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Hans De Keulenaer

The transition to a Zero Emission Vehicles fleet for cars in the EU by 2050 - 1 views

electric vehicles

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  • Decarbonising transport is central to achieving Europe’s policy commitments on climate change. T ransport is expected to deliver a 60% greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of the EU for 2050. Achieving these commitments is expected to require a complete decarbonisation of the passenger car fleet. The more ambitious COP21 commitment to limit temperature rises to 1.5°C will also likely demand a complete decarbonisation of transport by 2050.
  • Attaining a 100% ZEV fleet by 2050 will require all new car sales to be ZEV by 2035 (assuming a similar vehicle life-time as today) and a substantially faster introduction of ZEVs and PHEVs than current policy and likely 2025 policies will achieve .
  • Compared to the CO2 emission reductions targeted in the current EU plan, the transition to a 100% ZEV car fleet by 2050 will result in an additional reduction of the cumulative CO2 emissions in the period 2020 and 2050 of 2.2 to 3.9 gigatonnes. The current EU White Paper for T ransport, targets to reduce the transport emissions by 60% compared to 1990.
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  • The best option for a rapid emission reduction is to focus on BEVs rather than PHEVs whereby the EU goes directly and aggressively to 100% ZEV sales. A scenario where PHEVs are first will push the strong ZEV growth further into the future and will ultimately require a larger effort at a later time. However, the impact of (an early fleet of) PHEVs on reducing ZEV costs, increasing consumer acceptance and promoting investments in charging / fuelling infra is difficult to predict / model and may play an important role as well.
  • The “Tank to Wheel” amount of energy needed for transport will be reduced by 78% compared to today for a transition to a BEV passenger car fleet. A transition to a 100% fuel cell electric vehicle fleet will result in a 46% reduction of energy for the EU’s car fleet.
  • Around 1,740 million barrels of oil per year could be saved by 2050 with the transition to a zero-emission passenger car fleet, the equivalent of € 78 billion at the current price of 45 $ per barrel.
  • The GHGs from oil will potentially get higher if shifting to for example oil sands .
  • Purchase cost parity is assumed to be achieved in the period 2022-2026 for a BEV and a comparable internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), with BEVs being comparatively lower in cost after that. Parity at Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) level will be achieved 2 to 4 years before the purchase cost parity is achieved. The average TCO for a ZEV will be €0.04 to €0.06 per kilometre less than an ICEV by 2030.
  • This represents societal savings of € 140 billion to € 210 billion per year for a 100% ZEV EU car fleet.
  • A mass market for ZEV cars will create synergy for the cost competitive development of a ZEV LCV (Light Commercial V ehicles) market representing 17% of the light vehicles emissions. It will also accelerate the development of a HDV (Heavy Duty V ehicle) ZEV / PHEV market for passenger and goods transportation. It will also free up advanced biofuels for other transport sectors.
  • A lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity of 400 to 600 Gigawatt hours will be required at the point where 100% of the passenger cars in Europe sold will be BEV . This is the equivalent of around 10 to 14 “Giga factories” representing a value of €40 to 60 billion per year for cars alone.
  • In addition, as BEVs have superior driving performance characteristics and people used to driving electric do not return to ICEVs, the transition may become demand driven once the price, range and infrastructure barriers have been removed.
Hans De Keulenaer

ScienceDirect - Journal of Cleaner Production : Environmental rebound effects of high-s... - 0 views

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maglev switzerland train transport

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 19 Oct 07 - Cached
  • The implementation of new high-speed transport technologies re-shapes the demand balance between transport modes and rebound effects may occur. In this paper first a definition of environmental rebound effects of high-speed transport is presented and various cases are discussed. Second, a method is developed to determine and quantify the environmental rebound effects employing life cycle assessment. The method is illustrated in a case study by investigating the greenhouse gas emissions of a frequently discussed future underground maglev train system for Switzerland.
Hans De Keulenaer

Climate Change - What are we doing about it in Washington State? - Electrify Transporta... - 0 views

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efficiency electricity hybrid losses plug-in hybrids usa

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 31 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Electrified transportation is the use of electrical power to run transportation vehicles and related facilities. Electricity has long been used to power transportation in the Seattle area where 150 King County Metro electric trolley buses serve 14 routes covering 115 miles. Now electrical power options are spreading to port facilities, medium-duty trucks, school buses and truck stops. Most importantly, electricity is emerging to power cars and light-duty vehicles in the form of gasoline-electric hybrids and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which can use grid power and run longer on batteries than regular hybrids. These options are explored in the FAQ below. These questions and answers are derived from a 2007 ETWG Briefing Report written by Rich Feldman, Apollo Alliance and Patrick Mazza, Climate Solutions.
Colin Bennett

