The Interplay Between Technologies and Energy Policies for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Transportation: Scenarios and Case Studies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 5499
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy policy; energy strategy; transport economics; transport and the environment; discrete choice modelling; regional economics; industrial economics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The electrification of road vehicles is viewed as the most promising pathway to increasing conversion efficiencies and reducing GHG emissions. Yet, progress is slow. Transport continues to rely on oil products for nearly 91% of its final energy (source: IEA website). Transport is responsible for approximately one fourth of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and high levels of ambient air pollution and noise in cities and towns, in addition to consuming a significant amount of energy. It is highly uncertain whether the target of reducing GHGs so that the global average temperature remains below 1.5–2 °C can be achieved. A combination of innovative technologies and energy policies is needed to significantly reverse the current trends, challenging the scientific community to find and propose solutions.
For this Special Issue, we are interested in papers that (i) critically analyze past technologies and energy policies, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses and (ii) propose innovative technologies and energy policies and outline their potential to achieve GHG emission reduction, discussing both their technological and economic features.
All transport modes and vehicles can be considered, including road freight transport, intercity coach transport, shipping, and aviation, where electrification is less of an option, thus requiring innovative powertrains and fuels such as hydrogen, biofuels and ammonia.
Country- and city-specific analyses are welcome since they help clarify the interplay between technological and energy aspects and institutional ones, the latter being related to the economic and cultural characteristics of a location. The experiences of developing countries are of particular interest as they have been rarely documented in the scientific literature.
Special attention will be devoted to contributions that discuss technical, energy and organizational innovations such as autonomous driving and vehicle sharing, which can radically alter transport systems.
Prof. Dr. Romeo Danielis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy and transport
- passenger and freight transport and energy consumption
- transport modes: road, rail, maritime and air
- regulation, fiscal and energy policies
- total cost of ownership of transport vehicles
- energy efficiency and transport vehicles
- GHG emission reduction
- renewable energy and transport
- electrification and innovative fuels and powertrains
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