Abatement Costs for Carbon Dioxide Reductions in the Transport Sector

In the process of developing policy instruments to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) it is important to know the abatement costs. The purpose of this report is to examine the abatement costs for measures that reduce the emissions of fossil carbon dioxide from the transport sector. Interviews were made with Swedish companies that may affect these emissions. Six measure categories have been examined. Only measures that the companies have implemented or are planning to implement are included in the study. The data provided by the companies have formed the basis for calculations of abatement costs and reduction potentials. The abatement costs and reduction potentials depend to a large extent on the assumed fuel prices and emission factors. Fuel prices including taxes (but excluding VAT1) and emission factors based on LCA2-data from literature are used in the report. A sensitivity analysis with other fuel prices and emission factors, reflecting the importance of these input parameters, has been performed. In this study abatement costs for 26 carbon dioxide reducing measures, grouped into six different categories, have been calculated. The majority of the measures are included in the categories investment in new vehicles and ecodriving.

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish Environmental Research Institute

  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Sarnholm, E
  • Gode, J
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 409

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Biomass fuels; Carbon dioxide; Ecodriving; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Greenhouse gases; Pollutants; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Abatement
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Transportation (General); I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115226
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: IVL-B-1716
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 2008 7:32AM