10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000750
Thorne, C.
ETI
UK Energy Research Centre Energy Data Centre (UKERC EDC)
Heavy Duty Vehicles: Efficiency Opportunity, Options, Demonstration and Barriers - Presentation
ETI
2016
Transport - Heavy Duty Vehicles
ENERGY EFFICIENCY (Transport)
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ETI’s Chief Technical Officer Chris Thorne presented “Heavy Duty Vehicles: Efficiency Opportunity, Options, Demonstration and Barriers” at the Low Carbon Vehicles (LCV) conference in 2016<ul><li>HDVs represent an opportunity to cost effectively decarbonise the UK energy system across a range of abatement and cost levels</li><li>In the first instance, the ETI’s efficiency projects have shown that a 30% reduction in fuel efficiency across the UK fleet can be achieved with reasonable payback periods</li><li>Properly sourced and managed natural gas when coupled to a low methane slip powertrain can provide further CO<sub>2</sub>(equivalent) benefits</li><li>As the UK transitions to a very low CO<sub>2 </sub>energy system (circa 2040 to 2050), further ‘carbon priced’ HDV options could become attractive</li><li>The marginal carbon price will be a function ofthe other technologies deployed in the energy system (e.g. CCS versus no CCS), but thresholds can be set using the ETI’s ESME tool</li><li>Barriers exist in the uptake of fuel efficiency technologies and new tools, techniques and policies are required to overcome them –a subject for future work</li></ul><!-- CO2 -->