caa a22 4500 606169997 CHVBK 20210128100714.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0868-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0868-7 Study on possible economic and environmental impacts of electric vehicle infrastructure in public road transport in Kolkata [Elektronische Daten] [Deepanjan Majumdar, Bijoy Majhi, Atanu Dutta, Ratan Mandal, Tushar Jash] Transport sector in India accounts for 20% of total commercial energy demand of the country, of which a considerable amount is consumed in the form of liquid and gaseous fuel. A major part of these fuels are imported by the Government. Apart from the import expenditure, Government of India has subsidized these fuels to make it available at affordable prices. To check the financial burden and achieve environmental benefits, technical advancement in present system or alternative infrastructure is required. The present study examines the possible impacts on economy and environment by the implementation of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) along with the conventional road transport system in metropolitans with a case study of Kolkata. The major impact has been observed in controlling the vehicular emission with a decrease in CO2 level by 26.27 t per day, on replacement of only 2% of the present public transport by suitable BEVs. Maintaining similar service for the passengers the electrical energy required by the alternative vehicles has been estimated to be 41,766kWh per day. This energy has been proposed to be supplied by remodeled fuel stations equipped with solar photovoltaic systems, if charging strategy is based on renewable sources. In case of fuel economy, the infrastructure has shown the potential in reducing the consumption of diesel and autogas (LPG) by 11,654 and 3,256liter per day, respectively. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Electric vehicles nationallicence Subsidy nationallicence Road transport sector nationallicence Solar photovoltaic nationallicence Charging stations nationallicence Pollution nationallicence Majumdar Deepanjan School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut Majhi Bijoy School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut Dutta Atanu School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut Mandal Ratan School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut Jash Tushar School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 1093-1101 1618-954X 17:4<1093 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0868-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0868-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Majumdar Deepanjan School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Majhi Bijoy School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dutta Atanu School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mandal Ratan School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jash Tushar School of Energy Studies, Jadavpur University, 700032, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/4(2015-04-01), 1093-1101 1618-954X 17:4<1093 2015 17 10098