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ENERGY USE IN THE TRANSPORTATIONSECTOR OF MALAYSIA
FINAL REPORT
A report prepared under the
Malaysian - Danish EnvironmentalCooperation ProgrammeRenewable Energy and Energy EfficiencyComponent
The views expressed in this document, which has been reproduced without formalediting, are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of theGovernment of Malaysia nor DANIDA.
BY
CONSULTANCY UNIT UNIVERSITY OF MALAYALEVEL 2, BLOCK D, PERDANASISWA COMPLEXUNIVERSITY OF MALAYA50603 KUALA LUMPUR
MAY 2005
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Transportation is one of the key factors for the economy and society. Therefore,transport policymakers have to create the policy frameworks that require thetransport sector to sustain energy with the three-dimensional objective namelyecology, economy and social acceptability. In chapter 2, the report discusses aboutinternational experiences on reduction of energy use in transportation sector. Thereare many methods and policies to reduce energy consumption in transport sector,however only several of them that are suitable to be used in Malaysia are elaboratedin this chapter. Those include fuel economy standard for motor vehicle, fueleconomy labels, fuel switching, fuel taxation, emission abatement, further improvements to vehicles which have been implemented in other developed as wellas developing countries. The study found that many policies can be implementeddirectly in Malaysia while some others must be modified to make it suitable for thiscountry. For example fuel economy label guide program can be directly implementedhowever fuel economy standard must be modified because Malaysia has its localvehicle manufacturers that have to be protected.Emissions in the transportation sector produce adverse effects on theenvironment that influent human health, organism growth, climatic changes and soon. The Kyoto protocol by the United Nation Framework Convention on Climatechange (UNFCC) in December 1997, prescribed legally binding greenhouse gasemission target of about 5% below their 1990 level. About 160 countries includingMalaysia now adopt this protocol. The transportation sector is the main contributor for emission in this country. In order to calculate the potential emission by thisactivity, the types of fuel use should be identified. The study found that there are noradical changes of fuel use for transportation sector in Malaysia. The data showedthat fuel use are 53% petrol, 34% diesel, 13% ATF, 0.06% Natural Gas, and 0.03%electricity in year 2000. It was projected to be 46% petrol, 42% diesel, 12% ATF,0.29% Natural Gas and only 0.07% electricity in the year 2020. The study found thatthe transportation sector has contributed huge emissions in this country and the
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change on fuel type is necessary to change the emission. These are discussedintensively in chapter 3.The main part of the transport and energy investigations and projections is presented in Chapter 4. The first part of the chapter discusses a review of existingdata available from related authorities and transportation studies that wereundertaken to date. Population growth, socio-economic factors and energy use intransportation sector have been considered. Forecasting future transportation growth based on population growth and socio-economic factors up to 20 years is presented.Consideration of relationship between transportation trips production and energyconsumption is elaborated. Formulation of a model for forecasting energyconsumption by transportation sector and model validation that takes intoconsideration the correlation coefficient is discussed in detail. Furthermore, the usesof the model to analyze energy consumption based on the modal split scenarios arealso presented. This topic is discussed in Chapter 5.Due to rapid economic growth, the usage of fuel especially petrol and diesel for transportation sector has increased tremendously. As a result, the government isencouraging the use of alternative fuels in the transportation sector. One of the proposals is to use natural gas (NG) as an alternative fuel and proposing a suitable policy for it. Study on natural gas vehicle (NGV) has been undertaken to identify thedeficiency and to improve the previous policies. This study involved respondents(consumers) from public transports (taxi drivers, taxi and bus companies) and ownersof pump stations to identify their opinion about the policy. Data collection toidentify an overview of the current status of NGV development including marketactivities and the future prospects of NGV in Malaysia are conducted byinterviewing respondents.Malaysia has been experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of vehiclesand this is projected to be higher in the future due to rising income per capita.Chapter 6 focuses on the potential implementation of fuel economy standards for 
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azizzati

Hello there im currently doing a research regarding transportation fuel in Malaysia. Could you please send me a copy of this to my email at myya_myra@yahoo.com Thank you

reply05 / 11 / 2012
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Dear Sir/Madam, I'm keen to have a copy of this report. Please email me at azmisaid@gmail.com . Thank you.

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