The new mobility service will become operational in 2023.
Thanks to Noemix, Friuli Venezia Giulia is going to be the first region where a considerable share of company cars of municipalities, healthcare authorities, the regional administration and other public institutions will be phased out and replaced by electric vehicles. By aggregating the mobility needs of several public authorities, the current model based on car ownership will be phased out and replaced by a centralized electric mobility service managed by private operators.
The NOEMIX model offers a full package of services and includes: car-sharing, the rental of electric vehicles, management and optimization systems, charging stations and the production of electric power from renewable energy sources.
The project, which started in June 2017, will last for five years and aims at making Friuli Venezia Giulia a forerunner region at European level in the transition to a low-carbon economy. NOEMIX has a budget of 900.000 euro granted by the European Commission that by 2020 will mobilize around 21,5 million euro of investments to give life to the NOEMIX service.
STATE-OF-THE-ART
According to the findings of a preliminary analysis carried out in 2016, public authorities in Friuli Venezia Giulia (the regional administration ‘Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia’, Health Authorities, County Seats, the Port Authority, universities and research centres) satisfy their mobility needs with at least 1500 cars travelling 50-100 km per day, mostly in urban areas.
More specifically:
- 70% of the vehicles are underused (travelling less than 10.000 km/year)
- OBSOLETE VEHICLES 530 vehicles are more than 10 years old, and of these 320 are more than 15 years old
- LACK OF DATA data on the year of first registration of the vehicle and/or the distance covered are lacking for more than 380 vehicles
- TYPES OF SERVICE only a very limited share of the vehicles encompass a chauffeur service
ENERGY-ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
| The regional PA panel is composed of | 17 | public entities |
| The "target fleet" (vehicles to be replaced) is | 517 | vehicles |
| The vehicles to be replaced travel an average of | 10500 | km/year |
| With an estimated daily travel of | 53 | km/day (over 200 workdays) |
| The general "mobility service" offered by the project consists of | 5.428.500 | km/year |
| Estimate of energy savings | ||
| The average consumption of a vehicle is assumed to be | 7,57 | litres/100km |
| The vehicles to be replaced consume a total of | 411000 | litres/year |
| Assuming that 1 litre of gasoline has a calorific value of | 12,20 | kWh/kg |
| And density of | 0,72 | kg/litre |
| The primary energy contained in 1 litre of gasoline is | 8,78 | kWh/litre |
| The total primary energy consumed by the vehicles to be replaced is | 3610000,00 | kWh |
| The primary energy saved is | 3,61 | GWh |
| The average travel in 5 years is | 52500,00 | km |
| Energy consumption of electric vehicles | ||
| The average consumption of an electric vehicle is | 0,1651 | kWh/km |
| The final energy consumption is | 896091 | kWh |
| Primary energy conversion factor | 2,29 | |
| Percentage of electricity from the grid | 0% | |
| Primary energy conversion factor | 1,00 | |
| Percentage of green/renewable electricity | 100% | |
| Primary energy consumed (electricity quota) | 0,896 | GWh |
| Primary energy savings | 2,714 | GWh |
| Emission factor | 0,249 | tCOw/MWh |
| Emissions avoided by the retirement of vehicles | 900 | tCO2 |
| Renewable energy production | ||
| The average productivity of a photovoltaic system is | 1180 | kWh/kWp |
| To cover 100% of consumption, the size of the plant is | 759,40 | kWp |
| With an annual electricity production of | 896091 | kWh/year |
| The production of energy from renewable sources is | 0,973 | GWh |
NOEMIX aims at reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the production of energy from renewable energy sources, reducing pollution – as a result of the reduction of the emissions deriving from internal combustion engines – as well as cutting down particulate matter and noise generated by congestion in urban areas.
As shown in the chart, NOEMIX will introduce at least 522 electric vehicles in the fleet of regional public authorities, together with 200 charging stations and a photovoltaic plant that will satisfy the 100% of the electric energy needs. The expected primary energy savings amount to about 2,736 GWh, with a reduction of around 1000t of CO2 emissions. The model can be replicated in other regions in Italy and Europe.
EXTERNAL COST EVALUATION
| Cost category | External cost without Noemix | External cost with Noemix | External cost savings/year |
| Air pollution cost (tank-to-wheel) (€) | 52,891 | - | 52,891 |
| Air pollution cost (well-to-tank) (€) | 34,500 | 8,202 | 26,297 |
| Climate Change (€) | 98,308 | 48,831 | 49,477 |
| Noise cost (€) | 77,805 | 39,134 | 38,671 |
| Accident cost (€) | 377,649 | 264,354 | 113,295 |
| Sub-Total | 641,153 | 360,521 | 280,631 |
| Cars' lifetime (years) | 5 | ||
| Total external cost savings of Noemix | 1,403,155 | ||
| Total external cost savings of Noemix per car | 2,714 |
