Scania Participating in an International Drive for Ethanol-Powered Vehicles.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Scania (STO:SCVA SCVA Southern California Volleyball Association SCVA Southern California Vocal Association SCVA Salem Convention and Visitors Association (Salem, Oregon) SCVA Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (UK) ) (STO:SCVB SCVB Spin-Coupled Valence Bond SCVB Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau ), the world's only manufacturer of ethanol-powered commercial vehicles, is supplying the city buses for use in the BEST consortium's field trials of ethanol as a vehicle fuel. The initial trials will take place in La Spezia La Spe·zia A city of northwest Italy east-southeast of Genoa on the Gulf of La Spezia, an arm of the Ligurian Sea. The city is a major seaport and year-round resort. Population: 90,800. Noun 1. , a coastal city in north-western Italy. The aim of the BEST consortium (BioEthanol for Sustainable Transport Sustainable transport, also commonly referred to as Sustainable Transportation or Sustainable Mobility, has no widely accepted definition. Since it is a sector-specific sub-set to the post-1988 sustainable development movement, it is often defined in words such as ) is to support large-scale use of ethanol as a vehicle fuel. Among other things, it encompasses the building of ethanol refuelling re·fu·el v. re·fu·eled also re·fu·elled, re·fu·el·ing also re·fu·el·ling, re·fu·els also re·fu·els v.tr. To supply again with fuel. v.intr. stations and the launch of trials involving both cars and city buses in ten locations throughout the world. In addition to La Spezia, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Dublin, Madrid, Basque Provinces Basque Provinces A region comprising three provinces of northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay. It borders on France in the northeast along the western Pyrenees. (Spain), Nanyang (China) and Sao Paulo (Brazil) are taking part. The BEST project was started up by representatives of the Stockholm Public Transport Company (SL) and is partly financed by the EU. The aim is to pave the way for broad-based acceptance of ethanol as a viable alternative fuel for both cars and commercial vehicles. "Ethanol is an excellent renewable fuel for heavy commercial vehicles in urban operation," says Bengt Rasmusen, MD of Scania Bus Italy. "We regard this project as an important first step towards sustainable urban transport with renewable fuels Renewable fuels are alternative fuel sources such as ethanol, biodiesel (e.g. soy, vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases) or hydrogen, in contrast to non-renewable fuels such as natural gas, LPG (propane). . The environmental potential is great and Scania is using a proven technology that is fully up to the demands of tough urban operation." The public transport company in La Spezia, ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered , has 250 buses in its fleet and transports around 18 million passengers per year. ATC will start operating three Scania OmniLink The Scania OmniLink is an integrally-constructed rear inclined-engined citybus available on the European market. It is a complete product built by Scania, a company based in Sweden. ethanol buses in its city bus fleet in September. Experience from Sweden Scania has been supplying ethanol buses to public transport companies in Sweden for 15 years and the technology has produced impressive environmental gains. Ethanol is a renewable fuel that does not give a net CO2 contribution to the atmosphere. Already in 1989, Scania's ethanol engine reached Euro 3 emission levels, which did not become compulsory in 2001. The current ethanol engine generation introduced in 1996 reaches Euro 4 levels, which will be required from October this year. Around 600 ethanol buses have been delivered so far. Scania is now developing its third generation ethanol engine, planned to be ready for introduction in late 2007. Strong reasons to promote alternatives The interest in renewable alternative fuels is spreading rapidly across the world. One reason is the rising oil price, which makes the alternatives more competitive. Setting up local fuel production based on renewable materials will reduce the dependency on imported petroleum products. Another reason for the interest in ethanol and other renewable fuels is the growing concern about global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. , which is claimed to be caused to a large extent by carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions from fossil fuels. Renewable fuels do not give a net contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere and thus reduce the impact of transportation on the greenhouse effect greenhouse effect: see global warming. greenhouse effect Warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases in the atmosphere. Visible light from the Sun heats the Earth's surface. . Robust technology Scania's position is that by sticking to established technologies, the transition to alternative fuels will be smooth and cost-effective. In Scania terms, this means using pure ethanol with 5% ignition improver in a diesel engine that works efficiently according to the diesel principle. Scania started to develop ethanol buses in the mid-1980s in close co-operation with Stockholm Public Transport (SL). After more than 15 years of regular full-scale operation in tough city conditions, SL considers it a fully proven bus technology. There are no operational drawbacks as long as the scheduled maintenance requirements are followed. The buses themselves are completely standard, using regular Scania components. Ethanol can be produced from sugar cane and sugar beets, as well as from cereals and biowaste. The technology is developing continually. Recent findings include producing ethanol from cellulose and burning the residual products in municipal heating or electricity plants. Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing proportion of the company's operations consists of products and services in the financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing 30,000 people, Scania operates in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in Sweden, while production plants are located in Europe and South America, with facilities for the global exchange of both components and finished vehicles. In 2005, revenue totalled SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 63.3 billion and net income amounted to SEK 4.7 billion. Scania's press releases are available on the Internet at www.scania.com. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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