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Deriving effective least-cost policy strategies for ALTERnative autoMOTIVE concepts and alternative fuels

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ALTER-MOTIVE - Deriving effective least-cost policy strategies for ALTERnative autoMOTIVE concepts and alternative fuels


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT)
Low-emission alternative energy for transport
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Smart mobility and services
Transport mode:
Road
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Freight transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/10/2008,
End date: 01/03/2011

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Objectives:

The core objective of this project was to develop an action plan for implementing effective least-cost policy strategies 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.

Methodology:

Initially a review of historical developments in private & public transport was conducted focussing on AF & AAMT and corresponding national policies. Next, a life-cycle analysis was applied, AF & AAMT were critically assessed with respect to their ecological, economic and energetic performance. To explore the future relevance, feedstock potentials of AF and technological prospects for AAMT were investigated. The heart of this project is an investigation of about 80 recently implemented successful case studies of pilot projects for marketing AF & AAMT from all over Europe and beyond. Finally, the outputs of all previous tasks were linked to develop prospective scenarios which showed in a dynamic context up to 2020 how different AF & AAMT could enter the market depending on the applied policy mixes, and depicted the resulting cost & ecological impacts.

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