Fleet-Wide Electrification Impacts Assessment for the Valley Transportation Authority

This report explores the long-term electrification opportunities for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). VTA is an independent special district that provides bus, light rail, and paratransit services in California’s Santa Clara County and surrounding counties. In 2019, VTA served an average of 114,600 riders per week resulting in an annual 26.9 million trips on buses and 8.3 million trips on rail. The authors examine the potential for transit bus electrification at VTA as well as the economic impacts of partial and complete electrification. The authors use an optimization model to determine the optimal electric bus selection and charging patterns to achieve the lowest cost solution at different levels of electrification. The cost minimization considers the bus capital cost, electricity cost, charger capital cost, bus maintenance cost, on-site photovoltaic panel cost, and stationary battery energy storage cost over the lifetime of the vehicles to determine the minimum system cost.

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    National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Golden, CO  United States  80401

    California Energy Commission

    1516 9th Street
    Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
  • Authors:
    • Eichman, Josh
    • Kotz, Andrew
    • Miller, Eric J
    • Kelly, Ken
    • Ficenec, Karen
  • Publication Date: 2020-11

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 32p

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01841476
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: NREL/TP-5400-77547
  • Contract Numbers: DE-AC36-08GO28308; FIA-17-01856
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 6 2022 10:26AM