Abstract
Transport is the lifeblood of a nation’s economy. Since the fossil fuels are being gradually depleted and the global warming phenomena are more and more serious, this article is to construct a low-carbon transport infrastructure for Taiwan by the implementation of energy-saving measures. First of all, via data collection and analysis, we found that the small passenger cars and the large trucks are the largest energy users in the transport sector, due to their high energy intensities and large transport volumes. Therefore, their energy-conserving potentials are the focuses of this study. According to “Top-Down” methodology, the most effective and economical energy-saving strategies for Taiwan’s transport sector are the significant adoptions of rail transport and electrification mode. Whereby, under a maximal energy-saving scenario, comprising of delicate shift of transport volumes, the energy saving potential in the land transport sector of Taiwan is 4914 MLOE (million liters of oil equivalent), which is equivalent to greenhouse gas reduction of 10.56Mt-CO2e approximately with a scale of 45.3% or crediting for 4.1% reduction of national GHG emissions. Finally, we suggest the green transport infrastructure of Taiwan should be mainly comprised of rail transport, electric motorcycles, MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), and EV (Electric Vehicles).
Highlights
C Keywords: Land Transport Sector; Low-Carbon Infrastructure; Energy Conservation a 1
Via data collection and analysis, we found that the small passenger cars and the large trucks are the largest energy users in the transport sector, due to their high energy intensities and large transport volumes
Under a maximal energy-saving scenario, comprising of delicate shift of transport volumes, the energy saving potential in the land d transport sector of Taiwan is 4914 MLOE, which is equivalent to greenhouse gas reduction of 10.56 Mt-CO2e approximately with a scale of 45.3% or crediting for 4.1% reduction of national GHG
Summary
C Keywords: Land Transport Sector; Low-Carbon Infrastructure; Energy Conservation a 1. Via data collection and analysis, we found that the small passenger cars and the large trucks are the largest energy users in the transport sector, due to their high energy intensities and large transport volumes. Partly electrifying the motorcycles”—as this article’s motorcycle is not the case, because the MRT is almost as “the best energy saving and carbon reducing program for energy efficient as electric motorcycle in terms of energy the manned transport sector of Taiwan from 2010 to intensity 0.01 LOE/p-km and 0.0124 LOE/p-km respectively while that of traditional motorcycle is 0.0241 LOE/p-km.
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