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Prospects for interregional energy transportation in a CO2-constrained world

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  • Takayuki Takeshita

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Kenji Yamaji

    (The University of Tokyo)

  • Yasumasa Fujii

    (The University of Tokyo)

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In this paper, a regionally disaggregated global energy model treating energy and CO2 transportation in detail is used to examine a cost-effective pattern for their interregional transportation over the 21st century under the CO2 stabilization target of 550ppm. Also, we assess future perspectives for the hydrogen economy in such a scenario. The results show that as major petroleum and gas supplies shift to unconventional resources along the second half of this century due to resource depletion, the Middle East loses its importance as a petroleum and gas exporter and the global patterns of their transportation change significantly. We then show that while hydrogen’s competitiveness decreases due to the detailed treatment of energy and CO2 transportation, biomass-derived Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuels become attractive because their production facilitates a wide diffusion of CO2-neutral energy carriers by considerably reducing the transportation cost. FT fuels are produced in regions rich in forest resources and then transported on a large scale by tanker. By contrast, hydrogen is produced mainly at the center of its consumption regions using domestic feedstock, and its interregional delivery, which is done only by pipeline, plays a marginal role due to its high transportation cost. It is confirmed that such a hydrogen supply structure offers energy security benefits. Finally, we show that the regional distribution of CO2 storage capacity is a major determinant of the pattern of hydrogen transportation around 2100, because all the CO2 generated from hydrogen production is required to be captured for sequestration in that period and because interregional CO2 transportation is hardly chosen for economic reasons.

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  • Takayuki Takeshita & Kenji Yamaji & Yasumasa Fujii, 2006. "Prospects for interregional energy transportation in a CO2-constrained world," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 7(3), pages 285-313, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envpol:v:7:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_bf03354004
    DOI: 10.1007/BF03354004
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    1. Yasumasa Fujii, Ryo Fukushima, Kenji Yamaji, 2002. "Analysis of the optimal configuration of energy transportation infrastructure in Asia with a linear programming energy system model," International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(1), pages 23-43.
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