Alternative fuel infrastructure expansion : costs, resources, production capacity, and retail availability for low-carbon scenarios / prepared by National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, issuing body.

Series:

Transportation energy futures series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas--United States.

Automobiles.

Automobiles--Fuel systems--Research--United States.

Motor vehicles--United States--Fuel consumption.

Motor vehicles.

Alternative fuel vehicles--Government policy--United States.

Alternative fuel vehicles.

Transportation--Energy conservation--United States.

Transportation.

Transportation--Environmental aspects--United States.

Greenhouse gas mitigation--United States.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Synthetic fuels--United States.

Synthetic fuels.

Automobiles--Fuel systems--Research.

Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas.

Motor vehicles--Fuel consumption.

Transportation--Energy conservation.

Transportation--Environmental aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 101 pages) : color illustrations.

Other Title:

Fuel, alternative fuel infrastructure expansion : costs, resources, production capacity, and retail availability for low-carbon scenarios

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, April 2013.

Summary:

Achieving the Department of Energy target of an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 depends on transportation-related strategies combining technology innovation, market adoption, and changes in consumer behavior. This study examines expanding low-carbon transportation fuel infrastructure to achieve deep GHG emissions reductions, with an emphasis on fuel production facilities and retail components serving light-duty vehicles. Three distinct low-carbon fuel supply scenarios are examined: Portfolio: Successful deployment of a range of advanced vehicle and fuel technologies; Combustion: Market dominance by hybridized internal combustion engine vehicles fueled by advanced biofuels and natural gas; Electrification: Market dominance by electric drive vehicles in the LDV sector, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles, that are fueled by low-carbon electricity and hydrogen. A range of possible low-carbon fuel demand outcomes are explored in terms of the scale and scope of infrastructure expansion requirements and evaluated based on fuel costs, energy resource utilization, fuel production infrastructure expansion, and retail infrastructure expansion for LDVs. This is one of a series of reports produced as a result of the Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) project, a Department of Energy-sponsored multi-agency project initiated to pinpoint underexplored transportation-related strategies for abating GHGs and reducing petroleum dependence.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on December 19, 2013).

"A study sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy."

"April 2013."

"DOE/GO-102013-3710"--Page 118.

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-101).

OCLC:

865582433