The municipality of Fuchstal, a partner of the Store More project, hosted a meeting of partners on October 15 and 16, 2024 and organized study visits to the renewable source energy production infrastructure. The Fuchstal municipality is situated about 78km West from München and has about 4000 inhabitants (AdminStat Germania, 2022). In the last ten …

This newsletter informs you about the ZCI project and its contribution to the development of clean mobility and charging infrastructure in Europe. To learn more about the efforts and ambitions of our project partners, visit our website or follow us on social media. We truly hope to inspire you to embark on the journey of …

On October 8 and 9, 2024, the hy-fcell fair and conference took place in Stuttgart, Germany, where technological solutions from the field of hydrogen technologies were presented.   hy-fcell – the international trade fair and conference for the hydrogen and fuel cell industry offered a comprehensive overview of relevant international markets, industries and technological advances. …

On 1st of October 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sport published the following news on the gov.si website: “The regulation will implement the European Regulation 2023/1542/EU, which represents alignment with the EU’s environmental goals and initiatives for the European Green Deal and circular economy. The Regulation determines the obligations of the manufacturer, producer, …

On September 24th, 2024, the city of Burgas and BurgasBus, Bulgaria hosted a delegation of Slovenian public passenger transport stakeholders and the regional development agency Gorenjska with the aim of presenting the strategic transition of public passenger transport from fossil fuels to zero-emission vehicles and smart digital information systems. The visit of the delegation was …

Project partners of the ZCI – Zero Carbon Infrastructure consortium have upgraded the ZCI Register of Good Practices and identified practices of interest to them. The project partners started planning study visits and exchanging good practices and knowledge. The first exchange of good practices of the project took place online between the city of Burgas, …

A StoreMORE project, co-financed by European funds – ERDF, through Interreg Danube programme, is a two and a half years project, addressing energy storage solutions, currently or potentially  playing an important role in green energy transition. StoreMORE project partners are going to analyse and promote energy storage solutions, developing tools to mitigate the intermittency of …

RuralMED Mobility project, co-financed by the ERDF funds of the European Union through the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, is an almost three years project promoting improvement of electric mobility infrastructure, management and services. BSC, Ltd, Kranj – Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska, Slovenia is a partner in the project, together with twelve other partners from Spain, …

From Tuesday, May 14 to Wednesday, May 15, Regional Council of Kainuu in cooperation with Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics BV organised the 4th and the last master class, this time on the thematic of Factors of EV Public Acceptance Discussed at Kajaani Meeting. You can read more about the event and …

The leading partner, the Energy Agency for Savinjska, Šaleška and Carinthia (KSSENA Institute), prepared the third newsletter of the H2MA project, which you can read at the H2MA_Newsletter n.3_EN.

What role will hydrogen play in Slovenia’s energy independence?   Green hydrogen is an important link in the transition to a carbon-free society, but many challenges and open questions remain. Ljubljana, April 9, 2024 As part of the AMETHyST  project, an event was held on the topic of establishing hydrogen value chains in Slovenia. BSC …

This newsletter informs you about the ZCI project and its contribution to the development of clean mobility and charging infrastructure in Europe. To learn more about the efforts and ambitions of our project partners, visit our website or follow us on social media. We truly hope to inspire you to embark on the journey of …

The municipality of Kranj acquired four more electric buses from MAN in January 2024. In 2023, the Municipality of Kranj replaced four diesel buses with ten-meter electric buses in its bus fleet of sixteen buses. This year, the MAN company delivered four more electric buses to the municipality. Most of the financial resources for financing …

City of Parma, Italy and Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics BV, both partners in the Zero Carbon Infrastructure (ZCI) project, co-financed from the Interreg Europe programme, are organizing a third Masterclass on the thematic of business cases in sustainable mobility, on the 30st and 31st of January 2024, in Parma, Italy. The …

In Ireland, city of Cork, on October 17 and 18, 2023, a second masterclass was held on the topic of urban logistics and the introduction of mobility on alternative fuels, which was attended by project partners and interested stakeholders from nine European countries.   Cork City Council, in collaboration with the Erasmus Center for Urban, …

H2MA works to accelerate the transnational roll-out of green hydrogen mobility infrastructure in the Alpine region, to curb CO2 emissions and foster the transition to low-carbon transport. Through the joint development of cooperation mechanisms, strategies, tools, and resources, the project will increase the capacities of territorial public authorities and relevant stakeholders to collaboratively plan and …

