Mass-Balance Method for Provision of Net Zero Emission Transport Services

Igor Davydenko, Meike Hopman, Ruben Fransen and Jorrit Harmsen
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Igor Davydenko: TNO Sustainable Transport and Logistics, Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 DA Den Haag, The Netherlands
Meike Hopman: TNO Sustainable Transport and Logistics, Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 DA Den Haag, The Netherlands
Ruben Fransen: TNO Sustainable Transport and Logistics, Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 DA Den Haag, The Netherlands
Jorrit Harmsen: TNO Sustainable Transport and Logistics, Anna van Buerenplein 1, 2595 DA Den Haag, The Netherlands

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: There is a strong need to reduce emissions from transport and logistics. Electrification and use of greener energy carriers and fuels provide a ready way to reduce emissions, but these technologies are generally more expensive than the conventional ones they are replacing. Fortunately, some shippers are willing to pay the extra cost to ship their goods using net zero emission transport solutions. To capture this demand, carriers need to decarbonize a part of their operations related to the transport volumes of the “green” shippers. This paper proposes a mass-balancing method based on carbon footprinting to equip the carriers with a verifiable way to market net zero emission services without creation of operational inefficiencies and physical separation of conventional and low emission transport. The paper shows feasibility and rather “easy” data requirements of the method in an application case on real world data of a deep-sea carrier.

Keywords: mass balancing method; carbon footprinting; transport chains; emission insetting; transport decarbonization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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