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Real-world use cases for zero-emission trucks: Port tractor-trailers and concrete mixer trucks in Hainan province, China
Investigates the real-world use cases of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks in Hainan province, China.
Assessing the role of biomass-based diesel in U.S. rail decarbonization strategy
Although the DOE’s National Blueprint for Transport Decarbonization identifies liquid biofuels as a long-term decarbonization strategy for rail, long-haul trucks, aviation, and marine, the sustainable supply of biomass feedstocks is limited and might not be enough to meet projected demand across multiple transport modes.
Cabotagem no Brasil em 2021
Destaca as principais commodities transportadas por cabotagem no Brasil e as entidades envolvidas no setor para explorar o potencial de sincronizar esforços de descarbonização e facilitar a realização das emissões líquidas zero nacionais.
Coastal shipping in Brazil in 2021
Highlights the principal commodities transported through cabotage in Brazil and the entities involved in this sector to explore the potential to synchronize decarbonization efforts and facilitate achieving national net-zero emissions.
Toward clean and efficient passenger rail: A comparison of key indicators and policy milestones in China and the United States
Examines the differences in passenger rail systems between China and the United States, highlighting how China advanced a more efficient and sustainable rail network through strategic policies and innovation.
Leading cities for new energy heavy-duty trucks
Five cities—Shenzhen, Beijing, Handan, Anyang, and Yangquan—deployed 73% of all new energy (NE) dump trucks and tractor trucks in China in 2020.
California’s in-use locomotive regulation
Summarizes how a regulation recently approved by the California Air Resources Board will push railroad companies to use cleaner locomotives and eventually achieve zero-emission operations in the state.
China’s Clean Diesel Action Plan: Phase II
Details the recently launched Action Plan for the Battle Against Diesel Truck Pollution.
China’s Clean Diesel Program: Benchmarking with international best practices and policy recommendations
Identifies a suite of diesel emission control strategies and policies for China to consider in the coming decades, based on a comparison with international best practices, and quantifies the emissions reduction potential of the proposed program.
Brazilian coastal shipping: New prospects for growth with decarbonization
Describes the potential to shift a share of Brazil’s cargo shipments from road to coastal shipping in the context of a new coastal shipping law.
