IEA Invites Comment
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released an 84-page working paper — “The contribution of natural gas vehicles to sustainable transport” – which provides an evaluation of the potential costs and benefits of using natural gas as a vehicle fuel for road transportation, as well as the policy related to its market development.
The introduction sets the context:
“There are good reasons to analyse the use of energy in transportation and to explore ways to decarbonise the sector as transportation needs continue to grow in many parts of the world. The transport sector is currently responsible for 23% of energy‐related CO2 emissions, and transport associated CO2 emissions will more than double by 2050 according to the Energy Technology Perspectives 2010 (ETP 2010) Baseline Scenario (IEA, 2010a) … Natural gas is the focus of this paper, both from fossil origin as well as renewable gas in the form of biomethane.”
Table of contents
Current status of NGV markets and technology
- Development of NGV fleets and retail infrastructure
- Technology and performance
Environmental performance of NGVs
- Greenhouse‐gas emissions
- Local air quality
- Noise
Economics and policy
- Fuel prices
- Competitiveness of CNG
- Theory on NGV policy
- Local factors for NGV policy
Case studies
- Brazil
- India
- Iran
- Pakistan
- United States
- Europe
Sustainable pathways for NGVs
- Potential for biogas use in transportation
- Biomethane projects in Europe
- NGVs: A pathway to hydrogen
IEA says the paper is presented as a work in progress, designed to elicit comments and further debate; thus, comments are welcome, directed to the author at: naturalgasinfo@iea.org
The document is available for download on the IEA website.
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