STOCKHOLM EXPANDS USE OF BIOMETHANE BUSES
SL, the regional company responsible for bus, tram, subway and railway traffic in and around Stockholm, has announced that, by the end of 2008, it will have 80 buses running on biomethane. Over the next four years, the company says that number will increase to 500.
This fleet expansion will be based on an expansion of the local production capacity for biomethane from various locally available organic waste resources. An SL analysis of different fuel alternatives shows that biomethane is the most environmental friendly and economically attractive biofuel alternative. Bioethanol does not offer the same environmental advantages, and there are also some ethical concerns, the SL analysis says.