T-1A2-A-1 - Diesel rail passenger transport

Definition

This emission source is defined by the IPCC in E-1A3c - Railways.

Sustainability Category: 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:

• T-1A2-TE-1 - Biofuel for rail passenger transport
• T-1A2-TE-2 - Shift to travel by electric rail
• T-1A2-TE-3 - Shift to travel by hydrogen rail

Activity Model

This emission source is modelled with Combustion as:

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_passenger_diesel_rail	kwh_person_km	Energy intensity passenger rail diesel
resource_proportion_biodiesel_rail_passenger	percent	Fuel proportion biodiesel for passenger rail
resource_proportion_diesel_rail_passenger	percent	Fuel proportion diesel for passenger rail
stock_growth_passenger_diesel_rail	person_km_percapita	Growth of passenger rail diesel operations
stock_passenger_diesel_rail	person_km	Stock passenger rail diesel

YAML Specification

sustainability: red
version: 2.2.0
ipccEmissionSource: 1a3c-railways
operation:
  growthType: true
  variable: stock_passenger_diesel_rail
  growthFactor:
    unitOfMeasure: per_capita
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - stock_growth_passenger_diesel_rail
work:
- name: combustion
  unitOfMeasure: kwh
  operationToWork:
    unitOfMeasure: kwh/person_km
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - energy_intensity_passenger_diesel_rail
  input:
  - resource: diesel
    unitOfMeasure: kwh
    resourceProportion: resource_proportion_diesel_rail_passenger
    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_rail_passenger
    resourceToWork:
      unitOfMeasure: kwh/kwh
      expression: '1'
    emissionFactor:
      unitOfMeasure: g_co2e/kwh
      expression: '%[0]'
      variables:
      - emission_factor_biodiesel_kwh_to_co2e

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