Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2014 |
Outros Autores: | , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1006070 |
Resumo: | One of the European policy objectives, as envisaged by the EC Transport White Paper, is to reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and to cut greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from transport by 20% by 2030 and by 70% until 2050 (with respect to 2008 levels). For achieving this goal, the role of integrated energy and urban mobility systems are explored as part of a city’s strategy towards sustainability (2011-2020). For developing future scenarios, we used best practice foresight analysis methods, where the desirable future relates to European policy goals. In this research we adapt the extended metabolism model of a city developed by Newman (1999) and the material and energy flow accounting by Sheeri (2002) to assess the future role of electric vehicles, renewable energy use for mobility needs and energy efficiency increases for households living in the city of Aveiro, a medium-sized city of 78450 inhabitants in Portugal. The social costs of carbon related to alternative vehicle technologies (electric vehicles) are assessed, along with the integration of renewable energy. Several energy sources were considered: hydric, wind, solar (thermic and photovoltaic) and solid waste (incineration and biogas). A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis was performed for this estimation, where a share of 56% of renewable energy was assumed to be achieved until 2020. It was found that each battery electric vehicle (BEV) and use of renewable energy has an external cost associated to climate change of 0.032 €/1000pkm in 2011 and 0.012 €/1000pkm in 2020. For the city of Aveiro, this represents an external cost of 7094 € in terms of CO2 related emissions in 2020. If all conventional fuelled vehicles were replaced by electric bicycles (EBs), an energy reduction of 98.1% and an emission reduction of 3893 kg CO2eq per year (avoided CO2eq external costs of 5.96M€) could be achieved. |
id |
RCAP_aeff69649e3bfb65ba6f43ec2edc6bfe |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:localhost:123456789/1006070 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiencyElectric vehiclesRenewable energyEuropean transport policy and planningCarbon emissionsClimate change costsTraffic calming measuresElectric bicyclesCity of aveiroOne of the European policy objectives, as envisaged by the EC Transport White Paper, is to reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and to cut greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from transport by 20% by 2030 and by 70% until 2050 (with respect to 2008 levels). For achieving this goal, the role of integrated energy and urban mobility systems are explored as part of a city’s strategy towards sustainability (2011-2020). For developing future scenarios, we used best practice foresight analysis methods, where the desirable future relates to European policy goals. In this research we adapt the extended metabolism model of a city developed by Newman (1999) and the material and energy flow accounting by Sheeri (2002) to assess the future role of electric vehicles, renewable energy use for mobility needs and energy efficiency increases for households living in the city of Aveiro, a medium-sized city of 78450 inhabitants in Portugal. The social costs of carbon related to alternative vehicle technologies (electric vehicles) are assessed, along with the integration of renewable energy. Several energy sources were considered: hydric, wind, solar (thermic and photovoltaic) and solid waste (incineration and biogas). A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis was performed for this estimation, where a share of 56% of renewable energy was assumed to be achieved until 2020. It was found that each battery electric vehicle (BEV) and use of renewable energy has an external cost associated to climate change of 0.032 €/1000pkm in 2011 and 0.012 €/1000pkm in 2020. For the city of Aveiro, this represents an external cost of 7094 € in terms of CO2 related emissions in 2020. If all conventional fuelled vehicles were replaced by electric bicycles (EBs), an energy reduction of 98.1% and an emission reduction of 3893 kg CO2eq per year (avoided CO2eq external costs of 5.96M€) could be achieved.WIT Press, UK2014-05-09T16:04:50Z2014-10-21T09:03:28Z2017-04-12T16:22:20Z2014-05-07T00:00:00Z2014-05-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1006070engPrata, J.Arsénio, E.Pontes, J.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-13T03:03:23Zoai:localhost:123456789/1006070Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:38:51.432996Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
title |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
spellingShingle |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency Prata, J. Electric vehicles Renewable energy European transport policy and planning Carbon emissions Climate change costs Traffic calming measures Electric bicycles City of aveiro |
title_short |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
title_full |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
title_fullStr |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
title_full_unstemmed |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
title_sort |
Setting a City Strategy for Low Carbon Emissions: the role of electric vehicles, renewable energy and energy efficiency |
author |
Prata, J. |
author_facet |
Prata, J. Arsénio, E. Pontes, J. |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Arsénio, E. Pontes, J. |
author2_role |
author author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Prata, J. Arsénio, E. Pontes, J. |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Electric vehicles Renewable energy European transport policy and planning Carbon emissions Climate change costs Traffic calming measures Electric bicycles City of aveiro |
topic |
Electric vehicles Renewable energy European transport policy and planning Carbon emissions Climate change costs Traffic calming measures Electric bicycles City of aveiro |
description |
One of the European policy objectives, as envisaged by the EC Transport White Paper, is to reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and to cut greenhouse gas emission (GHG) from transport by 20% by 2030 and by 70% until 2050 (with respect to 2008 levels). For achieving this goal, the role of integrated energy and urban mobility systems are explored as part of a city’s strategy towards sustainability (2011-2020). For developing future scenarios, we used best practice foresight analysis methods, where the desirable future relates to European policy goals. In this research we adapt the extended metabolism model of a city developed by Newman (1999) and the material and energy flow accounting by Sheeri (2002) to assess the future role of electric vehicles, renewable energy use for mobility needs and energy efficiency increases for households living in the city of Aveiro, a medium-sized city of 78450 inhabitants in Portugal. The social costs of carbon related to alternative vehicle technologies (electric vehicles) are assessed, along with the integration of renewable energy. Several energy sources were considered: hydric, wind, solar (thermic and photovoltaic) and solid waste (incineration and biogas). A Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis was performed for this estimation, where a share of 56% of renewable energy was assumed to be achieved until 2020. It was found that each battery electric vehicle (BEV) and use of renewable energy has an external cost associated to climate change of 0.032 €/1000pkm in 2011 and 0.012 €/1000pkm in 2020. For the city of Aveiro, this represents an external cost of 7094 € in terms of CO2 related emissions in 2020. If all conventional fuelled vehicles were replaced by electric bicycles (EBs), an energy reduction of 98.1% and an emission reduction of 3893 kg CO2eq per year (avoided CO2eq external costs of 5.96M€) could be achieved. |
publishDate |
2014 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2014-05-09T16:04:50Z 2014-10-21T09:03:28Z 2014-05-07T00:00:00Z 2014-05-07 2017-04-12T16:22:20Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1006070 |
url |
http://repositorio.lnec.pt:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1006070 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
WIT Press, UK |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
WIT Press, UK |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799136873664217088 |