Clean fuels and vehicles

Objectives:

Rethymno is promoting the uptake of electric vehicles and introducing charging infrastructure, which has so far been unavailable, with the aim of increasing public awareness of a low-carbon economy.

The existing public bike sharing system is being replaced by an innovative dockless e-bike sharing system. This was made possible through efficient cooperation between the public and private sector. Rethymno is also promoting a shared mobility culture through behavioural change tools based on research-defined clusters and mobile apps.

The main objectives of the measure are to:

Rethymno aims to define an operational scheme for implementing the full UCO-to-biodiesel chain. The measure includes the expansion and improvement of the existing used cooking oil (UCO) collection system and a small-scale pilot project demonstrating the transformation of UCO to biodiesel.