Reducing Commuter CO 2 Footprint through Transit PV Electrification

Zakariya M. Dalala, Mohammad Alnawafa, Osama Saadeh and Emad Alnawafa
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Zakariya M. Dalala: Energy Engineering Department, German Jordanian University, Amman 11180, Jordan
Mohammad Alnawafa: Energy Engineering Department, German Jordanian University, Amman 11180, Jordan
Osama Saadeh: Energy Engineering Department, German Jordanian University, Amman 11180, Jordan
Emad Alnawafa: Jordanian Ministry of Education, P.O. Box 1646, Amman 11118, Jordan

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: The transport sector is a major consumer of energy, and thus a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The introduction of Electric Vehicles (EVs) has helped in mitigating some of the energy demands presented by the transportation system, though the electrical energy still needs to be secured through conventional and renewable resources. Searching for a new power source for vehicles has become necessary, due to incentives and policy initiatives to counter fossil greenhouse gas emissions. This study provides a new efficient Photovoltaic (PV) powered transportation system, which may be utilized instead of traditional public transportation systems. The main idea is to transform the transportation systems used by large campuses into green systems by deploying educated scheduling approaches and utilizing existing renewable energy infrastructures. The German Jordan University (GJU) campus was chosen as a case study. The presented work describes a comprehensive methodology to exploit the full capacity of the existing PV power plant coupled with the rescheduling of the transportation fleet to meet the energy availability and consumption demand. The proposed technique audits the existing renewable energy power plants for optimum operation. The results validate the efficiency of the proposed system and its ability to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions compared to traditional transportation systems with an acceptable payback period.

Keywords: electric vehicles; solar system; self-consumption system; utility grid power factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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