Via Azul Europe 10 - Electro Mobility and the Energy Vector Hydrogen

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Move electrical energy to the PoS - NOT fuels!
The smart fusion of the 4 Via Azul Energy Quadrants,
will enable the implementation of the
European Mobility on Renewable (low-carbon) Energy!

Via Azul: Groundbreaking and pragmatic solution approach for a European Mobility on Renewable (low-carbon) Energy

The innovative infrastructure development approach of the comprehensive synergy initiative Via Azul Europe 10:

'Move electrical energy to the Point-of-Sales (PoS) - NOT fuels!'

shall be implemented on a Network of 10 initial European highways. A new installed Smart Grid on the initial highway network will connect renewable (low-carbon) energy sources with new generation fuelling stations, equipped with facilities for local energy storage and charging/fuelling of electric and Fuell Cell vehicles (Battery and Fuel Cell). The Via Azul consortium will drive at the same time the establishment of local e/FC vehicle fleets, enabling short term ROI for the to be implemented new energy supply, storage and charging/fuelling infrastructure.

The Smart Grid will be realized through reasonable mixture highway underground cables, a of HVCD (high-voltage, direct current) and HVAC (high-voltage, alternating current) power transmission technology, connecting the Fuelling Stations with ever-growing renewable (Solar Power plants, Wind Power plants, Hydro Power plants, Biomass Power plants etc) and other low carbon energy resources, distributed all over Europe. The Smart Grid will be extended by an Energy Dispatching WAN-IT-Network, to assure real-time information exchange about decentralize renewable (low-carbon) energy generation vs. local demands, to enable an efficient supply/demand balancing at any point in the network.

The Via Azul Europe 10 initiative shall enforce the assembly of the Critical Mass for an European Mobility on Renewable (low-carbon) Energies. The Critical Mass is considered to be represented by the continuum of the four energy efficient and low-carbon Key Solution Quadrants: Energy Resources, Energy Transmission, Energy Storage and Energy Application.

The BENEFITS FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIES will be tremendous, not only in AUTOMOTIVE AND THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR, but overwhelming in the SECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, the bloodstream for each economy. The common benefits would be even more groundbreaking, when the Smart Grid will be connected with DESERTEC resources, providing high pike energy generation cycles among shifted European time zones.

The name Via Azul (Azul = Blue: Similar to iea ETP 2010 BLUE MAP scenarios and “Blue” Hydrogen) was derived from the Fuelling Station Network capability, to act within the Smart Grid as Point of Local (H₂) Energy Storage.

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Via Azul focus: Electro Mobility at CO₂ emission reductions and Energy €fficiency, according to iea ETP 2010 BLUE MAP

See some more related background info on the right of this page..!

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Via Azul to enforce a SET-Plan EII ‘Electro Mobility’..?

The further development of some Via Azul relevant low-carbon energy technologies are now driven by distinct European Industry Initiatives (EII) under the EU SET Plan (European Strategic Energy Technology Plan).

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Via Azul key figures

To be revised by Via Azul feasibility study!

Total investment*	21.686 Mio Euro
Total CO₂ reductions	3.240.000 t/year

*10 initial highways, to be implemented in 10 years by 27 member states. Figure incl. Energy resources, Smart Grid, Fuelling infrastructure, Initial city/urban FC Bus fleets and Project Mgmt.

Q: Why enforcing low-carbon technologies
and energy efficiency in the transportation sector..?

A: See the latest below on:
Global Warming, CO₂ emissions, primary energy supply (Peak-Oil), alternative energy outlook and the stimulating iea ETP 2010 BLUE MAP scenarios, ..!

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):

Current energy and CO₂ trends run directly counter to the repeated warnings sent.
Conclusion: Reductions of at least 50% in global CO₂ emissions compared to 2000 levels will need to be achieved by 2050 to limit the long-term global average temperature rise to between 2.0^oC and 2.4^oC.
Recent studies suggest that climate change is occurring even faster than previously expected and that even the “50% by 2050” goal may be inadequate to prevent dangerous climate change.

LBST* Primary energy supply: Fossil and nuclear

LBST* Alternative world energy outlook

*LBST (2006): Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH

iea Baseline Scenario (business-as-usual) by 2050

CO₂ emissions will rise by 130%
Oil demand will rise by 70%
The power generation sector accounts for 44% of total global emissions in 2050
Followed by industry, transport, the fuel transformation sector and buildings

iea BLUE MAP Scenarios by 2050

Outlining how CO₂ emissions could be reduced to 50% below 2000 levels, to limit global warming at <= 2^oC.

See some actual graphics and conclusions on the left of this page under:
"Via Azul focus: Electro Mobility at CO₂ emission reductions..."

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Electro Mobility and the Energy Vector Hydrogen

A comprehensive synergy initiative to establish an European low-carbon Energy Strategy Transportation

Move electrical energy to the PoS - NOT fuels! The smart fusion of the 4 Via Azul Energy Quadrants, will enable the implementation of the European Mobility on Renewable (low-carbon) Energy!