Quantifying displaced carbon dioxide emissions from electric vehicles in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorFoley, Aoife M.
dc.contributor.authorLeahy, Paul G.
dc.contributor.authorMcKeogh, Eamon J.
dc.contributor.authorÓ Gallachóir, Brian P.
dc.contributor.editorGhosh, Bidisha
dc.contributor.editorMurray, Roisin
dc.contributor.funderEnvironmental Protection Agencyen
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-28T14:07:28Z
dc.date.available2011-03-28T14:07:28Z
dc.date.copyright2010
dc.date.issued2010-09
dc.date.updated2011-03-28T10:48:34Z
dc.description.abstractUnder EU Directive 2009/28/EC on Renewable Energy each Member State is mandated to ensure that 10% of transport energy (excluding aviation and marine transport) comes from renewable sources by 2020. The Irish Government intends to achieve this target with a number of policies including an increase in the use of biofuels in transport by 3% by 2010 and ensuring that 10% of all vehicles in the transport fleet are powered by electricity by 2020. Electric vehicles (EVs) do not emit exhaust fumes in the same manner as traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. The optimal benefits of EVs can only be truly achieved if EVs are deployed effectively, so that exhaust pipe gaseous emissions are not fully displaced to the electricity sector. This paper examines the potential contributions that Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles can make in reducing carbon dioxide. The paper presents the results of the generation expansion model for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland built using the dynamic programming based long term generation expansion planning tool called the Wien Automatic System Planning IV tool. The model optimizes power dispatch using hourly electricity demand curves for each year up to 2020, while incorporating generator characteristics and certain operational requirements such as energy not served and loss of load probability while satisfying constraints on environmental emissions, fuel availability and generator operational and maintenance costs. In order to simulate the effect of PHEV, two distinct charging scenarios are applied based on a peak tariff and an off peak tariff. The importance and influence of the charging regime on the amount of energy used and gaseous emissions displaced is determined and briefly discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA Climate Change Research Program (CCRP))en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFoley, A. M. Leahy, P. G., McKeogh, E. J., Ó Gallachóir, B. P. 2010. Quantifying Displaced CO2 Emissions from Electric Vehicles in Ireland. In: Ghosh, B., Murray, R. (eds), Irish Transport Research Network: Proceedings of the inaugural conference of the Irish Transport Research Network (ITRN 2010). Dublin, Ireland 31 Aug - 1 Sep 2010. ITRN: Dublin.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/262
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIrish Transport Research Networken
dc.relation.ispartofIrish Transport Research Network: Proceedings of the inaugural conference of the Irish Transport Research Network (ITRN 2010), University College Dublin, Dublin. 31 Aug - 1 Sep 2010
dc.rights©2010, Aoife M. Foley; Paul G. Leahy; Eamon J. McKeogh; Brian P. Ó Gallachóir.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/en
dc.subjectModellingen
dc.subjectSmarter travelen
dc.subjectGaseous emissionsen
dc.subjectPower systemen
dc.subject.lcshElectric automobilesen
dc.subject.lcshTransportation--Environmental aspectsen
dc.subject.lcshGreenhouse gas mitigation--Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshPower resourcesen
dc.subject.lcshElectric vehiclesen
dc.titleQuantifying displaced carbon dioxide emissions from electric vehicles in Irelanden
dc.typeConference itemen
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