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2012-10-04 10:00:00 Regional Seminar in Riga, Latvia

On the 1st February, 2012 in Riga was held a regional seminar "Use of biogas as vehicle fuel in Public Transport" organized by Riga City Council Traffic Department within the EC supported Project "BalticBiogasBus".

2012-08-31 10:00:00 Walbrzych -potential to use biomethane in public transport, Poland, July 2012

On the 3rd of July a regional seminar was organized in Walbrzych in the south west of Poland. Several participants attended the seminar, which was held in the beautiful Ksiaz Castle. Interest from local authorities was big and representatives from the Municipal Department of Public Utilities (MZUK), the Board of Roads, Department of Transport and Maintenance of Walbrzych, and the Walbrzych Gasworks all attended the seminar.

2012-08-29 10:05:00 Regional Seminar, Tartu City, Estonia, August 2012

The latest regional seminar within the Baltic Biogas Bus project was hosted by the city of Tartu on the 14th of August. More than a dozen speakers gave presentations, mainly regarding use of biogas in bus operations.

2012-06-25 10:00:00 Final Event, Bergen, Norway, 22 May 2012

A successful final event! The final event in the Baltic Biogas Bus project was successfully held in Norway Bergen on the 22nd of May with 60 special invited guests from politics, research and industry.

2012-06-05 13:52:55 Cooperation - the key to success, Brussels, 19 June 2012

Baltic Biogas Bus project was selected to be presented at a seminar "Cooperation, the key to success" arranged by the Stockholm region EU office in Brussels on the 19th of June 2012.

2012-06-04 14:00:00 Regional Seminar, Kaunas, Lituania, 20 April 2012

The partner Kauno Autobusai in Kaunas in co-operation with other project partners has organised second regional seminar of Baltic biogas bus project in Lithuania on the 20th of April 2012. The seminar was attended by more than 80 people, among them the Lithuanian minister for transport and communications Mr. Eligijus Masiulis, mayor of Kaunas city Mr. Andrius Kupcinskas, council members of Kaunas city, executives from public transport companies.

2012-05-22 10:45:00 Regional Seminar, Espoo, Finland, May 2012

On the 15th May, 2012 in Espoo was held a regional seminar on the use of biogas as bus fuel. The seminar was organized by VTT within the EC supported Project "BalticBiogasBus". Seminar was attended by 41 participants from 24 different organisations covering widely the target group.

2012-04-03 15:45:00 Final Event in the Baltic Biogas Bus, 22 May 2012 Bergen, Norway

Invitation to the Final Event in The Baltic Biogas Bus EU-Project 22nd May 2012 Bergen Norway

2011-12-16 08:00:00 Regional Seminar, Józefów, Poland

Regional seminar with the topic "Biofuels" in connection with the Conference Problem of Recykling 2011. The seminar was held 5-8 October 2011, in Józefów near Otwock, Poland.

2011-12-10 08:31:14 Regional Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden

Over one hundred professionals congregated the first of December for the annual national event BiogasTinget which was held in Stockholm, Sweden.

2011-12-02 08:00:00 Regional seminar, Gardemoen, Norway

Regional seminar "Biogas as fuel for buses in the Norvegian cities" 9th of November 2011, Gardemoen, Radisson Blu Airport Hotel, Norway

2011-11-23 10:00:00 International seminar, "The introduction of biogas as vehicle fuel in the Baltic Sea Region", St.Petersburg, Russia, 2011

International seminar "The introduction of biogas as vehicle fuel in the Baltic Sea Region" 17th of October 2011, St. Petersburg, Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, Russia

2011-11-10 09:48:56 Mid Term International Symposium

Under the titel "Biogas as vehicle fuel " Baltic Biogas Bus held an International Scientific-Technical Conference on 19-20 October 2011 in Rzeszow. The initiator of the conference was Mayor of Rzeszow and the Motor Transport Institute.

