The Future of Freight Part B: Assessing Zero Emission Diesel Fuel Alternatives for Freight Transportation in Alberta

CESAR Scenarios: Volume 4, Issue 2
September 2019
By David Layzell, Nicole Belanger, Jessica Lof, Kyle McElheran, Madhav Narendran, Song Sit, Bastiaan Straatman

This report was published by the Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research (CESAR), a supporter of The Transition Accelerator.

This is the second report in our ‘Future of Freight’ Series. It focuses on how the four alternative, low-carbon energy systems for freight movement in Alberta stack up against the incumbent fossil diesel based energy system in terms of the efficiency of energy and dollar flows, the magnitude of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air emissions and the ‘fit for service’ to meet the needs of the freight sector.

About the Authors

David Layzell, PhD

Transition Pathway Principal

David B. Layzell is an Energy Systems Architect with the Transition Accelerator, a Faculty Professor at the University of Calgary, and Director of the Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Research CESAR Initiative. Between 2008 and 2012, he was Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE), a cross-faculty, graduate research, and training institute at the University of Calgary. Before moving to Calgary, he was a Professor of Biology at Queen’s University cross appointments in Environmental Studies and the School of Public Policy), and Executive Director of BIOCAP Canada, a research foundation focused on biological solutions to climate change. While at Queen’s he cofounded a scientific instrumentation company called Qubit Systems Inc and was elected ‘Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) for his research contributions.

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Cite as: Lof J, McElheran K, Narendran M, Belanger N, Straatman B, Sit S, Layzell DB. 2019. The Future of Freight Part B: Assessing Zero Emission Diesel Fuel Alternatives for Freight Transportation in Alberta. CESAR Scenarios Vol 4, Issue 2: 1-62.