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Techno-economic and environmental implications of transportation decarbonization pathways for New York City using City-based Optimization Model for Energy Technologies (COMET)
Citation:
Kaplan, O. Techno-economic and environmental implications of transportation decarbonization pathways for New York City using City-based Optimization Model for Energy Technologies (COMET). IEA ETSAP Winter Meeting, Oslo, NORWAY, November 29 - 30, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
Cities around the world are establishing policies to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050 from all energy sectors. New York City set a CO2 emissions reduction target of 80 percent by 2050. Here we present an analysis of the air emission implications of currently proposed CO2 reduction policies on transportation sector using a technology-rich bottom-up energy system optimization model. We develop a scenario framework to demonstrate technology and fuel shifts within transportation modes, while accounting for changing electricity grid technologies and fuel mixes. We hypothesize that the CO2 intensity of electricity in the future will influence how cities could attain transportation emission reduction goals. Here, we found light-duty vehicle electrification, increased use of compressed natural gas in heavy-duty trucks, and electrification of buses at earlier periods under scenarios of higher CO2 intense electricity resulted in deeper reductions in air emissions in the transportation sector.
Description:
Cities around the world are establishing policies to reduce CO2 emissions by 2050 from all energy sectors. New York City set a CO2 emissions reduction target of 80 percent by 2050. Here we present an analysis of the air emission implications of currently proposed CO2 reduction policies on transportation sector using a technology-rich bottom-up energy system optimization model. We develop a scenario framework to demonstrate technology and fuel shifts within transportation modes, while accounting for changing electricity grid technologies and fuel mixes. We hypothesize that the CO2 intensity of electricity in the future will influence how cities could attain transportation emission reduction goals. Here, we found light-duty vehicle electrification, increased use of compressed natural gas in heavy-duty trucks, and electrification of buses at earlier periods under scenarios of higher CO2 intense electricity resulted in deeper reductions in air emissions in the transportation sector.