Energy Saving and Environmental Implication of Net Zero Target in Land Transport of Bagmati Province

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dc.contributor.authorAdhikari, Pratik
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-21T05:13:58Z
dc.date.available2023-12-21T05:13:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.descriptionGlobal warming is seen to be raising concern on the global level, so the Paris agreement has been made by most of the nations setting the target of gaining net zero to reduce the global temperature rise and all nations have been developing their policies to achieve the common goal. The GON has also set different NetZero targets, which can impact the national energy demand.en_US
dc.description.abstractGlobal warming is seen to be raising concern on the global level, so the Paris agreement has been made by most of the nations setting the target of gaining net zero to reduce the global temperature rise and all nations have been developing their policies to achieve the common goal. The GON has also set different NetZero targets, which can impact the national energy demand. In the case of Nepal being a developing country, the transportation sector is seen to be mainly based on petroleum products. So, the impact of the target on the fuel mix of the Nation needs to be studied. Taking Bagmati province as the study area, the passenger and freight transport demand of Nepal is calculated from the years 2022-2050. The vehicle registered and the Weibull survival equation are used to determine the total number of vehicles in operation in Bagmati province which along with the loading factor were taken from to determine the present passenger-km and tonne-km demand. Using the Leap model, the different scenarios including GON targets are developed and the fuel mix and emission comparison is performed in this study. On the Long-term analysis of the year 2050, it is observed that the WAM scenario has a Fuel saving of 26% and an emission reduction of 44.7%. The fuel switching to cleaner electric vehicles shows the trade-off that the nation has to increase its Power plant capacity to fulfill the demand in order to reduce emissions. This helps to reduce the fuel import ratio and improve the energy security of a nation like Nepal with surplus energy from hydropower. The study shows that emissions can be reduced by the targets but cannot fully remain Net Zero in the case of theen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/21090
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherI.O.E. Pulchowk Campusen_US
dc.subjectEnergy Saving,en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Implication,en_US
dc.subjectLand Transporten_US
dc.titleEnergy Saving and Environmental Implication of Net Zero Target in Land Transport of Bagmati Provinceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
local.academic.levelMastersen_US
local.affiliatedinstitute.titlePulchowk Campusen_US
local.institute.titleInstitute of Engineeringen_US
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