The Energy Policy Study of the Transportation Sector

• Main Authors: Lin-Lung Liu, 劉庭榕
• Other Authors: Tzay-An Shiau
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 1999
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37074883407400234382

碩士 === 國立海洋大學 === 河海工程學系 === 87 === ABSTRACT Currently, the energy consumption within the country relies mainly on imported sources. In order to cope with the demands of stable development of the economy of Taiwan, besides enhancing energy utilization efficiency by energy conservation, it would be more safeguarding that the aspect of energy provision be further secured so as to make sure of stable supply. In recent years, the growth of both motor vehicle and motorcycle has been most rapid, as a result, the energy consumption of transportation department in Taiwan area has been growing continuously, amounting to second in ranking in terms of sector categorization for energy consumption (17%). On the other hand, the issue of “ global weather changes” is currently the focus of attention among nations of the world, and the “National Energy Convention” held in 1998 has re-examined and reformulated our energy policy in order to cope with such a trend for this concern. Of which relevant issues programmed for transportation department are the enhancement of energy efficiency in the transportation department, expanded employment of natural gas, and the programming of the carbon dioxide reduction. In view of such a reality, the formulation of energy policy for transportation department in order to resolve problems brought about by the demand and supply of energy from the transportation department as well as to cope with the issue of “greenhouse effect” held with concern by international society so as to work along with the integral development objective of the country will be the focus of this study. First of all, the study is found in two separate sections; the first part is of the formulation of energy conservation policy, while the energy conservation to be achieved by the target year of 2010 and 2020 designated by the Energy and Resources Committee of the Economic Ministry is employed its target reduction; the second part will be to investigate the role-play of the transportation department under the pretext to secure stable energy supply. Of the energy conservation policy of the transportation department found in the first part, multiple objective decision making analyses as AHP and TOPSIS are employed to conduct the analysis. With consideration of the two major aspects as the “benefit aspect” and “feasibility of practice”, these two analyses are used to program the priority of practice for energy conservation policy of the transportation department in the target year. Taking 2010 as its target year, the priority ranking of energy conservation policy of the transportation department would be: modify energy consumption standard of vehicle in due time ---- levy of vehicle fuel tax --- conduct research on the technology of electric motorcycle as well as subsidize the purchase of electric motorcycle. With the implementation of the these three measures, a total of 5.2594 million kiloliters Oil Equivalent of energy can be saved, which has already reached the target reduction of 4.72 million kiloliters Oil Equivalent as stipulated by the Energy and Resources Committee. With 2020 as its target year, the priority ranking of the energy conservation policy of the transportation department would be: modify energy consumption standard of vehicle in due time --- conduct research on the technology of electric motorcycle as well as introduce the employment of electric motorcycle --- levy of vehicle fuel tax — promote the employment of bicycle --- introduce the employment of mass transit railway --- computerized signal system --- push for the construction of high speed railway --- inspection of vehicle and motorcycle emission --- upgrade the service quality provided by the Taiwan Railway Administration --- make tax exemption available for mass transportation and subsidize transportation on the remote routes --- conduct highway ramp control as well as employ car pool measure --- upgrade the service quality of bus and implement the measure of specialized bus lane --- promote flexible working hours and provide immediate traffic information. With the implementation of these thirteen measures, it is believed that an aggregate of 11.4887 million kiloliters Oil Equivalent of energy can be saved, fulfilling 11.3 million kiloliters Oil Equivalent of energy to be saved as the target conservation designed by the Energy and Resources Committee. However, since the policy ranking for year 2010 and year 202 are not exactly the same, thus when policies are to be executed the priority of policy implementation for year 2010 should be given greater consideration over that of the year of 2020. For the policy of stable energy supply in the second part, the integral energy logistics system can be found in two systems as sea transportation system as well as land logistics system. Accordingly, three separate directions of approaches can be formulated: 1. secure the capability of sea transportation; 2. secure the smooth passage of important straits; 3. for the two logistics systems on land, since it matters a great deal to the integral economic development of the country, importance of which being unspeakably high, this study would, therefore, conduct no priority ranking on it. As shown from the results analysis, the energy conservation policy and the policy of stable energy supply formulated for the transportation department in this study can be based to cite as reference by the transportation department for their energy conservation and stable energy supply.