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Can Global Shipping turn talk into action on reducing emissions?

December 15, 2022 by Christiaan De Beukelaer

This week the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) member states are meeting to find ways and agree on how to step up their climate goals. Strategies and targets have been presented, but agreement and binding commitments are needed urgently. There are big differences of opinion within the IMO, and it might turn out that regional and industry developments will drive change faster, explains Christiaan De Beukelaer at Durham University. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: ammonia, emissions, EU, fuels, hydrogen, IMO, LNG, MarshallIslands, shipping, US

How European nations are using tax to promote zero-emissions cars

November 14, 2022 by Griffin Carpenter

Taxation is an effective way to steer people towards zero-emission cars. But there is wide variation between European countries in how this is done, and therefore the results. Griffin Carpenter at Transport & Environment (T&E) summarises their report “The good tax guide: A comparison of car taxation in Europe” that covers seven forms of car taxation across 31 European countries in detail. The ultimate goal should be to create a clear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: Belgium, BEVs, cars, emissions, EU, Europe, EVs, France, road, subsidies, Sweden, tax, transport, UK

EVs are on track for net-zero emissions

October 25, 2022 by IEA

The IEA says “Electric Vehicles” is one category that is on track to meet their Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario. Road transport accounts for 16% of global emissions. Recent years have seen exponential growth in the sale of EVs, together with improved range, wider model availability and increased performance. The IEA estimates that 13% of new cars sold in 2022 will be electric. Most of the progress is taking place in established markets – i.e. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: batteries, charging, China, emissions, Europe, EVs, infrastructure, NZE2050, transport, US

Aviation emissions: don’t wait for CORSIA. Strengthen EU ETS and Fit-for-55

October 17, 2022 by Jacopo Cammeo

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has projected growth in flights of 40% between 2018 and 2035. So how do we reduce aviation emissions? The global implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) remains low. Meanwhile, Europe’s EU ETS has helped reduce the sector’s emissions by around 17m tonnes of CO2eq per year - but it did not bring a net decrease in emissions. Technological progress … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: aviation, CORSIA, emissions, EUETS, FitFor55, GreenDeal, offsetting, SAF, transport

How to turn a 17-minute private jet flight into investment for green aviation

October 6, 2022 by Transport & Environment

Flights in private jets are 10 times more polluting than commercial flights, according to T&E. It’s why, this summer, public anger grew over their use by celebrities and rich individuals, following the attention drawn to them by the Twitter account @CelebJets that tracks their use. Kylian Mbappe, Taylor Swift, Kylie Jenner, Elon Musk and many more: sports stars, pop stars, rich entrepreneurs, they were all named along with the very short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: aviation, celebrities, electric, emissions, jets, pollution, private, rich, transport

EVs vs Biofuels: new study looks at ethanol’s impact on agricultural land use, food prices, emissions

July 21, 2022 by Josh Gabbatiss

For transport, biofuels have lower emissions than gasoline/petrol, but EVs will have the lowest emissions of all. Hence the opposition to those biofuels, along with objections to the valuable cropland used to make the ethanol. But the overall advantage depends on the speed of transition to EVs charged with clean electricity. Now, a calculation has been made of the amount of agricultural land preserved for global food production - or kept as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: agriculture, biofuels, Brazil, CarbonSinks, China, electrification, emissions, ethanol, EVs, Food, India, maize, transport, US

SAFFiRE: cheap, Sustainable Aviation Fuel from agricultural waste

July 6, 2022 by Ryan Horns

SAFFiRE (Sustainable Aviation Fuel From [i] Renewable Ethanol) is a 10-ton-per-day pilot plant project. The goal is 7bn gallons of sustainable, low-carbon aviation fuel by 2040. Ryan Horns at NREL explains that the sustainable fuel is made from corn stover, an agricultural waste product, chemically broken down into sugars that can then be converted to fuels. The SAFFiRE process can take advantage of the existing infrastructure of over 200 ethanol … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biofuels, Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: agriculture, aviation, biofuels, biomass, ethanol, fuel, jetfuel, SAF, waste

100% green shipping would add less than 10 cents to the cost of Nike trainers from China

July 4, 2022 by Transport & Environment

Upcoming EU policies intended to cut shipping emissions would add just a few cents to the cost of goods all the way from China, says an analysis by T&E. Extending carbon pricing to shipping and mandating small amounts of green e-fuel use by 2030 will mean a pair of trainers would cost just €0.003 more, a television €0.03 and a refrigerator up to €0.27 more. It’s because final costs are not very sensitive to fuel costs. The more startling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: costs, efuels, hydrogen, imports, shipping, transport

Do e-bike subsidies lift sales, change habits and cut emissions?

