Sustainable mobility: the first solar panel charging station inaugurated this morning
Inaugurated this morning by the councilor for mobility Judith Kofler Peintner and in the presence of the councilors Patrizia Trincanato and Mauro Randi, as well as some municipal councilors, municipal technicians, the director of the CO2 Plan Office Emanuele Sascor, Benjamin Auer of the Ökoinstitut Südtirol / Alto Adige and the representatives of the supplier company E-move srl, the first of the two charging stations for electric bicycles that Bolzano makes available to citizens. “This is a zero-cost operation for the Municipality” underlined the commissioner Kofler Peintner “since it is fully funded by the European Union within the REZIPE project, which also includes Upper Austria, Klagenfurt, Ljubljana, Györ and Reggio Emilia “. The objective of the project, like that of the many initiatives promoted by the City in the field of Mobility, is to encourage more ecological travel, thus improving the quality of the air and that of life for all of us.
It is estimated that there are over 5,000 electric bicycles in circulation in Bolzano. This high number is also to be attributed to the infrastructures favorable to the use of bicycles and to the high percentage of journeys made in the saddle (about 30% of the total journeys in the city). In the future, electric bicycles will be able to constitute a valid and eco-sustainable alternative to motorcycles and, with the two charging stations (the one inaugurated today and a second one that will be built soon), it is also intended to involve those people who may not use them often, because the journeys to be made are longer and they are afraid of finding themselves with an unloaded bike or they are afraid of a theft
Sustainable mobility: the first solar panel charging station inaugurated this morning
Inaugurated this morning by the councilor for mobility Judith Kofler Peintner and in the presence of the councilors Patrizia Trincanato and Mauro Randi, as well as some municipal councilors, municipal technicians, the director of the CO2 Plan Office Emanuele Sascor, Benjamin Auer of the Ökoinstitut Südtirol / Alto Adige and the representatives of the supplier company E-move srl, the first of the two charging stations for electric bicycles that Bolzano makes available to citizens. “This is a zero-cost operation for the Municipality” underlined the commissioner Kofler Peintner “since it is fully funded by the European Union within the REZIPE project, which also includes Upper Austria, Klagenfurt, Ljubljana, Györ and Reggio Emilia “. The objective of the project, like that of the many initiatives promoted by the City in the field of Mobility, is to encourage more ecological travel, thus improving the quality of the air and that of life for all of us.
It is estimated that there are over 5,000 electric bicycles in circulation in Bolzano. This high number is also to be attributed to the infrastructures favorable to the use of bicycles and to the high percentage of journeys made in the saddle (about 30% of the total journeys in the city). In the future, electric bicycles will be able to constitute a valid and eco-sustainable alternative to motorcycles and, with the two charging stations (the one inaugurated today and a second one that will be built soon), it is also intended to involve those people who may not use them often, because the journeys to be made are longer and they are afraid of finding themselves with an unloaded bike or they are afraid of a theft
Inaugurated this morning by the councilor for mobility Judith Kofler Peintner and in the presence of the councilors Patrizia Trincanato and Mauro Randi, as well as some municipal councilors, municipal technicians, the director of the CO2 Plan Office Emanuele Sascor, Benjamin Auer of the Ökoinstitut Südtirol / Alto Adige and the representatives of the supplier company E-move srl, the first of the two charging stations for electric bicycles that Bolzano makes available to citizens. “This is a zero-cost operation for the Municipality” underlined the commissioner Kofler Peintner “since it is fully funded by the European Union within the REZIPE project, which also includes Upper Austria, Klagenfurt, Ljubljana, Györ and Reggio Emilia “. The objective of the project, like that of the many initiatives promoted by the City in the field of Mobility, is to encourage more ecological travel, thus improving the quality of the air and that of life for all of us.
It is estimated that there are over 5,000 electric bicycles in circulation in Bolzano. This high number is also to be attributed to the infrastructures favorable to the use of bicycles and to the high percentage of journeys made in the saddle (about 30% of the total journeys in the city). In the future, electric bicycles will be able to constitute a valid and eco-sustainable alternative to motorcycles and, with the two charging stations (the one inaugurated today and a second one that will be built soon), it is also intended to involve those people who may not use them often, because the journeys to be made are longer and they are afraid of finding themselves with an unloaded bike or they are afraid of a theft
The charging stations allow all interested parties to comfortably recharge their bicycle while working or shopping in the center. About an hour of charging is enough to ensure a good autonomy of the bike, in a few hours the total recharge is perfect. The two charging stations are provided by the local company E-move srl, they have a total of 12 places, and the electricity, produced in an eco-sustainable way from photovoltaic panels, is totally free for the user who only has to purchase the appropriate power cable. top-up (Euro 40) which also has the function of a particularly secure padlock at the NOVUM cooperative in via Macello. Each station is capable of delivering a maximum power of almost 1 kW, contributing to a profit by the public administration by being fed into the grid.
As part of the project to support clean mobility, the Municipality of Bolzano purchased 15 electric bicycles, in use for municipal employees, which can also be tested by citizens during some promotional activities during the year 2012.
The charging stations allow all interested parties to comfortably recharge their bicycle while working or shopping in the center. About an hour of charging is enough to ensure a good autonomy of the bike, in a few hours the total recharge is perfect. The two charging stations are provided by the local company E-move srl, they have a total of 12 places, and the electricity, produced in an eco-sustainable way from photovoltaic panels, is totally free for the user who only has to purchase the appropriate power cable. top-up (Euro 40) which also has the function of a particularly secure padlock at the NOVUM cooperative in via Macello. Each station is capable of delivering a maximum power of almost 1 kW, contributing to a profit by the public administration by being fed into the grid.
As part of the project to support clean mobility, the Municipality of Bolzano purchased 15 electric bicycles, in use for municipal employees, which can also be tested by citizens during some promotional activities during the year 2012.