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Scenario analyses of road transport energy demand: A case study of ethanol as a diesel substitute in Thailand

Ethanol has been explored and used as a diesel substitute, which offers an option for an oil-importing country like Thailand to reduce its fossil import by use of its own indigenous bio-ethanol fuel. Among many strong campaigns under Thailand’s Alternative Energy Strategic Plan (2008–2022), the Thai Ministry of Energy has, for the first time, conducted a demonstration project with ethanol (ED95) buses on the Thai road system. The current investigation thus aims to assess and quantify the impact of using this ED95 technology to reduce fossil diesel consumption by adjusting the commercially available energy demand model called the Long range Energy Alternatives Planning system. First, the necessary statistical data in the Thai transportation sector were gathered and analyzed to construct the predicative energy demand model. Then, scenario analyses were conducted to assess the benefit of ED95 technology on the basis of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

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Field Value
Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Biofuel crops
  • Biofuels
  • Climate change
  • Energy
  • Energy for transport
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Thailand
Copyright Yes
Version / Edition 1.0
License CC-BY-4.0
Contact

Nuwong Chollacoop, E-mail: nuwongc@mtec.or.th; Tel.: +66-2564-6500 (ex.4700)

Author (individual) Chollacoop, Nuwong
Co-author (individual) Fukuda, Atsushi; Saisirirat, Peerawat; Fukuda, Tuenjai
ISSN number 19961073
Publication place Switzerland
Publication date 2011
General note

Energies,Volume 4,Issue 1,108-125

Date uploaded June 15, 2015, 09:10 (UTC)
Date modified January 7, 2016, 23:50 (UTC)