INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN TRANSPORT – AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION

<abstract> <p>Considering the wide applications of big data in transportation, machine learning and mobile internet technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has largely empowered transportation systems. Many traditional transportation planning and management methods have been improved or replaced with smart transportation systems. Hence, considering the challenges posed by the rising demand for parking spaces, traffic flow and real-time operational management in urban areas, adopting artificial intelligence technologies is crucial. This study aimed to establish a systematic framework for representative transportation scenarios and design practical application schemes. This study begins by reviewing the development history of smart parking systems, roads and transportation management systems. Then, examples of their typical application scenarios are presented. Second, we identified several traffic problems and proposed solutions in terms of a single parking station, routes and traffic networks for an entire area based on a case study of a smart transportation systematic framework in the Xizhang District of Wuxi City. Then, we proposed a smart transportation system based on smart parking, roads and transportation management in urban areas. Finally, by analyzing these application scenarios, we analyzed and predicted the development directions of smart transportation in the fields of smart parking, roads and transportation management systems.</p> </abstract>

The article examines the carbon footprint of electric vehicles within their life cycle in Ukraine, taking into account the national energy system, transport infrastructure, and geopolitical challenges arising from the ongoing war. It explores how dependence on fossil fuels, an aging vehicle fleet with an average age of 19 years, and insufficient charging infrastructure limit the ecological efficiency of electric vehicles in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Based on data reflecting electric vehicle market growth, with 12,100 units sold in September 2025, and the National Energy and Climate Plan’s goal of achieving 14% renewable energy sources in transport by 2030, the study develops decarbonization strategies tailored to Ukraine’s unique conditions to attain climate neutrality by 2050. The research underscores the urgent need for substantial investments in charging infrastructure and renewable energy sources to enhance the environmental benefits of electric vehicles in the transport sector. Life cycle assessment reveals that, despite higher emissions during production due to energy-intensive battery manufacturing, electric vehicles significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to internal combustion engine vehicles when powered by cleaner energy sources. Ukraine’s energy sector, heavily reliant on natural gas (29%) and coal (24% in 2023), reduces electric vehicle efficiency during operation. The war has led to infrastructure destruction and increased military emissions, while temporarily lowering industrial emissions by 30%. Post-war recovery must prioritize green transition strategies to prevent a projected 4.3-fold rise in transport emissions. Recommended measures include enforcing stricter CO₂ emission standards for vehicles, reforming taxation to target emissions, electrifying railways and public transport, and promoting alternative fuels to align with the Paris Agreement and European Union climate objectives, ensuring sustainable development of Ukraine’s transport sector and contributing to long-term energy security and economic resilience.

The article discusses the concept of energy-resource synergy in motor transport and in the motor transport system, as well as the main provisions of the methodology of technological innovation management in motor transport. Proposed: a new epistemological paradigm of the motor transport as a sphere of material production; technologically innovative concept of energy-resource synergy in the transport system; a set of methods for technologically innovative management of energy - resource quality of transport services and for resource-synergistic improvement of the functions of the transport system and the subsystem "Motor transport"; analytical model of the target function of strategic management in motor transport. A single energy- resource mechanism for the functioning of motor transport and the material integrity of the motor transport system has been established. The ways of innovative resource saving on transport and in infrastructure subsystems are revealed. The object of study is the structural and functional organization of motor transport and motor transport system. The purpose of the work is the formation of a system-synergistic target function of project management at highly technological and intensively resource-saving transport services based on the innovative requirements and the concept of energy-resource synergy in the transport system. The research method is a theoretical analysis and synthesis of the conceptual target function of the technology and innovation management in transport, taking into account the concept of energy-resource synergy in the transport system. The results of the article can be used to implement system-synergistic and conceptual-innovative management in transport and in other subsystems. Predicted assumptions about the development of the object of study are the implementation of a technologically innovative mechanism of energy-resource synergy in the motor transport and in the motor transport system, taking into account their structures and functions. KEYWORDS: CONCEPT, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, MOTOR TRANSPORT, SYSTEM, FUNCTIONS, RESOURCES, ENERGY-RESOURCE SYNERGY, LIFE CYCLE, QUALITY OF TRANSPORT SERVICES, MANAGEMENT.