May 27, 2022 by Lucas Davis

What happened when Sweden introduced a 25% rebate on the cost of an e-bike for 12 months over 2017-18? Lucas Davis at the Haas School of Business reviews a study that digs into the consequences. Sales increased by 70%. E-bike prices remained steady, so the sellers didn’t simply raise prices to eat up the rebate. The study estimates that although a third of those sales would have “happened anyway” (i.e. no additionality) the remaining two-thirds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: Austria, congestion, ebikes, emissions, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, micromobility, mobility, Norway, pollution, Scotland, subsidies, Sweden, transport

If most truck journeys are less than 300 miles the E-Truck revolution can happen now

May 16, 2022 by Emily Porter

What proportion of trucks today could go electric? That’s the question Emily Porter at RMI has asked for California and New York. The answer is 65% of medium-duty trucks and 49% of heavy-duty trucks. Those are very encouragingly high numbers. RMI’s definition of “electrifiable” is if they travel fewer than 300 miles between trips to their home bases. The study gathered real data on how freight trucks are driven today. Clearly, a large number of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: California, charging, costs, electrification, EVs, fleets, heavytransport, NewYork, Nicola, range, transport, trucks, US, utilities, Volvo

New research ranks the 12 best ways to cut car use in cities

May 6, 2022 by Kimberly Nicholas

Behaviour change is as an important part of our transition journey as the clean energy revolution. Kimberly Nicholas at Lund University summarises research that has gathered together nearly 800 peer-reviewed reports and case studies from across Europe that analyse ways of reducing car use. One main challenge is to quantify the benefits so policy-makers and citizens can make evidence-based decisions on how to re-imagine city mobility. Nicholas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: behaviour, bikes, cars, change, Cities, commuting, congestion, Europe, mobility, parking, public, transport

Aviation policy alert: non-CO2 emissions have up to four times the climate impact

April 14, 2022 by Carlos López de la Osa

There’s little point designing CO2 policies without knowing what other factors are heating up the atmosphere. So it is with aviation. The non-CO2 emissions (aromatics, NOx, SO2, H2O, particulate matter, etc.) from jet engines have up to four times the effect of CO2. You can see it in the contrail cirrus streaks trailing behind aircraft. Carlos López de la Osa at Transport & Environment summarises their recent summit that brought together … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: aromatics, aviation, CO2, contrails, emissions, EUETS, H2O, naphthalene, NOx, ReFuelEU, SAF, SO2, soot, transport

Piloting green shipping corridors: Australia-Japan and Asia-Europe

January 28, 2022 by Jesse Fahnestock and Aparajit Pandey

The shipping industry is diverse, disaggregated and part of the logistical chain of 80% of global trade. So reducing its emissions (3% of the global total) will be complex. One way to cut through this complexity is to create a limited number of green shipping corridors between major port hubs, to pilot solutions. This can shrink the challenge of coordination between fuel infrastructure, vessels, firms and national policies down to a manageable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: Asia, australia, costs, emissions, Europe, hydrogen, Japan, markets, ports, shipping

E-fuels for cars are expensive, and pollute the air as much as petrol

December 13, 2021 by Transport & Environment

MEPs and governments are currently deciding on an EC proposal for all new cars sold from 2035 to be 100% zero-emissions. Here, T&E present test results that show e-fuels should not be allowed to replace petrol. T&E are concerned that e-fuels are being promoted as a way to prolong the life of ICE vehicles. But their tests show that e-fuels produce just as much NOx, three times more carbon monoxide, and twice as much ammonia. Though e-fuels … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: ammonia, BEV, CarbonMonoxide, cars, CO2, costs, efuels, electricity, emissions, EVs, ICE, NOx, petrol, pollution, transport, vehicles

The 10 big problems with simply replacing fossil cars with electric

December 6, 2021 by Schalk Cloete

The planned rapid transition to electric vehicles has major challenges. Schalk Cloete compiles them into a list of ten, including: preserving our car-centric cities preserves its inefficiencies and societal costs; it works against much of the personal “behaviour change” we need; though BEVs (battery electric vehicles) are better in cities, when infrastructure costs are included they are less efficient than hybrids and modern ICEs for many driving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: BehaviourChange, BEV, charging, emissions, EVs, hybrid, ICE, infrastructure, investment, minerals, solar, transport, wind

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