Planning Electrified Highway Systems for Low-Carbon Freight Transport and Environmental Sustainability on Routes Connecting Major Ports in Western India
Year: 2026
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: India's freight transport sector is a major contributor to national CO₂ emissions, with road-based heavy-duty vehicles handling 83% of cargo and consuming 50% of the country's diesel.This study conducts a comprehensive feasibility analysis of implementing an Electrified Highway (E-Highway) system, utilizing overhead pantograph catenary wires, to decarbonize freight trucks servicing key western Indian ports: Mundra, Kandla (Deendayal), Hazira, and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.The estimated baseline CO₂ emissions revealed huge emissions of 11.43 million tonnes annually from the port cargo data of these ports.Huge reductions in carbon emissions is possible after integration of E-highway.However, challenges such as grid unreliability and regulatory hurdles are main bottlenecks.A phased implementation timeline for E-Highway is proposed, alongside synergies with India's 500 GW renewable target by 2030 and near-zero goals by 2070, to reduce carbon emissions.
Institution: Adani University
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7162324924