Subject. Digitalization of the energy sector as the main factor in the modern development of this industry. Objective. Study of the main directions of digital technology development in the global energy sector and general trends corresponding to this industry at the current stage of its development. Method. The study was based on a theoretical approach aimed at identifying the main directions of digital technology development in the global energy sector. Results. It has been proven that the energy industry in the world is developing at a high pace. Statistical data are provided, according to which the increased demand for various energy sources is clearly demonstrated. The role of the Asian region in increasing the demand for energy consumption is separately noted. It has been proven that renewable sources are one of the promising areas of development of the global energy sector. Conclusions. The key areas of digital technology development in the energy sector are big data and artificial intelligence, digital information models and digital twins, the Internet of things and sensor technologies, smart grids and remote-control tools, demand management technologies and the development of microgeneration.

This paper examines the critical role of Australia's traditional energy sector in the global climate crisis and explores corporate and governmental strategies to mitigate environmental impact while promoting sustainable development. It highlights the significant adverse effects of climate change exacerbated by the activities of energy, mining, and transportation sectors, which have been amplified due to insufficient regulatory frameworks and corporate malpractices. The analysis underscores the consequences of neglecting environmental protection, including increased regulatory pressures, stakeholder discontent, and consumer distrust. The paper discusses comprehensive measures that can be adopted by corporations and enforced by the government to address these challenges. These include integrating environmental concerns into business philosophies, transitioning to renewable energy, and stringent oversight of corporate practices. By fostering a cooperative relationship between the government and the energy sector, the paper argues for a strategic overhaul to achieve emission reduction targets stipulated in the Paris Agreement and ensure the sector's transition towards environmentally sustainable practices. Through this transformative approach, Australia's energy companies can align profit with planet, thereby securing long-term economic, social, and environmental benefits.

With the development of an energy sector based on renewable primary sources, structural changes are emerging for the entire national energy system. Initially, it was estimated that energy generation based on fossil fuels would decrease until its disappearance. However, the evolution of CO2 capture capacity leads to a possible coexistence for a certain period with the renewable energy sector. The paper develops this concept of the coexistence of the two systems, with the positioning of green hydrogen not only within the renewable energy sector but also as a transformation vector for carbon dioxide captured in the form of synthetic fuels, such as CH4 and CH3OH. The authors conducted pilot-scale research on CO2 capture with green H2, both for pure (captured) CO2 and for CO2 found in combustion gases. The positive results led to the respective recommendation. The research conducted by the authors meets the strict requirements of the current energy phase, with the authors considering that wind and solar energy alone are not sufficient to meet current energy demand. The paper also analyzes the economic aspects related to price differences for energy produced in the two sectors, as well as their interconnection. The technical aspect, as well as the economic aspect, of storage through various other solutions besides hydrogen has been highlighted. The development of the renewable energy sector and its demarcation from the fossil fuel energy sector, even with the transcendent vector represented by green hydrogen, leads to the deepening of dispersion aspects between the electricity sector and the thermal energy sector, a less commonly mentioned aspect in current works, but of great importance. The purpose of this paper is to highlight energy challenges during the current transition period towards climate neutrality, along with solutions proposed by the authors to be implemented in this phase. The current stage of combustion of the CH4−H2 mixture imposes requirements for the capture of the resulting CO2.

This study aimed to observe trends in the literature on research, development, and innovation management in the energy sector, using performance assessment systems. The paper presented a bibliometric analysis of 40 studies on the subject. These materials come from ScienceDirect, Scopus and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) databases from 2006 to 2016. The results showed an increasing trend in the number of publications on the theme, showing the scientific community\'s interest in the subject. In addition, it was verified that the predominant language used to write the publications was English, the country that most published articles in the area was Brazil and most of the articles were produced through collaboration between researchers. It was found that the journal with the greatest number of publications on the subject was the Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, while the Expert Systems with Applications journal presented the article with the greatest number of citations. This analysis allowed us to identify important points of the research and its future directions, in addition to enabling a better understanding of the world trend of the subject approached.

