ALTERMOTIVE: Deriving a (Least-Cost) action plan for promoting alternative automotive Technologies and alternative Fuels
Client: European Commission - Intelligent Energy Europe Programme - IEE
Background: European lifestyle and economy is very dependent on access to a reliable transport system. The largest share of EU transport is carried by road, especially by passenger transport. Energy consumption in transport sector and its corresponding greenhouse gas emissions are increasing steadily. The main reason for that is the fact that transport volumes are growing faster then energy efficiency in transport sector. It is noticeable that specific mobility related to km driven, especially with regard to road transport, is becoming cleaner - i.e. characterised by less specific greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The share of alternative fuels, in the first line biofuels, is increasing. The main reason for this increase is the Directive 2003/30/EC on the promotion of the use of biofuels or other renewable fuels for transport. The main drivers behind these policy initiatives are the need for greenhouse gas emission reduction and increasing concerns on security of energy supply.
Objective and Approach: The core objective is to derive an action plan for implementing effective least-cost policy strategies (for the EU, specific countries & regions) to achieve a significant increase in innovative alternative fuels (AF) and corresponding alternative more efficient automotive technologies (AAMT) to head towards a sustainable individual & public transport system. AF comprise bioethanol, biodiesel, synthetic fuels, biogas, hydrogen, renewable electricity, LPG & natural gas, whilst AAMT include biofuel, fuel cell & electric vehicles and various types of hybrid systems as well as systems based on natural or biogas.
Methodology: Derived objectives are:
- Documentation of lessons learned from historic & current developments of AF &
- AAMT by means of assessing a broad set of case studies at national & local level;
- A critical analysis of AF & AAMT from an ecological, economic & energetic viewpoint;
- Assessment of potentials & cost for AF and perspectives for technological improvements of AAMT
- Identification of drivers in currently implemented successful local concepts & national policies;
- Recommendations for a successful transfer & dissemination of these initiatives to other regions;
- Derivation of least-cost scenarios up to 2020 for meeting EU targets (e.g. 10% biofuels).
Cooperation Partners and proposed implementation schedule: TU Vienna- EEG, ECN (NL), Eni Corporate University (IT), Wuppertal Institute (DE), AEOLIKI (GR), BSREC (BU), RAEE (FR), CRES (GR), KISE (PL), Chalmers University of Technology (SE), FMG Amor (DE), CEETA-ECO (PT), Ecological Council (DK). The project has been running from October 2008 and it will end in March 2011.
More information: http://www.alter-motive.org/
Contact person:
MBA- Dipl. Ing. Felipe Toro
f.toro@irees.de
Stand 22.09.2008
Projektbericht
Toro, F.A. & Reitze, F.: Altermotive - Deriving Effective Least-Cost Policy Strategies for Alternative Automotive Concepts and Fuels - Report on the National Workshop Germany. CO2 reduction potentials of Alternative Fuels and Passenger Car Technologies until 2020-2030 "The role of Transport, Energy and R&D Policies", Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Berlin. Online verügbar 2011
Publikationen
Toro, F.A., Rosende, D., Reitze, F., Ajanovic, A., Haas, R. & Furlan, S.: WP3: Fuels and Technology State of the Art Assessment - Deliverable 5: State of the art database - Alternative Fuels, 2009, Online verfügbar 2009
Toro, F.A., Riss, N., Ajanovic, A., Haas, R., Rosende, D., Reitze, F. & Furlan, S.: WP3: Fuels and Technology State of the Art Assessment - Deliverable 5: State of the art database - Alternative Mobility Technologies, 2009, Online verfügbar 2009