Comparison of Innovative Tranportation Technologies - 0 views

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transport

shared by Colin Bennett on 04 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 04 Aug 08
     
    a comprehensive list of more than 100 ready and emerging alternative transportation technologies.
Hans De Keulenaer

Transport Technologies and Policy Scenarios to 2050 « Free Book Bank - 0 views

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2050 hydrogen roadmap transport wec fuel cells

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Transport is one of the major global consumers of energy and therefore has an important role in meeting the primary objective of the World Energy Council, sustainable energy for all.
  • Sustainability is measured in terms of the 3 A’s criteria of accessibility, availability and acceptability, differentiating between the relative importance of different regions.
    • Hans De Keulenaer
      Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Jul 08
       
      An alternative definition of sustainability for consideration.
Hans De Keulenaer

Transportation Battery Recycling Market to Surpass $10 Billion by 2030 - 2 views

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batteries recycling

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 10 Jan 22 - No Cached
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 10 Jan 22
     
    "Driven by the rapid implementation of electric vehicles, the need for battery recycling grows with it and the world's transportation battery recycling market is expected to generally nearly $10.3 billion by 2030, according to a new report."
Ihering Alcoforado

ScienceDirect - Biomass and Bioenergy : Environmental assessment of biofuels for transp... - 0 views

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shared by Ihering Alcoforado on 04 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Ihering Alcoforado on 04 Dec 10
     
    Early comprehensive life cycle assessments (LCA's) that compared biofuels with fossil fuels already appeared in the beginning of the eighties. Since then the public, scientific and political interest in biofuels has continuously grown and the number of biofuels and assessed parameters has increased.At the same time, the methodology for this type of assessment has improved with certain aspects of the approach having come up by and by a process which still continues today. Several issues related to the land use currently stand in the centre of expert discussions. Keywords: Environmental assessment; Biofuels; Transport; Land use assessment; Fossil fuels Article Outline 1. Objective, scope and background 2. Procedure 3. Results: comparison of biofuels and fossil fuels 3.1. Biofuels from agriculture compared to fossil fuels and against each other 3.2. Biofuels from residues compared to fossil fuels and against each other 4. Results: land use aspects 5. Conclusions and outlook 5.1. Competing land use 5.2. Competing biomass usages
Colin Bennett

Rail Efficiencies - 0 views

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transport efficiency

shared by Colin Bennett on 29 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 29 Dec 08
     
    Environmental organizations and sustainability advocates routinely assert that energy consumption for passenger rail is much "greener" than driving or flying. But Tables 2.13 and 2.14 (summarized in 2.12, above) in the Department of Energy's Transportation Energy Data Book #27 indicate that existing Amtrak intercity passenger rail is only 25% more efficient than the fleet average for cars; furthermore, Amtrak is only 19% more efficient than air travel!
Hans De Keulenaer

Six Benefits of Taking Public Tranportation That Aren't Environmental : Sustainablog - 0 views

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sustainability transport

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 08 Sep 08 - Cached
  • By the time I actually got to the festival, however, I realized that my whole attitude had changed. The environmental benefits of taking public transportation are well known. Less cars on the road mean less pollution. Less fuel used by individual motorists means less of our natural resources consumed. But I realized by the time I hit Headhouse Square where the festival was being held that there are other benefits to taking public transportation.
Colin Bennett

Hyperefficient Transportation: Utility Bikes and Bike Trailers : MetaEfficient - 0 views

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efficiency

shared by Colin Bennett on 26 Nov 07 - Cached
  • Utility bikes or “work bikes” are very efficient vehicles for transporting cargo (and children too). They are quite popular in bike-friendly places like Amsterdam, Copenhagen and China. Bikes can tow a remarkable amount of weight. Loads in excess of 880 pounds (400 kilograms) have been hauled behind bikes along flat surfaces. Generally though, 300 pounds (140 kilograms) is considered the upper threshold for hauling. Full-sized refrigerators or couches that won’t fit in a car can comfortably be pulled behind a bicycle with the right kind of trailer.
davidchapman

Industry News - The IET - 0 views

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biofuels transport

shared by davidchapman on 30 Jul 07 - Cached
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    Transport group Arriva is trialling B20 biodiesel - a blend of normal and plant-derived diesel - for the first time on its buses. The 75 buses in the innovative trial will run from Arriva's Blyth Garage in Northumberland and carry around 130,000 passengers every week. Minimal engineering changes will be required to the fleet as part of the scheme. The company is aiming to reduce total carbon emissions by around 14 per cent by using Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) as a 20 per cent blend. The FAME will predominantly be a mixture of sustainable soya products, along with used cooking oil and tallow.
davidchapman