This report presents summary results of the 2010 ITS Deployment Tracking survey, the most recent survey conducted by the ITS Deployment Tracking Project. The U.S. Department of Transportation and its member agencies, including the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, have pursued a research and development agenda, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program, designed to integrate the latest in information technologies to improve the safety, mobility, and reliability of surface transportation modes. Within metropolitan areas, implementation of these advanced technologies has been accomplished by a variety of state and local transportation and emergency management agencies as well as the private sector. In order to measure the rate of ITS deployment within the nation s largest metropolitan areas, the ITS Deployment Tracking Project has conducted a nationwide survey of state and local transportation and emergency management agencies nearly every year since 1997. The results presented in this report are intended to be a summary of the entire database from the 2010 survey. Access to the complete survey results and previous national surveys are available on-line at http://www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov. The website also provides access to survey results in the form of downloadable reports, including a survey summary for each survey type and fact sheets. Nearly 1,600 surveys were distributed to state and local transportation agencies in 2010. A total of seven (7) survey types were distributed including: Freeway Management, Arterial Management, Transit Management, Transportation Management Center (TMC), Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), Public Safety Law Enforcement, and Public Safety Fire/Rescue. Among other things, the data collection results indicate that ITS has moved from being experimental to mainstream and interest in continuing investments in ITS continues to be very strong. When asked about future deployment plans, one-third to three-fourths of the different agency types report they will expand current deployments and about half are planning to invest in new technologies over the next three years.

<span>В статье рассматриваются особенности использования механизма государственно-частного партнерства (ГЧП) в отечественном энергетическом секторе на современном этапе. Показано, что, в отличие от зарубежных стран, активно и эффективно реализующих энергетические ГЧП-проекты, в России и СНГ этот механизм пока не получил должного развития в секторе энергетики, хотя потребность в крупномасштабных инвестициях в отрасль очень велика. Анализ реализованных проектов ГЧП в энергетическом секторе РФ показал, что большинство из них имеют мелкий масштаб и относятся к муниципальному уровню. В основном это проекты, направленные на поддержание теплосетей и объектов энергоснабжения в рабочем состоянии. Они не смогут привести к значительным изменениям в отрасли и не способствуют созданию новых и модернизации действующих объектов энергоснабжения. Освещены проблемы, препятствующие развитию российской энергетики через институт ГЧП.</span>

This study examined the capacity of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to reduce energy consumption in the transportation sector. Research included a literature review focused on the energy-saving capacity of ITS technologies and interviews with ITS stakeholders and transportation experts and practitioners. A case study of an ITS project in Portland, Oregon, was used to illustrate the challenges and the opportunities associated with implementing ITS technologies. The objective of this study was to document the state of knowledge and practice and to create a resource for action and implementation of ITS technologies with energy savings as a goal. There is a lack of empirical evidence to substantiate the capacity of ITS to reduce energy consumption in the transportation sector. However, research indicates that the use of ITS has contributed to reductions in vehicular delay but further benefits may be limited. In contrast, ITS does have the potential to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT), with significant benefits, although the benefits are uncertain. The shortage of empirical evidence of ITS benefits may be a function of the limited interest in the energy and environmental benefits of ITS compared with the interest in congestion and safety. In the ITS industry, the focus is on the connected vehicle initiative and, more broadly, the many opportunities to integrate and to leverage multiple ITS applications. There are opportunities to deploy ITS technologies with the purpose of reducing energy consumption in the transportation sector, to document any gains, and to address the lack of evidence supporting the energy-reducing capacity of ITS.

"Good quality transportation system enhances the growth of economy and extends social development in the country. Transportation fills the gap of communication between the places. It helps to improve trading, businesses in different states of the country. Logistic management is another side of transportation of goods from the factory source to the delivery point. Logistics management is the vital to increase the growth of business as well as economic growth of the country. Technology plays the role to improve transportation and logistics management system. Technologies are renovated in regular basis and new technologies are appeared in this era. Emerging information technologies are included to mold the transportation system as smart and intelligent. The modern city is advancing in all the directions nowadays, modern cities are comprising as smart and advance city. Smart transportation is the essential aspect of smart city. Therefore, advancement of transportation in smart city is very significant. Logistic management is emergent aspect of business. Progress of business extend the economical potency of country. Therefore, modernization of logistic management system is very essential. Role of information technology in transportation and logistics management system is portrayed in this paper. Impact of economic factors in growth of transportation and logistics management system in context of Indian smart cities are emphasis in this paper."

