Zero-emission public transit could be a catalyst for decarbonization of the transportation and power sectors

作     者：Anthony Y.Ku Andrew de Souza Jordan McRobie Jimmy XLi Jaimie Levin 

作者机构：NICE America ResearchMountain ViewCA 94043USA National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon EnergyBeijing 102209P.R.China Center for Transportation and the EnvironmentBerkeleyCA 94704USA 

出 版 物：《Clean Energy》 (清洁能源（英文）)

年 卷 期：2021年第5卷第3期

页      面：492-504页

核心收录：

学科分类：1202[管理学-工商管理] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 0808[工学-电气工程] 080802[工学-电力系统及其自动化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0703[理学-化学] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

主　　题：carbon neutrality electric vehicles fuel-cell vehicles hydrogen infrastructure net-zero emissions public transit transition 

摘      要：Reaching carbon neutrality will require investment on an unprecedented scale.Here we suggest that there is an underappreciated opportunity to leverage public funds to mobilize private capital in support of these aims.We illustrate the point using examples from public transit.Although the fuelling energy requirements of public fleets represent a small fraction of the eventual total demand across the transportation sector,the predictable and long-term nature of the refuelling profiles can reduce the financing risk.With appropriate coordination across the energy supply chain,near-term investments can be used to support scale-up of wider efforts to decarbonize the transportation sector and electric grid.We present two examples from California-one related to overnight power for battery electric bus charging and the other related to medium-scale supply chains for zero-carbon hydrogen production-to illustrate how this might be achieved.