European funded projects

SOLUTIONSplus aims to set up a global platform for shared, public and commercial e-mobility solutions, and to kick start the transition towards low-carbon urban mobility. The project encompasses city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated e-mobility solutions, vehicle and user-level demonstrations complemented by scaling up and replication activities.

SOLUTIONSplus brings together highly committed cities, industry, research, implementing organisations and finance partners. Through numerous synergistic projects, networks and a strong technical experience, the SOLUTIONSplus consortium will be able to deliver a highly ambitious project.

Through the regional platforms, a global programme and local teams, the project aims to develop highly effective and innovative approaches to urban e-mobility ensuring that mobility systems and interventions from this project deliver on the Paris Agreement, meet the Sustainable Development Goals and address the New Urban Agenda.

The Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI, launched by UN-Habitat) is the project coordinator, collaborating closely with the MobiliseYourCity and Decarbonising Transport partnerships. The consortium has developed a collaboration with a partner programme led by the IEA and UNEP funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which will turn the overall partnership into the leading global platform on urban electric mobility.

Main/relevant project outcomes and deliverables available for download

E-Mobility Toolbox

Global E-learning programme

Participating public authorities

    • City of Pasig
    • Hanoi (Vietnam)
    • Montevideo (Uruguay) 
    • Quito (Ecuador)
    • Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
    • Kigali (Rwanda)
    • Madrid (Spain)
    • Hamburg (Germany)

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eBussed supports the transition of European regions towards low carbon mobility and more efficient public transport. It promotes the uptake of e-buses in new regions and supports the expansion of existing e-fleets. eBussed project contributes to the Interreg Europe programme Specific objective 3.1 “Improving low-carbon economy policies” by encouraging regions to develop and deliver better policies related to the deployment of e-buses. The project also facilitates the integration of electricity production based on renewables and low carbon electrified public transport. Through new ideas and better policies, the project promotes both the demand and supply side of electricity from clean renewable sources and the subsequent transitioning towards a low carbon economy. eBussed will engage regions from all directions with and without practical experience on e-buses. The project will deliver 6 regional action plans and produce 4 thematic best practice reports, a set of readiness level indicators and policy recommendations to be used in partner regions. The project will increase capacities and knowledge among its partner regions via a multi-level exchange of experiences and cross-regional pollination of ideas to better support the transition towards fully electrified bus fleets and low carbon mobility.

Main/relevant project outcomes and deliverables available for download

eBussed | Interreg Europe

Participating public authorities: regions, cities involved in the project either acting as a demonstration or a follower city

• Finland – Turku University of Applied Sciences
• Germany – Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
• Malta- Ministry for Gozo
• Italy – Province of Livorno
• Netherlands – HU University of Applied Science Utrecht and the Province of Utrecht
• Hungary – South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Non-profit Ltd.

Project website

eBussed | Interreg Europe

Cordis link & TRIMIS link to project

Interreg Europe | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy

EMOBICITY aims to strengthen the capacities of all key-stakeholders on e-mobility, especially regarding policy making, through workshops, study visits and peer reviews, as well as to raise public awareness by open campaigns and other communication activities. EMOBICITY will support policy learning on e-mobility at a national and regional level, by the increase of knowledge and exchange of experience, between the project partners, policy and decision makers and other project stakeholders from the EU participating countries. For this reason, the project will provide workshops, study visits and other activities, bringing together all key players for discussions and brainstorming, highlighting relative good practices. By this way, EMOBICITY will generate high leverage and provide action plans for the improvement of the policy instruments addressed by the partnership, proposing enrichments and amendments, leading to increased e-mobility integration, thus contributing to a low-carbon economy. The following enhancements and innovations are proposed to be examined during the project, to be included in policy instruments:

• Legislative amendments to overcome current obstacles for e-mobility integration
• Improvement of Charging/Taxation Models - Energy price for charging
• Specialized Regional policies for the development of e-mobility
• Promotion of e-mobility in low integration fields
• Integration of incentives in policy instruments to stimulate e-mobility by private users
• Inner city logistics and autonomous driving
• Integration of RES in the energy mix for EV charging

Participating public authorities, regions, cities involved in the project either acting as a demonstration or a follower city:

• Romania - Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWRDA)
• Croatia - Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP)
• Germany - Regional Management Northern Hesse GmbH (RMNH)
• Portugal - Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE) and Azorean Government - Regional Directorate for Energy (AZORES)
• Greece - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES)

Main/relevant project outcomes and deliverables available for download:

EMOBICITY | Interreg Europe

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Lead partner - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES) - Website

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Interreg Europe | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy

The project aims to develop a set of fast and ultra-fast charging infrastructures for electric vehicles along the core and comprehensive networks in Italy. In total 45 stations will be deployed, including 180 charging points for electric vehicles, of which 90 fast charging stations (50 kW) and 90 ultra-fast charging stations (from 150 kW up to 350 kW).

