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Reference Number EP/H024743/1
Title Factor 20: reducing CO2 emissions from inland transport by a major modal shift to rail
Status Completed
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Transport) 100%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Geography and Environmental Studies) 10%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering) 15%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 25%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 55%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 15%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 15%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 15%;
Principal Investigator Professor W Powrie
No email address given
Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
University of Southampton
Award Type Standard
Funding Source EPSRC
Start Date 01 January 2010
End Date 31 July 2011
Duration 19 months
Total Grant Value £201,866
Industrial Sectors Environment; Transport Systems and Vehicles
Region South East
Programme NC : Engineering
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Professor W Powrie , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (99.985%)
  Other Investigator Professor RM Goodall , Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University (0.001%)
Professor RA Smith , Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London (0.001%)
Professor CJ Baker , Infra. Engineering & Management, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Dr C Davis , Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Professor JM (Jonathon ) Preston , Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton (0.001%)
Dr FJ Franklin , Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Newcastle University (0.001%)
Dr S D (Simon ) Iwnicki , Sch of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield (0.001%)
Dr DI Fletcher , Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield (0.001%)
Dr C Roberts , Electronic, Electrical and Computer Eng, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Dr S Hillmansen , Electronic, Electrical and Computer Eng, University of Birmingham (0.001%)
Professor M.J. Griffin , Inst of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (0.001%)
Dr CJC Jones , Inst of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (0.001%)
Professor CA Nash , Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (0.001%)
Professor J Wilson , Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
Dr S Sharples , Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham (0.001%)
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Objectives
Abstract The proposed Feasibility Account will explore the premise that, to bring about a significant reduction in UK CO2 emissions from transport by 2050, rail system capacity and use will need to increase by a factor of 10 on current levels . Halving total CO2 emissions from rail transport over the same period gives a reduction in CO2 emissions per tonne- or passenger km by a factor of 20. This is a major challenge, and the potential barriers are manifold. They encompass economics, human behaviour, societal norms and social acceptance as well as technical, operational and political factors. Radical thinking in all of these areas is needed, covering work and travel patterns, incentivising rail travel above other modes, improving its attractiveness, optimising system capacity and spreading use, and overcoming societal, political and economic constraints on the development of new lines. It will be necessary to consider all types of railways, including metro systems and light rail, commuter,long-distance and rural passenger services, as well as freight. It is this radical thinking across this range of disciplines in combination that the feasibility account proposes to deliver
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Added to Database 02/11/09