2011-09-12 13:35:00 Published article: A project to stimulate the use of biogas as fuel for city buses

Eurotransport, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2011
The world is facing increased demand for transportation at the same time that fossil fuel resources are diminishing. On top of this, concern for climate change due to the emission of green house gases is growing. This has boosted the interest for investments in new energy technologies. One technology gaining widespread recognition is that of producing biogas. The Baltic Biogas Bus project aims to prepare for and increase the use of the eco-fuel biogas in public transport. In an interview for Eurotransport, along with other members of the project, Lennart Hallgren, Project Manager and Advisor at Stockholm Public Transport (SL) and Manager of the Baltic Biogas Bus project, explains how this project can help reduce environmental impact from the traffic and make the Baltic region a better place to live, work and invest in.

2011-07-01 10:48:56 Gasskonferansen in Bergen

The annual event "Gasskonferansen" was held on the 4th-5th of May, 2011

2011-03-07 13:25:35 Regional Seminar in Tartu City, Estonia

An international regional seminar was held 23rd-24th of March, 2011 in Tartu City, Estonia.

2010-11-24 10:54:19 International Seminar in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2010

On the 25-26th of November, 2010 a international seminar on "Biogas as vehicle fuel" was held in St Petersburg.

2010-11-08 09:00:19 Regional Seminar in Riga, Latvia

On the 1st December, 2010 in Riga was held a regional seminar on the use of biogas in public transport. The seminar was organized by Riga City Council Traffic Department within the EC supported Project "BalticBiogasBus". Seminar was attended by 38 participants among whom were the representatives of ministries and local authorities as well as passenger transport companies and bioenergy associations.

2010-11-01 12:00:00 Parallell session at Bioenergie Forum, 27-28 Oct 2010, Rostock, Germany

The Baltic Biogas Bus-project was introduced at the Bioenergie Forum in Rostock, Germany the 28th of October 2010 by the EU-project partners.

2010-10-20 14:26:13 Regional seminar in Uppsala, Sweden

On the 9th of November a regional Baltic Biogas Bus seminar was held in Uppsala, Sweden. The seminar was organized by the dissemination partner Malardalen Energy Agency/Biogas Öst in collaboration with Stockholm public transport company (SL).

2010-09-15 13:51:14 Regional Seminanar 22nd of September in Kaunas, Lithuania

On the 22nd of September 2010 a regional seminar of the Baltic Biogas Bus project was held in Kaunas.
In conjunction with a partner meeting in Kaunas, the project partner JSC "Buses of Kaunas", organized the seminar. The seminar attracted approxemately 60 participants. It was an excellent opportunity to obtain more knowledge about biogas and to present the BBB-project.

2010-06-24 00:00:00 Baltic Biogas Bus at Gasskonferansen in Bergen

Baltic Biogas Bus Project was invited to Gasskonferansen to present the project and the development of biogas bus use in Stockholm. Gasskonferansen was held in Bergen, Norway, 28th to 29th of April 2010.

2010-06-23 00:00:00 Regional seminar for the Baltic Biogas Bus project 10th of March 2010 in Oslo Norway

On the 10th of March 2010 the first regional seminar of the Baltic Biogas Bus project was held in Oslo.
In conjunction with a partner meeting in Oslo, the BBB-project, through the project partner Ruter AS, acted as a co organizer of the Nordic Biogas Conference between the 10th and the 12th of March. The Nordic Biogas Conference, which is a biannual event, attracted approxemately 200 participants. It was an excellent opportunity to obtain more knowledge about biogas and to present the BBB-project.

2009-12-01 15:26:15 Launch Event in Tartu

On the 1st of December 2009 the project´s Launch event was organized in Tartu, Estonia. In the welcome speech, Mr. Jaanus Tamkivi, the Minister of Environment in Estonia, stressed the importance of the Baltic Biogas Bus project to mitigate climate change in Europe and Estonia.

2009-09-17 16:24:30 Kick-off meeting in Stockholm

28-29 September 2009 the project Start-up meeting for the partners was organized in Stockholm. At that meeting the contract issues with the Programme and between the partners were discussed.

2009-07-02 16:30:02 On the 2nd of July The Swedish Government decided to develop a biogas strategy for Sweden

Biogas can play an important role to reduce impact from transportation on climate, and create jobs regionally and locally.

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