A digital platform to manage the functioning of the electric infrastructures will also be set-up.By targeting the deployment of charging points which rely on 100% renewable electricity, the Action is contributing to the objectives of the European Green Deal.

This Action has been selected in the context of the CEF Blending facility Call, where the CEF support is coupled with a substantial investment by a financial institution

Cordis link & TRIMIS link to project

2019-IT-TM-0345-W | Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (europa.eu)

Building up the next generation infrastructures for Electric Vehicles | TRIMIS (europa.eu)

E-MOB stands for Integrated actions towards enhanced e-mobility in European Regions and aims at enhancing e-mobility solutions in regional passenger transport systems through coordinated policy learning and planning. As an ambitious target, the partners strive for influencing in total more than 26 million EUR of Structural and other Funds through 8 policy instruments to be revised in the frame of a series of peer reviews and learning conferences. Based on the outcomes of this interregional learning process (8 good practices and policy recommendations), the partners will jointly elaborate Action Plans for the improved implementation of the selected 4 Structural Fund Programmes and 4 other policy instruments. Actors of regional relevance will be involved in the whole procedure, being invited in the whole interregional learning and action planning process. The engagement of stakeholders will be facilitated by the establishment of 8 Regional Stakeholder Groups. Members of the RSG – together with interested municipalities – will also have the possibility to improve their capacities in turning the policies concerned into actions: Partners will elaborate the E-MOB Guideline and organise regional trainings in e-mobility strategic planning. This coordinated intraregional learning will contribute to plan and implement concrete measures and projects in the field of e-mobility, bringing tangible results to the participating regions.

The general objective is to create and to implement regional action plans. These will result from the several international peer reviews, learning conferences and partner meetings in which the main focus is on the exchange of experience about the topic e-mobility between the project partners.

Participating public authorities: regions, cities involved in the project either acting as a demonstration or a follower city

• France – Amiense metropole
• Germany – Aufbauwerk region Leipzig GmbH
• Croatia- city of Koprivnica and University North
• Greece - Research Commitee of the University of western Macedonia
• Austria – Vorarlberg University of Applied Science
• Romania – Regional developement agency Centru
• Spain – Municipality of Cieza
• Hungary - Paks Transportation Ltd.

Main/relevant project outcomes and deliverables available for download:

http://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/e-mob/news/news-article/13806/7th-peer-review-in-austria/

E-MOB on Optitrans project | Interreg Europe

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Approved projects | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy

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E-MOB | Interreg Europe

SCALE (Smart Charging Alignment for Europe) is a three-year Horizon Europe project that explores and tests smart charging solutions for electric vehicles. It aims to advance smart charging and Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G) ecosystems to shape a new energy system wherein the flexibility of EV batteries’ is harnessed. The project will test and validate a variety of smart charging and V2X solutions and services in 13 use cases in real-life demonstrations in 7 European contexts: Oslo (NO), Rotterdam/Utrecht (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Toulouse (FR), Greater Munich Area (GER), Budapest/Debrecen (HU) and Gothenburg (SE).  Going further, project results, best practices, and lessons learned will be shared across EU cities, regions, and relevant e-mobility stakeholders. SCALE aims to create a system blueprint for user-centric smart charging and V2X for European cities and regions. 

SCALE’s consortium comprises 29 cutting-edge European e-mobility actors covering the entire smart charging and V2X value chain (equipment and charging manufacturers, flexibility service providers, research and knowledge partners, public authorities, consumer associations, etc.). It is led by ElaadNL, one of the world’s leading knowledge and innovation centres in smart charging and charging infrastructure.

Contribution to EAFO

Both SCALE and EAFO have a strong focus on electric vehicles and smart charging networks. Through the observatory, SCALE could share its findings, best practices and achievements in its 13 real-live demonstrations. The project could also join the Sustainable Transport Forum to provide inputs particularly for local governments on EV charging ecosystems, as well as other stakeholders on the value chain.