Energy Consumption from Transport Sector and CO₂ Emission: A Case of Kandahar City

Wais Khan and Naqibullah Karger
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Wais Khan: Kandahar University, Afghanistan
Naqibullah Karger: Kandahar University, Afghanistan

European Journal of Energy Research, 2022, vol. 2, issue 2, 13-19

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the prospective estimation of energy consumption in the transport sector. To determine the long-term energy consumption targets for transport in Kandahar city. Later on CO2 emission is calculated based on energy consumption in transport sector of Kandahar city from year 2017 to 2020 and the amount of emission is forecasted till 2030. Upon conducting this research it is found out that transport demand has increased during the last few years due to change in population growth and GDP. As a result, traffic congestion, road accidents, parking problems and air quality are worsening. In addition to those, lack of proper transport management system, public transport infrastructure and insufficient road capacity are adding growing energy demand and environmental problems of Kandahar transport sector. In order to avoid such problems, this research is conducted to focus on the energy demand and CO2 emission only in transport sector of the Kandahar city. This study has focused on energy demand and emission of CO2 from passenger transport sector of Kandahar city from 2017 to 2020. If there is no policy intervention, energy demand can reach from 5.5 TJ in 2017 up to 14.8 TJ in 2030. Again gasoline passenger vehicles contributes the most in energy demand and emission. CO2 emission can reach from 381 Thousand metric tons in 2020 up to 860.9 Thousand metric tons in 2030. Out of all vehicle types of transportation, private cars are responsible for 26% of energy share, motorbikes consuming the most and reaching up to 35%.

Keywords: CO₂; Emission, energy consumption, energy demand, energy reduction, Kandahar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.24018/ejenergy.2022.2.2.45

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