Crisis related to distribution of COVID-19 requires significant state involvement in the response, which includes the definition of strategies formation and direct intervention in to the socio-economic processes. Governments of countries are addressing the development of stimulus and recovery packages strategies what have a goal to form in the future necessary potential for society and economy on the whole. In given environment, stable assets are needed, including an inclusive energy system capable of supporting energy development in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Program and the 2016 Paris Agreement, this requires further research of the prospects for innovative development of renewable energy sector in the crisis of COVID-19 in the transition from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable energy sources. Global forecasts from the International Renewable Energy Agency, the International Energy Agency, and the US Energy Information Administration have suggested ways to transform the global energy system. China's hybrid energy market is showing an increase in wind and solar energy production. Reduced costs in the United States have stimulated an increase in renewable energy capacity. In Ukraine, the important role of alternative energy can be identified in the stabilization of Ukraine's agro-industrial complex. In the article reviews current trends and conditions in the development of the energy sector in the transition from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources in China, United States and Ukraine in terms of forecasting generation and justification of investment directions. A number of technical challenges and problematic aspects of management in the renewable energy sector in Ukraine are highlighted. Long-term goals are proposed for all stakeholders of the energy system in the transition from the use of traditional fuel to the use of biopropellant. The conceptual principles and prospects of scientific research in the formation of the National Renewable Energy Development Plan until 2030 are also outlined.

Appropriate management of energy sources is one of the basic undertakings in the energy sector. Climate policy changes and the development of technologies enabling the acquisition of energy in a way to reduce the negative impact on the natural environment lead to diversity in the structure of the energy sources being used. Therefore, it is important to assess the impact of these changes on the development of energy sectors by particular countries. The article contains the analysis of various energy sources utilization by European Union (EU) countries and the assessment of the energy production sector potential, and the development of this potential in relation to changes in the energy sources structure. For this purpose, a multidimensional comparative analysis was used. The data for the analysis are derived from the Eurostat database for the years 2017 and 2019 for 28 EU countries and they concern the use of energy sources such as combustible fuels, coal and manufactured gases, natural gas, oil and petroleum products (excluding biofuel portion), hydro/hydropower, wind power, solar photovoltaic, nuclear fuels and other fuels n.e.c. As a result of the research, it was proved that in most EU countries the changes introduced in the structure of the use of various energy sources, according to EU climate policy, have a positive impact on the development of particular energy sectors.

The energy sector has grown significantly over the years, causing an increase in carbon emission that has led to serious global warming problems. Consequently, electric vehicles (EVs) have become a favourable solution in the transportation sector due to their green technology attributes. This paper aims to apply the Carbon Emission Pinch Analysis (CEPA) method to the transportation sector in Iskandar Malaysia. The modified CEPA method is applied by constructing a composite curve for transportation modes and the total carbon emission was plotted in order to study the minimum electricity requirement that needs to be generated to implement the use of EVs. Road and rail transportation were considered in the transport composite curve based on the current policies available and to achieve the new carbon emission target by the year 2025. The alternatives available to reduce carbon emission in Iskandar Malaysia include increasing public transport modal share; fuel switching from petrol and diesel to natural gas and biofuels; and increasing transport efficiency via plug-in hybrid and EVs. Four scenarios were established and evaluated based on economic and environmental aspects. As a result, Scenario 4 which considered all policies available (transport management, fuel switching and fuel efficiency) have showed the most promising fuel mix for future transportation demands. An estimated total amount of 0.25 TJ of electricity is needed for EV implementation with a total estimated cost of RM 1.3 billion. The total carbon emission for this scenario is 1101.96 kt-CO2. This research can benefit the Government, town planners, or policy makers, for preliminary energy planning.

Is smart transportation associated with reduced carbon emissions? The case of China