Please report any queries concerning the funding data grouped in the sections named "Externally Awarded" or "Internally Disbursed" (shown on the profile page) to
your Research Finance Administrator. Your can find your Research Finance Administrator at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/finance/research/rs-contacts.php by entering your department
Please report any queries concerning the student data shown on the profile page to:
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
Email: portico-services@ucl.ac.uk
Help Desk: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ras/portico/helpdesk
Publication Detail
Technical energy efficiency, its interaction with optimal operating speeds and the implications for the management of shipping’s carbon emissions
-
Publication Type:Journal article
-
Publication Sub Type:Article
-
Authors:Smith TWP
-
Publisher:Future Science
-
Publication date:12/2012
-
Pagination:589, 600
-
Journal:Carbon Management
-
Volume:3
-
Issue:6
-
Editors:Dhakal S,Houghton RA
-
Status:Published
-
Publisher URL:
Abstract
A ship’s energy efficiency can be improved and carbon emissions can be reduced using technology. Operational changes can also be used, for example, a reduction in ship speed. Both such interventions have consequences for the ship’s commercial operation. Results: This paper presents a theoretical modeling framework that can be used to examine the technical and economic interaction and simulate what might be commercially optimum in foreseeable future scenarios. The results suggest that operation to maximize a ship owner’s profits negates the benefit in emissions reductions achieved through technology. Conclusion: If the mitigation actions of technology are both to be optimized and protected from potential operational rebound affects, it is important to understand these interactions and take them into account in the design of GHG-related policy.
› More search options
UCL Researchers