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| DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111921 |
| The environmental benefits of transportation electrification: Urban buses | |
| Holland S.P.; Mansur E.T.; Muller N.Z.; Yates A.J. | |
| 发表日期 | 2021 |
| ISSN | 03014215 |
| 卷号 | 148 |
| 英文摘要 | Rapid technological change is opening new possibilities for electrification of the transportation sector. This paper offers novel empirical guidance to policymakers considering investments in electric urban buses. We determine the environmental benefit of using electric buses rather than diesel or Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for urban transit. For diesel and CNG we calculate air pollution damages by combining emission rates with damage valuations from the AP3 integrated assessment model and the social cost of carbon. For electric buses we calculate air pollution damages by combining the damage valuations with estimates of the marginal increase in emissions from electricity usage. The environmental benefit is positive on average across all counties in the contiguous U.S. when comparing electric to either diesel or CNG. The environmental benefit of operating an electric bus fleet (rather than diesel) is about $65 million per year in Los Angeles and above $10 million per year in six other MSAs. Including the environmental benefit, we calculate the net present value (NPV) of bus investment. Relative to diesel, the NPV benefit of an electric bus is positive in about two thirds of urban counties. Relative to CNG, the NPV benefit is negative in all counties. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
| 关键词 | Air pollutionElectricityEnvironmental policyTransit buses |
| 英文关键词 | Air pollution; Buses; Compressed natural gas; Damage detection; Diesel engines; Electric automobiles; Electric utilities; Environmental protection; Fleet operations; Compressed natural gasses (CNG); Environmental benefits; Integrated assessment models; Social cost of carbon; Technological change; The net present value (NPV); Transportation electrifications; Transportation sector; Urban transportation; air quality; atmospheric pollution; bus transport; carbon emission; electric vehicle; electrification; environmental policy; natural gas; public transport; transportation policy; United States; Nucleopolyhedrovirus |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Energy Policy
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205149 |
| 作者单位 | Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER, Bryan School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics, Bryan 462, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, United States; Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and NBER, Dartmouth College, 100 Tuck Hall, Hanover, NH 03755-3514, United States; Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER, Posner 254C, 5000 Forbes Avenue PittsburghPA 15213, United States; Department of Economics and Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, CB 3305 University of North Carolina Chapel HillNC 27599, United States |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Holland S.P.,Mansur E.T.,Muller N.Z.,et al. The environmental benefits of transportation electrification: Urban buses[J],2021,148. |
| APA | Holland S.P.,Mansur E.T.,Muller N.Z.,&Yates A.J..(2021).The environmental benefits of transportation electrification: Urban buses.Energy Policy,148. |
| MLA | Holland S.P.,et al."The environmental benefits of transportation electrification: Urban buses".Energy Policy 148(2021). |
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