Transport Sector Data

Transport Sector

The transport sector is the fastest growing contributor to climate emissions. Growth in energy use is higher for the transport sector than any other end-use sector. The main drivers of global transport energy growth are land transport, mostly light-duty vehicles, such as cars, as well as freight transport.

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Transport’s contribution to climate change include: long-lived carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and short-lived black carbon generated primarily by diesel vehicles [1] [7]. 

In Global, Transport accounted for about 22% of global carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 and 27% of end-use energy emissions with urban transport accounting for about 40% of end-use energy consumption. Carbon dioxide persists in the atmosphere for over a century, with long-term warming effects [7].

According to The UK Government, The UK’s Road to Zero Strategy sets out the framework for all new vehicle sales by 2050 to be zero-emission. Transport emissions are a serious issue that requires mitigation [3]. Transport sector is the largest emitting sector in the UK, accounting for 23% of UK emissions. Following three consecutive years of growth between 2014 and 2016, emissions were stable in 2017 and fell by 2% in 2018 to 115 MtCO₂e. Emissions from all major modes of transport decreased in 2018, with the largest reduction of 0.9 MtCO2e (-1.3%)7 from cars [1] [4]. The opportunities of this EV transition are enormous, and will have major implications for government, industry and consumers [2].  

Data from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that road traffic in Great Britain, measured in vehicle miles, increased by 29% from 1990 to 2018, to stand at 328 billion miles in 2018. Just over three-quarters of road traffic in 2018 was from cars and taxis [6].

From the Office for National Statistics – UK Environmental Accounts, Atmospheric emissions datasets shows that although the UK’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have fallen by 32% from 1990 to 2017, GHG emissions from road transport have increased by 6% over the same period. Around a fifth (21%) of UK greenhouse gas emissions came from road transport in 2017. While road traffic has increased by 28% between 1990 and 2017, GHG emissions from road transport have increased by only 6%; this is likely to have been due to improvements in the fuel efficiency and emissions from newer vehicles. GHG (mainly CO2) emissions from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles have been subject to European regulation from 2009 and 2011 respectively [6].

Government Policy

The Road to Zero Next steps towards cleaner road transport and delivering our Industrial Strategy report that the UK government will support the development of electric vehicle infrastructure networks. The strategy is long-term in scope and ambition, considering the drivers of change, opportunities and risks out to 2050. But its central focus is on what the UK will do in the coming years to lay the foundations for the transition [8].

Taking powers through the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill to ensure:

● Chargepoints are available at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers;

● Chargepoints are easily accessed and used across the UK. This includes powers to provide a uniform method of accessing public chargepoints and refuelling points; make certain information publicly available in an open and transparent format and set reliability standards; and

● Chargepoints are smart ready by giving government powers to set requirements prohibiting the sale or installation of chargepoints unless they meet certain requirements.

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Ensuring the houses we build in the coming years are electric vehicle ready:

● It is our intention that all new homes, where appropriate, should have a chargepoint available

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Future-proofing our streets:

● We want all new street lighting columns to include charging points, where appropriately located, in areas with current on-street parking provision.

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Continuing to provide grant support through the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS):

● Until March 2019, with installations becoming smart enabled.

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Increasing the grant level of the Workplace Charging Scheme:

●From £300 per socket to 75% of the purchase and installation costs of a chargepoint capped at a maximum of £500 per socket.

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Reviewing the provision of residential chargepoint infrastructure:

● For those who have communal parking facilities, or do not own their own home

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Ensuring local planning policies incorporate facilities:

● For charging electric vehicles via the National Planning Policy Framework.

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Launching an Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce to bring together the energy and automotive industries:

● In order to plan for future electric vehicle uptake and ensure the energy system can meet future demand in an efficient and sustainable way.

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Monitoring market developments:

● To determine whether any significant gaps in charging infrastructure provision appear over the medium term, and considering whether there may be a case for direct central government support in areas of market failure, which may include rural areas

Consequence, The problem of carbon emission and government policy in transport sector leads to increase the EV usages and direct to the aims of our project to support the government policy and to reduce the carbon content from the transport sector.  By focusing on the adaptation of charging control technique in electric vehicle section.