Plug-in hybrids: 100 miles per gallon or 59? | Tech news blog - CNET News.com - 0 views

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hybrid transport

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    Plug-in hybrids have emerged as the favorite form of transportation for reducing greenhouse gases in the near term, but calculating their energy efficiency can be a little complicated.
  • davidchapman on 08 Aug 07
     
    Plug-in hybrids have emerged as the favorite form of transportation for reducing greenhouse gases in the near term, but calculating their energy efficiency can be a little complicated.
Phil Slade

CUEN | Driving Change: Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century - 0 views

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  • Phil Slade on 23 May 10
     
    "CUEN presents the 4th Annual Energy Conference Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 Driving Change: Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century The Cambridge University Energy Network was established to bring together the academic community to share their knowledge and interest in the generation and consumption of energy. It also serves to promote a structured, cross disciplinary approach to teaching and research in sustainable energy."
Hans De Keulenaer

Train can be worse for climate than plane - environment - 08 June 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

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transport train lifecycle

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 15 Jun 09 - Cached
  • True or false: taking the commuter train across Boston results in lower greenhouse gas emissions than travelling the same distance in a jumbo jet. Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is false. A new study compares the "full life-cycle" emissions generated by 11 different modes of transportation in the US. Unlike previous studies on transport emissions, Mikhail Chester and Arpad Horvath of the University of California, Berkeley, looked beyond what is emitted by different types of car, train, bus or plane while their engines are running and includes emissions from building and maintaining the vehicles and their infrastructure, as well as generating the fuel to run them.
Hans De Keulenaer

La ligne 400 kV souterraine France-Espagne en service dans 4 ans - Transport et infrast... - 0 views

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undergrounding france spain transmission networks

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 23 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • Les travaux de la future ligne à très haute tension souterraine qui doit relier la France à l'Espagne au sud de Perpignan devraient débuter en 2011 pour une mise en service fin 2013 ou début 2014, a estimé mercredi le directeur de Réseau de Transport d'Electricité Sud-Ouest.
Hans De Keulenaer

Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : When Cheap Housing Isn't: How Transportation Changes ... - 0 views

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costs economics oil transport usa homes

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 11 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Ballooning gasoline prices aren’t just changing how people drive—they may soon change where people live. With gas stuck above $3.00 a gallon, those cheaper houses in the suburbs can be a money-losing proposition in the end.
Phil Slade

Ammonia Fuel Network (AFN) - 2 views

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alternatives transport

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    "Mission: To promote the implementation of anhydrous ammonia as an affordable, sustainable, carbon-free fuel for transportation and stationary power applications, thereby enhancing economic security, reducing fossil-fuel dependence, and helping save the environment. Anhydrous ammonia is an ultra-clean, energy-dense alternative liquid fuel. Ammonia is the only fuel other than hydrogen that produces no greenhouse gases (GHG) on combustion. Ammonia will power diesel and spark-ignited internal combustion engines, direct ammonia fuel cells, and even combustion turbines. And, ammonia can be manufactured from simply water and air using clean renewable energy."
Hans De Keulenaer

Commissioner Piebalgs adresses the Parliament on high oil prices - 0 views

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europe

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 19 Jun 08 - Cached
  • draft directive guaranteeing 20% renewables
    • Sergio Ferreira
      Sergio Ferreira on 19 Jun 08
       
      is this a joke? guaranteeing? rather dreaming!!
  • ensure that 10% of EU transport is powered by renewable fuel by 2020 into practice. It should be noted that this 10% can be covered by biofuels, or electricity from renewable sources.
    • Hans De Keulenaer
      Hans De Keulenaer on 19 Jun 08
       
      It appears that our campaign for including renewable electricity into transport is already successful before we even formally launched the idea.
  • There is an energy future for all of us. This future will most likely be organised around different patterns of production, consumption and behaviour. Like with climate change, action is needed now.  
Hans De Keulenaer

An electric plan for energy resilience - The McKinsey Quarterly - electric plan for ene... - 0 views

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electricity electric vehicles usa security

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 27 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Our aim should not be total independence from foreign sources of petroleum. That is neither practical nor necessary in a world of interdependent economies. Instead, the objective should be developing a sufficient degree of resilience against disruptions in imports. Think of resilience as the ability to absorb a significant disruption, bigger than what could be managed by drawing down the strategic oil reserve. Our resilience can be strengthened by increasing diversity in the sources of our energy. Commercial, industrial, and home users of oil can already use other sources of energy. By contrast, transportation is totally dependent on petroleum. This is the root cause of our vulnerability. Our goal should be to increase the diversity of energy sources in transportation. The best alternative to oil? Electricity. The means? Convert petroleum-driven miles to electric ones.
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