Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications – part 2 historic review (1996 – 2005)

Oct 21, 2006

Report no. 6/06: This report details the development of world-wide legalisation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consupmtion from 1996 to 2005.

Motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications: Part 1 – 2004/2005 update

Oct 6, 2006

Report no. 5/06: This report summarises changes in worldwide legislation and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions, fuel specifications and fuel consumption. Specifically it details current and proposed legislation on emissions limits and emissions...

Analysis of the CAFE cost benefit analysis

Aug 13, 2006

Report no. 4/06: This report discusses a few aspects of the Cost Benefits Analysis that was developed within the context of the Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme of the European Commission. The aspects considered are the monetisation of impacts of air pollution on...

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of the reduction of sulphur content of residual marine fuels in Europe

Jun 21, 2006

Report no. 2/06: Annex VI of the IMO’s MARPOL convention is coming into force in 2006 for the Baltic Sea and 2007 for the North Sea, imposing a 1.5% m/m sulphur cap on residual marine fuel (RMF) burned in these areas. At the same time EU Directive2005/33/EC will...

Evaporative emissions and ethanol blends

May 1, 2006

The JRC/EUCAR/CONCAWE consortium was set up in 2000 to carry out technical work of joint interest in the area of advanced fuels and vehicles. The first major output from the collaboration was the Well-to-Wheels analysis of future automotive fuels and...