• Comune della Spezia, Italy
• Provincia della Spezia, Italy
• ATC SPA, Italy

Contacts

Contact

• Gustaf LANDAHL / City of Stockholm, Environment and Health Administration SWEDEN