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Environmental Benefits of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: the Case of Alberta

Nov. 30, 2009

IEEE

Mahdi Hajian, Hamidreza Zareipour, W. D. Rosehart

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This paper studies the potential environmental impacts of the wide adoption of PHEVs in the context of Alberta, given the 90% share of thermal units and the growing interest in wind power developments in the province.

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