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A sustainable transport solution for a Slovenian town
  Authorities in Slovenia and other EU member states are confronted with problems of city transportation. Fossil-fuel-based transport poses two chief problems—local and global pollution, and dwindling supplies and ever-increasing costs. An elegant solution is to gradually replace the present automobile fleet with electric vehicles (EVs). This article explores the economics and practical viability of the provision of solar electricity for the charging of EVs by installation of economical available Photovoltaic modules. A steep decline in the module, inverter and installation costs is reported herein. Present estimates indicate that for the prevailing solar climate of Celje—a medium-sized Slovenian town—the cost would be only 2 euros and 11 cents per kWh of generated solar electricity.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    03 February 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • DOI:

    10.1093/ijlct/ctu007

  • ISSN:

    1748-1317

  • Library of Congress:

    HE Transportation and Communications

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    388 Transportation; ground transportation

Citation

Knez, M., Celik, A. N., & Muneer, T. (2014). A sustainable transport solution for a Slovenian town. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 10(4), 386-392. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctu007

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Keywords

electric vehicles; energy sustainability; Slovenia; solar photovoltaic; sustainable transport; urban transportation

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