Electrification of the Canadian road transportation sector: A 2050 outlook with TIMES-Canada

Energy Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 593-606

  Bahn, Olivier ^a   Marcy, Mathilde ^a   Vaillancourt, Kathleen ^b   Waaub, Jean Philippe ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom up energy modeling; Electric vehicles; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLICY SCENARIOS; ENERGY MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS; ROAD TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; ELECTRIC VEHICLE; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROAD TRANSPORT; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 84884979680     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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