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Energy Saving in Public Transport Using Renewable Energy

Domenico CurtoMarco TrapaneseVincenzo FranzittaDaniele Milone

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Engineering020209 energyGeography Planning and DevelopmentTJ807-830Context (language use)02 engineering and technologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti Elettrici010501 environmental sciencesManagement Monitoring Policy and LawTD194-19501 natural sciencesRenewable energy sourcesBiomaHydrogen economy0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringwindGE1-350Sea wave0105 earth and related environmental sciencesMobilitySettore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientalebiomassEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsWaste managementRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryFossil fuelEnvironmental engineeringRenewable fuelsRenewable energyEnvironmental sciencesEnergy conservationhydrogenGreenhouse gashydrogen; wind; biomass; sea wave; mobilitybusinessEnergy source

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Hydrogen produced by renewable sources represents an interesting way to reduce the energetic dependence on fossil fuels in the transportation sector. This paper shows a feasibility study for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen in the western Sicilian context, using three different renewable sources: wind, biomass and sea wave. The objective of this study is the evaluation of the hydrogen demand, needed to replace all diesel supplied buses with electrical buses equipped with fuel cells. An economic analysis is presented with the evaluation of the avoidable greenhouse gas emissions. Four different scenarios correlate the hydrogen demand for urban transport to the renewable energy resources present in the territories and to the modern technologies available for the production of hydrogen. The study focuses on the possibility of tapping into the potential of renewable energies (wind, biomass and sea wave) for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis. The use of hydrogen would reduce significantly the emissions of particulate and greenhouse gases in the urban districts under analysis.

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2017-01-13Sustainability; Volume 9; Issue 1; Pages: 106
10.3390/su9010106https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9010106