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T-1A1a-A-2 - Diesel cars

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in E-1A3b - Road Transportation.

Sustainability Category: Red

Red

This activity significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and undermines climate mitigation efforts. The activity should be phased out or fundamentally transformed, with financing directed toward decommissioning, replacement with sustainable alternatives, or radical decarbonization where elimination is not immediately feasible.

Transition Elements

This activity has the following mitigation options modelled as transition elements:

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

WORK:
combustion
(kwh)
OPERATIONS:
(kwh)
energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_diesel
(kwh/vehicle_km)
stock_personal_vehicles_diesel
emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
resource_proportion_biodiesel
RESOURCE:
hvo_biodiesel
(kwh)
EMISSIONS
STOCK
RESOURCE:
diesel
(kwh)
1
(kwh/kwh)
emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e (g_co2e/kwh)
resource_proportion_diesel

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description
emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor biodiesel WTW
emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e g_co2e_kwh Emission factor fossil diesel WTW
energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_diesel kwh_vehicle_km Energy intensity diesel ICE
resource_proportion_biodiesel percent Fuel proportion biodiesel for vehicles
resource_proportion_diesel percent Fuel proportion diesel for vehicles
stock_growth_personal_vehicles_diesel vehicle_km_percapita Growth of personal vehicles (diesel) operation
stock_personal_vehicles_diesel vehicle_km Stock of personal vehicles (diesel) operation

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.1.0
ipccEmissionSource: 1a3b-road-transportation
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_personal_vehicles_diesel
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_personal_vehicles_diesel
  primaryStock:
    name: personal_vehicles_diesel
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/vehicle_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_personal_vehicles_diesel
  input:
  - resource: diesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_diesel
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_diesel_kwh_to_co2e
  - resource: hvo_biodiesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_biodiesel
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e
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