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SL is on the way to becoming the world´s most sustainable public transport

The Stockholm experiences from introducing and operation of public transport with sustainable fuels

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County of Stockholm

• Population 1.9 million– 1.6 % of Sweden’s total area– 160 km from north to south

• Every fifth Swede lives here

• Cars per thousand inhabitants– Stockholm: 402– Sweden: 459

• Attractive public transportation– AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik– Waxholmsbolaget AB

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Stockholm Public Transport facts

• 40 % overall market share in Stockholm

• 75 % market share in peak hours

• Funding: 50 % taxes and 50 % fares

• 700.000 passengers / day

• 2,5 million trips / day

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Stockholm Public Transport

• We offer all citizens in the County of Stockholm an extensive, attractive and easily accessible public transport

• Customers satisfaction important• Simple, reliable, environmentally

good transports - at good prices• Safe and secure

• We shall contribute to a fair and sustainable development of our region

Limited company owned by the Stockholm County Council

Public Transport Authority of the Stockholm region

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A major part of SL vehicles are sustainably operated

• All track vehicles run on energy from wind, water and bio mass– Next step: less energy consumption

• Today approx. 30% of the buses run on renewables – 2011 50% – 2025 100%

75% of all traffic is today operated with renewable fuels

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The SL philosophy Strategies to reach the goals

• Use the best available solutions of today

• Support and empower projects for future solutions. Hybrids, fuel cells etc

To be considered

• Political decisions and

commitments

• Global climate changes

• Local emissions

• Security and supply

• Ethics, certificates etc

• Price

Sustainable fuels – but which to chose?

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• Renewable fuel, great volume potential – All city buses operated with ethanol or

biogas– Start 1989 – Now 420 buses

• Ethical?– Environmental and social aspects on

the global level– 50% surplus from Swedish paper pulp

production– 50% from Brazilian sugar cane

SL has the worlds larest fleet of ethanol buses

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…and one of Europe´s largest fleets of biogas buses

• A fuel for the future– Today 81 buses – Ca 500 buses within some

years– Long-term cooperation with

water suppliers and sewage plants(Stockholm Water, Stockholm Gas and the Käppala Sewage Corp)

• Ethical– 100% biological– 100% waste product– Locally produced

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Future distribution network for biogas in the Stockholm region

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Some results 2008

• 29% increase of renewable fuels in the bus fleet• Now 64 biogas buses and 424 ethanol buses• Reduced consumption of diesel: 18 million litres/annum

• Reduced emissions of fossil CO2: 60 000 000 kg/annum

• Reduced emission of CO2 per passenger kilometre: 72,5 grams/pkm

• Reduced emissions of NOx and PM

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Thank you for your attention!

Sara Anderson, Biofuels specialistE-mail: sara.anderson@sl.se

Phone: +46 8 686 1612