Abstract
This paper focuses on effects of implementing zero-emission buses in public transport fleets in urban areas in the context of electromobility assumptions. It fills the literature gap in the area of research on the impact of the energy mix of a given country on the issues raised in this article. The main purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse economic effects of implementing zero-emission buses in public transport in cities. The research area was the city of Szczecin, Poland. The research study was completed using the following research methods: literature review, document analysis (legal acts and internal documents), case study, ratio analysis, and comparative analysis of selected variants (investment variant and base variant). The conducted research study has shown that economic benefits resulting from implementing zero-emission buses in an urban transport fleet are limited by the current energy mix structure of the given country. An unfavourable energy mix may lead to increased emissions of SO2 and CO2 resulting from operation of this kind of vehicle. Therefore, achieving full effects in the field of electromobility in the given country depends on taking concurrent actions in order to diversify the power generation sources, and in particular on increasing the share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES).
Highlights
Electromobility is a vital area addressed in the economic and environmental context by individual countries worldwide
Fleet renewing variant (V0) which assumed that some of the diesel buses operated in Szczecin would be replaced with new diesel buses meeting the strictest standards for Investment variant (V1) which assumed that some of the diesel buses operated in Szczecin would be replaced with new, zero-emission buses
In the context of the research problem handled in this paper, it is important to point out that the condition for success of electromobility development is providing the basis for the electromobility ecosystem and coordination of activities in the area of electromobility industry development and stimulation of demand for electric vehicles
Summary
Electromobility is a vital area addressed in the economic and environmental context by individual countries worldwide In recent years, it has gradually been gaining importance in the area of transport, in particular road transport. The issues addressed in relation to road transport pertain to climate change mitigation, local air pollution reduction, and decreasing the dependence on foreign oil [1]. This results from the fact that the transport system is one of the biggest sources of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [2,3] as well as ensuing climate changes and illnesses [4]. What is important is that, out of all modes of transport, road carriage is the biggest emitter of pollutants, accounting for over 70% of all GHG emissions generated by transportation systems in Europe [6]
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