Where will electricity take us?
31 Mar 2022
2 min
 
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In Europe, transport generates around 28% of greenhouse gases, with road transport generating the highest and fastest-growing levels of emissions in recent years. According to a 2019 report by the World Tourism Organization (WTO), the tourism sector contributes to these emissions: globally, the sector was responsible for 1.5 billion metric tons of GHGs in 2016, a figure that is expected to increase 25% by 2025.

A report by CCDR.-LVT in 2014 shows that the road transport sector produces most of the polluting emissions in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region, with the main culprit being the automobile.

See how far you can travel without taking a flight or crossing the ocean, powered only by an increasingly green form of energy: electricity.
a. Global transport trends of GHG emissions
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GHG emissions (Gt CO2eq/year)
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b. Trends in regional transport of GHG emissions
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GHG emissions (Gt CO2eq/year)
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Global and regional trends in GHG emissions for the transport sector. Panel b) shows emissions in the years 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2018. Indirect emissions from electricity and heat in transport are shown here, but are not added to the transport sector totals in figure 1 (total emissions for all sectors ). International aviation and transport is included in panel a), but excluded from panel b).

Font: Tsemekidi Tzeiranak, Bertoldi, Paci, Castellazzi, Ribeiro Serrenho, Economidou & Zangheri. "Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency trends in the EU-28, 2000-2018."https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC120681
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A continent
connected by mains
The bicycle is the fastest transport in urban areas between 200 meters and six to eight km.
A standard e-bike can cover up to 100 to 120 km on a single charge.
About 1000 cities in the world with bike sharing systems.
The EuroVelo network of 14 mega-cycle paths with 70 thousand km connects 43 European countries.
By 2030, the European Union wants to have 2.9 million stations loading.
The range of models on the market is around 400 km.
By 2030, the European Union wants to have 2.9 million charging stations.
In the Netherlands there are 47.5 charging stations per 100 inhabitants; in Luxembourg there are 34.5 and in Germany 19.4.
Portugal is in fourth place in Europe, with 15 posts per 100 kilometers.
Number of charging points
public tram per 100km2
%3C 2
2 - 10
> 10
Source: op.europa.eu
There are more than 9100 kilometers covered by high-speed trains.
75 percent of the European rail network is electric.
One of the longest journeys in the European Union is over 1500 kilometers, 25 stops and almost 19 hours.
It runs from Stockholm, Sweden, to Narvik, Norway.
Map with the main sections of the European train network.
Source: Eurorail.com
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