Planning Electrified Highway Systems for Low-Carbon Freight Transport and Environmental Sustainability on Routes Connecting Major Ports in Western India

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10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_5How to use a DOI?

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CO2 emissions; E-highway; Freight trucks; Renewable energy

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.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dhruv Talaviya
AU  - Bhavnesh Koshti
AU  - Aman Deep Gupta
AU  - Rohan Majumder
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/26
TI  - Planning Electrified Highway Systems for Low-Carbon Freight Transport and Environmental Sustainability on Routes Connecting Major Ports in Western India
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Development and Sustainability (ICIDS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 61
EP  - 71
SN  - 3005-155X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_5
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-685-2_5
ID  - Talaviya2026
ER  -