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Energy efficiency and rebound effect in European road freight transport

Llorca, M.; Jamasb, T.

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M. Llorca

T. Jamasb



Abstract

Energy efficiency has become a primary energy policy goal in Europe and many countries and has conditioned the policies towards energy-intensive sectors such as road freight transport. However, energy efficiency improvements can lead to changes in the demand for energy services that offset some of the achieved energy savings in the form of rebound effects. Consequently, forecasts of energy savings can be overstated. This paper analyses the energy efficiency and rebound effects for road freight transport in 15 European countries during the 1992–2012 period. We use a recent methodology to estimate an energy demand function using a stochastic frontier analysis approach and examine the influence of key features of rebound effect in the road freight transport sector. We obtain, on average, a fuel efficiency of 89% and a rebound effect of 4%. Our results indicate that the achieved energy efficiencies are retained to a large extent. We also find, among other results, that the rebound effect is higher in countries with higher fuel efficiency and better quality of logistics. Finally, a simulation analysis shows significant environmental externalities costs even in countries with lower rebound effect.

Citation

Llorca, M., & Jamasb, T. (2017). Energy efficiency and rebound effect in European road freight transport. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 101, 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 2, 2017
Online Publication Date May 13, 2017
Publication Date Jul 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 12, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Print ISSN 0965-8564
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 101
Pages 98-110
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.05.002
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1359109

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