Biomass feedstock transport using fuel cell and battery electric trucks improves lifecycle metrics of biofuel sustainability and economy

Baral, Nawa Raj; Asher, Zachary D.; Trinko, David; Sproul, Evan; Quiroz‐Arita, Carlos; Quinn, Jason C.; Bradley, Thomas H.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123593

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“…Obviously, transportation processes have been widely investigated, due to their relevant impact in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Research has focused on optimizing transportation processes, including planning, and suggesting new promising vehicle technologies [57,58]. Transportation research has also focused on the optimization of activities within sea terminals, e.g., considering sustainability-related parameters to optimize container terminal performance [59].…”

Section: Distribution and Sustainable Development Practicesmentioning

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SDG-Oriented Supply Chains: Business Practices for Procurement and Distribution

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This paper aims at analyzing sustainable practices that can be implemented within supply chains, linking them to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to show the performance achieved by SDG-oriented supply chains. Sustainable practices were collected from the repository “Business Process Framework for Sustainability” owned by the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno (Italy). By using literature research and descriptive statistics, there emerges a positive relationship between sustainable development and SC performance enhancement. From the study of the practices that can be implemented for cooperation activities with upstream and downstream supply chain partners, it emerges that companies have many opportunities of both supporting the 2030 Agenda and enhancing their market and organizational performance. The research demonstrates that both procurement and distribution processes could be reengineered by implementing sustainable approaches considering all three dimensions of sustainability. Differences emerge in terms of number of opportunities, depending on motivations for implementing them, industry and supply chain processes, performance achieved, and SDGs pursued.

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Section: Distribution and Sustainable Development Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

SDG-Oriented Supply Chains: Business Practices for Procurement and Distribution

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“…Results showed a 25 to 70% reduction in ecological footprints for advanced technologies to the existing performance of the FCEVs. A technoeconomic analysis combined with LCA was conducted by Baral et al (2020) for a fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle (FCHEV) and a fully electric-powered vehicle to study their impact on biofuel production.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

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How eco‐efficient are electric vehicles across Europe? A regionalized life cycle assessment‐based eco‐efficiency analysis

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Abdella

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Sustainable Development

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Sustainable transportation is at the hearth of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is directly linked to many SDGs including SDG3 (good health and well-being), SDG11 (sustainable cities and societies), SDG 7 (clean energy), SDG13 (climate), and SDG 12 (sustainable production and consumption). European countries have been promoting a widespread adoption of electric vehicles to achieve SDGs through resilient, technology-driven, and human-centric mobility. However, potential environmental benefits of electric vehicles depend on various regional factors such as the fuel efficiency and source of electricity generation. At the same time, the economic benefits of mobility to the economy are an important factor for evaluating the relative performance of electric vehicles. To this end, this research paper presents the first empirical analysis of the regionalized eco-efficiency assessment of electric vehicles across Europe. We developed an integrated regionalized eco-efficiency performance score, by employing life cycle assessment and principal component analysis techniques to assess the eco-efficiency performance of electric vehicles in Europe. Considering the energy mix for electricity generation, three environmental indicators (carbon footprint, water consumption, and energy use) and one economic (contribution to national gross domestic product) indicator were used to compute the eco-efficiency scores for 28 European countries. The eco-efficiency scores for each corresponding country were calculated, compared, and clustered in as high, medium, and low eco-efficiency score countries. The clvalid package of R software's archive network is used to determine the optimal number of clusters for the EES dataset. The results of the comparative study

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“…The developed countries have made a long-term exploration in the field of low-carbon transportation, which is helpful to deal with the carbon emission problem caused by the development of the express delivery industry. In fact, some developed countries have already started to use new energy vehicles with near-zero emissions [11][12][13]. For example, the German logistics company DHL has launched a carbon-neutral transportation service in the Asia Pacific Region, "DHL GOGREEN EXPRESS", reducing and offsetting carbon emissions in parcel transportation through the reinvestment of carbon management projects (e.g., fuel vehicles technology, solar panels, and re-forestation) [14].…”

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Impact of Express Delivery Industry’s Development on Transportation Sector’s Carbon Emissions: An Empirical Analysis from China

Chang

Zhou

2021

Sustainability

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In recent years, China’s express delivery industry has developed rapidly. According to a rough estimate in this paper, carbon emissions caused by express parcel transportation in China account for 1/7 of the transportation sector’s carbon emissions. However, considering the possibility of a scale effect, it is unclear whether the express delivery industry’s development will inevitably lead to more carbon emissions. Therefore, this paper uses the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2008 to 2017 to explore the complex relationship between the express delivery industry’s development and the transportation sector’s carbon emissions, and also conducts regional heterogeneity analysis. The main findings are as follows: (1) There is a significant U-shaped relationship between per capita express delivery amounts and the transportation sector’s CO2 emissions, especially in the Central region. (2) At the national level, the number of per capita postal outlets significantly promotes the transportation sector’s CO2 emissions. (3) The impact caused by the number of per capita postal workers varies regionally. Increasing postal worker numbers in the Western region can significantly reduce carbon emissions, while the result in the Central region is the opposite. (4) The Express Comprehensive Development Index (ECDI) has a significant U-shaped effect on the transportation sector’s carbon emissions at the national and sub-regional level.

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Biomass feedstock transport using fuel cell and battery electric trucks improves lifecycle metrics of biofuel sustainability and economy

Cited by 20 publications

References 46 publications

SDG-Oriented Supply Chains: Business Practices for Procurement and Distribution

SDG-Oriented Supply Chains: Business Practices for Procurement and Distribution

How eco‐efficient are electric vehicles across Europe? A regionalized life cycle assessment‐based eco‐efficiency analysis

Impact of Express Delivery Industry’s Development on Transportation Sector’s Carbon Emissions: An Empirical Analysis from China

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