The Issues for Introducing Green Hydro-electricity and Electric Vehicles in Transport: Energy Sector of South Asian Region

Year : 2024 | Volume : 11 | Issue : 03 | Page : 1-13
    By

    Moazzem Hossain,

  • Muhammad Intesarul Haque,

Abstract

The rapidly developing South Asian region has immense potential of amassing huge personal car population in upcoming years requiring supply of vast amount of fossil fuel whereas this region has no sizable fossil fuel reserve. This paper investigates the potential of hydro-electricity generation from Nepal and Bhutan areas of the region, electric vehicle introduction in increasing proportion for changing the course of unsustainable transport-energy trend in this region and achieving other associated environmental benefits. Alongside developing various transport–energy scenarios for pertinent analysis, the difficulties on the way to implementation are also identified such as lack of funding framework, political consensus, umbrella institution, and technological know-how, etc. Our study suggests about 56% saving in fossil fuel burning and 39% saving in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in transport sector of South Asia by the year 2050 with implementation of green hydro projects and introduction of target electric vehicles in traffic population. Also, this initiative will bring the prospect of technology and industrial development in the automobile and energy sector of this region.

Keywords: Green transport energy, electric vehicle, traffic emission, South Asia, hydro energy

[This article belongs to Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications ]

How to cite this article:
Moazzem Hossain, Muhammad Intesarul Haque. The Issues for Introducing Green Hydro-electricity and Electric Vehicles in Transport: Energy Sector of South Asian Region. Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications. 2024; 11(03):1-13.
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Moazzem Hossain, Muhammad Intesarul Haque. The Issues for Introducing Green Hydro-electricity and Electric Vehicles in Transport: Energy Sector of South Asian Region. Trends in Transport Engineering and Applications. 2024; 11(03):1-13. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/ttea/article=2024/view=197002



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Received 07/09/2024
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