Kobarid, 25-26 October 2023 – Together with our partners, we marked the first year of the ADRIONCYCLETOUR – Adriatic-Ionian Cycle Route for Sustainable Tourism project, one of the three strategic projects of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 Programme, which faces the challenge of increasing the attractiveness and accessibility of the programme area through the promotion …

From September 5 to 10, 2023, Munich, Germany hosted an international mobility festival. Almost 750 exhibitors from 38 countries, 500 international speakers and over 300 premieres were presented at the fair. The exhibition space was visited by 500,000 visitors, while on Saturday alone, 100,000 people were recorded at the open venue of the fair in …

During the summer tourist season, the Julian Alps are one of the busiest areas in Slovenia. To reduce traffic congestion, we encourage the use of public transport. From the train station to your final destination or tourist attraction you can travel with seasonal local shuttle services and two cross-border bus lines. Our partner, the Posoški …

Nova Gorica, 23 June 2023 – In the framework of the ADRIONCYCLETOUR project, the Youth and Mobility in the Alps event brought together young representatives of the Yoalin project and invited guests to discuss rail connections, which should form the backbone of sustainable tourism in the region. YOUTH AND MOBILITY IN ALPS was the title …

Organization of train trips, sale of tickets for public passenger transport, seasonal public bus transport, on-call transport for rural residents and visitors, rental of electric vehicles and micro-mobile means of transport, all this and more under the management of the regional mobility centre MOBILITO, Ltd. Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district in the …

Introducing the Interreg Europe ZCI Project   PRESS RELEASE (June 2023) Through the EU Green deal, the EU set ambitious targets to decarbonise transport. European Environmental Agency (EEA) estimated that road transport constitutes the highest proportion of overall transport emissions (in 2019 it emitted 72% of all domestic and international transport GHG) and 23% of …

Partnership of the project Green Hydrogen Mobility for Alpine Region Transportation (H2MA), co-financed by the programme Interreg Alpine Space, issued the first project Newsletter. Klick on the link to read the whole Newsletter:  H2MA_Newsletter-n.1_EN

From May 23 to 25, 2023, a group of eight Norwegians from Viken County Council, the Mobility Department, Oslo and Nordland Research Institute learned about the activities, plans and policies for promoting sustainable mobility of regional development agencies in Slovenia and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy. Tuesday, May 23, 2023 BSC, business support …

Parking Keerdok is a new parking garage, completed in 2022, a walking distance from the city center of Mechelen, with a 528 parking spaces for personal cars, a charging infrastructure for personal e-cars, the car, bicycle and scooter sharing systems and a bicycle storage station with charging infrastructure for e-bicycles. It also has office space …

Today, May 15th 2023, the City Municipality Kranj organised a ceremonial takeover of four electric buses MAN Lion’s City E. After about three years of planning and preparation and cooperation with many experts, the City Municipality of Kranj ceremonially took over four of the eight planned electric, twelve meter long, MAN Lion’s City E buses. …

On the 9th of May 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Tourism and Sports published an article on the governmental website informing that today the Government of the Republic of Slovenia is also joining the strategic partnership “by signing the Agreement on cooperation in the Strategic Partnership in the GREEN MObility Mission, i.e. the mission of …

On the entire Gorenje bicycle network (GKO), where 640 kilometers of national and local bicycle connections are intertwined, you can notice NEW, unified bicycle markings, which are the result of the work of the Advisory Body of the Gorenje Region for the Development of Cycling (SORK). SORK consists of representatives of development agencies: BSC Kranj …

Project: H2MA On 17th and 18th April, representatives of the project partners of the H2Ma project, project observers and relevant stakeholders gathered for a study visit in the city of Augsburg in Germany. The two-day study visit was organized by the project partner ITALCAM together with the organization Hydrogen Center Bavaria H2.B. The purpose of …

The inhabitants of Slovenia are not ready to change their mobility habits at the expense of a significant deterioration in efficiency and comfort. A survey on the sustainable mobility of the inhabitants of Slovenia showed that, even if the transition to sustainable mobility is important for as many as 65 percent of the inhabitants of …

KSSENA organized the partners’ kick-off meeting of the H2MA project – Green hydrogen mobility for transport in the Alpine region on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023, in Celje. The meeting was attended by 11 partner organizations. The project is approved under the program priority “Carbon-neutral and resource-sensitive Alpine region” and will last until the end of …

The County administrative board of Kronoberg organized the kick-off partnership meeting of the ZCI – Zero-Carbon Infrastructure project, from Wednesday, March 15 to Friday, March 17. The meeting was attended by 9 partner organizations. The project is approved under the “Green Europe” Interreg program priority and will last until the end of February, 2027. From …

