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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment
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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment

by IEA-RETD, Rolf de Vos, Janet Sawin
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
280 pages
7h 44m
English
Elsevier
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Chapter Six

Transportation Policies

Contents

Three routes exist for increasing the deployment of renewable energy technologies in the transportation sector. Currently, the most important route is the replacement of fossil fuels by renewable transport fuels (liquid and gaseous) produced from biomass. The other two routes involve the use of renewable electricity to charge batteries for electric vehicles, and conversion of renewable energy to hydrogen for use in fuel cell vehicles. Policies to advance renewables in the transport sector have focused on the fuels, vehicle technologies, and ...

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ISBN: 9780124055193