Can Solar-Powered Electric Buses Transform Public Transport? A Feasibility and Ecological Footprint Analysis

The main objective of this research was to study the proposed measures, which include using electric buses instead of diesel buses and installing photovoltaic systems in the available area of the bus station. The Jordan Valley’s new bus station in Irbid was used as a case study. Two scenarios for switching to electric buses were studied. The first was to convert the currently operating diesel buses to electric buses, and the second was to use new electric buses to replace the old buses. After that, a proposal was made to build a partial photovoltaic system covering the available space in the bus station.