Connecting Countries by Electric Roads: Methodology for Feasibility Analysis of a Transnational ERS CorridorShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
The present study aims at discussing relevant aspects for a potential roll-out of Electric Road Systems (ERS) on transnational corridors, as well as generally for ERS introduction in Europe.
Feasibility criteria have thus been developed in order to assess the following topics for specific potential ERS corridor projects:
- Technical aspects: Which technical prerequisites exist for ERS corridors and to which extent can they expected to be met?
- Environmental aspects: Which effects can be expected on key environmental indicators?
- Economic aspects: Can an ERS corridor pose a business case? Could it contribute to the improvement of ERS economy in general?
- Political aspects: Would an ERS corridor implementation make sense from a political point of view?
The developed criteria may serve as a toolbox for scrutinizing future transnational ERS corridor projects. In order to illustrate their application, we used them to analyse a potential roll-out of an Electric Road System on a selected highway corridor (424 km) connecting Sweden and Germany, but mainly located on Danish territory. Based on traffic flows and patterns along the corridor route, it was found:
- A considerable part of the total truck mileage on the corridor is done by vehicles with a rather limited driving distance for pre- and post-haul, assuming the corridor is realized as a stand-alone project, and
- the CO2 emissions (well-to-wheel) of truck traffic along the corridor route can be significantly reduced if electric trucks are powered by the national electricity mixes expected for the year 2030, and even more if it would be powered purely renewable.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 70
National Category
Infrastructure Engineering Transport Systems and Logistics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-21962OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-21962DiVA, id: diva2:1954697
Projects
CollERS - Swedish-German Research Collaboration on Electric Road Systems
Funder
Swedish Transport Administration, TRV 2017/118854
Note
Research funding also provided by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
2025-04-252025-04-252025-04-25Bibliographically approved