OmniE project  “Collecting, processing and analyzing mobility data is one of the main areas of research at Kempten University of Applied Sciences. One of the recent projects at Kempten University  deals with the mobility analysis of electric buses. The research project “OmniE – ICT Tool for System and Fleet Analysis for Electric Buses” started at …

»Battery electric« vs »hydrogen fuel cells« Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have been in one or another form present since 1851 and hydrogen fuel cells technology was invented in 1839. Hydrogen has been in a way already used as a fuel in 1970es. Attempts of hydrogen use for powering cars are noted even before stated date. …

International event for the introduction of electric mobility RSE Spa, Italy, Climat Alliance, Germany, PVdF, France organized an international online event on November 4, 2020 within the e-SMART project, e-mobility SMART grid for passengers and last mile freight transports in the Alpine Space, Programme INTERREG Alpine Space. The online event was attended by 88 participants. …

The automotive industry in Europe and the market take-up of the battery electric vehicles What does the car industry mean for the European economy? How many battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were registered in 2019 in Europe? How many electric vehicles does the European Union plan by 2050? Why are not more BEVs sold? What are …

First completely electric fast ferry in the world The project partners of the EU-funded TrAM project, Horizon 2020, will develop a fast, zero-emission ferry to transport passengers. The project is led by Kolumbus and Rogaland County Council, Norway. A zero-emission electric high-speed passenger ferry is currently being built in Norway. The ferry will travel at …

e-MOPOLI Action plan for mobility on alternative fuels in Slovenia   In September 2019 started a preparation of Action plan for alternative fuels addressing Slovenian Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020. The Operational Programme for the Implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 addresses support for the mobility on alternative …

Since January 2019, the Ministry of Infrastructure has been involved in the IDACS project, which establishes unified information platforms for charging infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles in European partner countries. In Slovenia, we have three major information platforms for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, which inform users about the location and the technical specifications of electric …

Micro-mobility: the next big thing?   European Commission, European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc and DG MOVE organized an international event about micro mobility in Ljubljana, on Monday, October 14th 2019. Representatives from 30 countries attended, including from Russia and India. Participants discussed the current situation and how to plan mobility for the future.   …

The end of the project e-MOTICON The final project event was held on March 26th 2019, hosted by Region Lombardy at its prestigious headquarters Palazzo Lombardia in Milan, with a public conference and an exhibition of e-mobility vehicles and services in Piazza Città, the largest covered square in Europe. The event was hosting 40 speakers, …

Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska, BSC Kranj attended a working meeting in Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Tuesday, June 11th 2019, to present e-MOTICON results including Memorandum of Understanding. Electro Ljubljana, Gorenjske Elektrarne and BSC Kranj, RDA of Gorenjska presented to the mayors of the 23 municipalities of the Central Slovenian region …

University of Applied Science in Kempten focusing in on e-mobility since 2009 The University of Applied Science in Kempten is the university in Allgäu which offers applied, interdisciplinary, international and pioneering higher education courses. Besides the education, the university offers a wide field of research & development projects. Since 2009 the university has extensive experiences …

Gorenjska has been intensively trying to establish sustainable mobility in recent years. In addition to planning, i.e. park and ride systems, calming down traffic in settlements, encouraging cycling through the creation of e-bike sharing systems and promoting walking, municipalities are increasingly investing in the construction of a e-charging infrastructure for charging electric cars, buying electric …

On September 19th 2018, a working meeting was held in the protocol facility Kolpern in Jesenice, as part of the preparation of the Regional Action Plan for the expansion of e-mobility infrastructure and e-mobility. The purpose of the meeting was the presentation of the regional action plan draft for the expansion of e-mobile infrastructure and …

Transnational Strategy for the planning of the electric charging stations! 15 partners from 6 Alpine Space countries are preparing e-Mobility transnational strategy for an interoperable community and networking in the Alpine Space within e-MOTICON project, co-financed by INTERREG Alpine Space programme. Despite very relevant technical developments in the e-mobility sector, its wider diffusion is still …

Following ETREL OCEAN software and e-charging station Etrel G5 and G6, comes Etrel INCH in two basic models of e-charging stations, in May 2018. ETREL INCH is currently the best charging station in Slovenia with very advanced features and high competitiveness in the market. Slovenian developer of e-charging infrastructure management software and manufacturer of electric ...

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The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages. It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental. To an English person, it will seem like simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is. Their separate existence is a myth. For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary. The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.

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