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According to the National Research Council (NRC) and others, infrastructure such as roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers are vulnerable to changes in the climate. Changes in precipitation and sea levels, as well as increased intensity and frequency of extreme events, are projected by NRC and others to impact infrastructure in a variety of ways. When the climate changes, infrastructure– typically designed to operate within past climate conditions–may not operate as well or for as long as planned, leading to economic, environmental, and social impacts. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration …
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The petroleum-based transportation fuel system is complex and highly developed, in contrast to the nascent low-petroleum, low-carbon alternative fuel system. This report examines how expansion of the low-carbon transportation fuel infrastructure could contribute to deep reductions in petroleum use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the U.S. transportation sector. Three low-carbon scenarios, each using a different combination of low-carbon fuels, were developed to explore infrastructure expansion trends consistent with a study goal of reducing transportation sector GHG emissions to 80% less than 2005 levels by 2050.1 This goal was for analytic purposes only. These scenarios were compared to a business-as-usual …
View Full ResourceThis study analyzes a plan to convert New York State’s (NYS’s) all-purpose (for electricity, transportation, heating/cooling, and industry) energy infrastructure to one derived entirely from wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) generating electricity and electrolytic hydrogen.…
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Much has been written about the policies required to make clean energy attractive for investors. However, in many cases, even when supportive policies are in place, results have been mixed, with limited uptake unless risk adjusted returns are extremely – some would say overly – generous. This discussion paper identifies a number of areas in which the regulation of investment itself, rather than policy relating to underlying assets, companies or technologies may be holding back the flow of investment.…
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There are more than 2.3 million miles of natural gas infrastructure in the United States in the form of gathering, transmission, and distribution pipelines.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from natural gas infrastructure totaled 72.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in 2010, 1.06 percent of total U.S. emissions.
Natural gas infrastructure can reduce emissions directly, through lower emissions from equipment and leaks, or indirectly, by providing natural gas access to consumers to replace of higher-emitting fuels, such as coal, petroleum, and home-heating oil.
In order to leverage natural gas to reduce GHG emissions, natural gas must be accessible
Throughout the nation, there is presently a surge in interest in the development of new natural gas markets as a result of recent large increases in the projected volume of economically viable domestic natural gas due to advances in shale gas extraction technologies. While natural gas supplies nearly a quarter of the primary energy used to power our economy, less than one percent of transportation energy is supplied by natural gas. The mainstreaming of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) offers the potential to help diversify the primary energy used in our transportation sector and to provide attractive new markets for natural …
View Full ResourceFederal electric vehicle (EV) policies in the United States currently include vehicle purchase subsidies linked to EV battery capacity and subsidies for installing charging stations. We assess the cost- effectiveness of increased battery capacity vs. nondomestic charging infrastructure installation for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as alternate methods to reduce gasoline consumption for cars, trucks, and SUVs in the US. We find across a wide range of scenarios that the least-cost solution is for more drivers to switch to low-capacity plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (short electric range with gasoline backup for long trips) or gasoline-powered hybrid electric vehicles. If more gasoline …
View Full ResourceA bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.…
View Full ResourceDriven by the alternative fuel vehicle mandates of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure development in the U.S. accelerated in the early 1990s. The total number of U.S. stations peaked in 1997, experienced a decade of decline, and has grown slightly since 2006 to its current total of 1,000. Canada currently reports 74 stations. The majority of CNG stations in the U.S. are private access, while the majority of CNG stations in Canada are public access.
In 1995, the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Industry Strategy called for a focus on high fuel use fleets, …
View Full ResourceLiquefied natural gas (LNG) as a vehicle fuel has the potential to be successful in select vehicle market segments based upon favorable economics. Success for LNG is an integrated network of public access stations and LNG infrastructure across the country that can support significant penetration of LNG natural gas vehicles (NGVs) for long distance, cross-country travel. LNG is unlike most other transportation fuels, and an effective LNG infrastructure business model requires an integrated effort by LNG providers, station owners and operators, and prospective LNG vehicle owners.
Successful LNG infrastructure implementation seeks to minimize one or more of the three main …
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