Long-term transport energy demand and climate policy: Alternative visions on transport decarbonization in energy-economy models

Energy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-108

  Pietzcker, Robert C ^a   Longden, Thomas ^b   Chen, Wenying ^c   Fu, Sha ^d   Kriegler, Elmar ^a   Kyle, Page ^e   Luderer, Gunnar ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation   (China)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

BEVs (Battery electric vehicles); Energy economy modeling; Hydrogen; Mobility demand reduction; Transportation scenarios

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES;

BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES; DEMAND REDUCTION; EMISSION MITIGATION; ENERGY-ECONOMY MODELS; TRANSPORTATION SCENARIO;

CLIMATE MODELS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROGEN; MOBILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891484281     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.08.059     Document Type: Article

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