Fossil-free freight options for forest industries

The document outlines a collaborative project involving the Stockholm Environment Institute, Skogforsk, Einride, and various forest industry stakeholders to identify viable fossil-free transport alternatives for Swedish forest biomass and products. It highlights that forest transport accounts for approximately 25% of heavy truck work on Swedish roads, often utilizing vehicles weighing 64 tons or more. The project focuses on assessing novel battery-electric HGVs against state-of-the-art biofuel solutions, such as HVO100 and liquified biogas (LBG), across three primary use cases: direct transport from forests to industry, trans-shipment logistics, and internal industrial site movements. The evaluation will consider technological fit, full implementation costs, and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions to recommend solutions for future piloting and demonstration.

• Transport of forest biomass and products is a significant and demanding component of Swedish road freight, representing about 25% of heavy truck transport work and typically employing vehicles with a total weight of 64 tons or more.
• Sweden's transport sector is currently off-track to meet its 2045 climate mitigation goals, with current trends suggesting it will only achieve half of the intended CO2 emission reductions.
• The project identifies three critical transport use cases for the forest sector: direct transport from a forest supply point to industry, transport between a trans-shipment point (like a railway terminal) and industry, and movements within an industrial site on private land.
• Several fossil-free technology options are being considered, including autonomous battery-electric HGVs like Einride's 26-ton Timber-pod, and biofuel-based engines certified for 100% hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO100) or liquified biogas (LBG).
• Sweden's current policy for decarbonizing heavy goods vehicles involves increasing the mandatory biofuel share in diesel, which was 21% as of 2019 and is targeted to reach 40% by 2030.

APA

Nykvist, B., & Olsson, O. (2020). Fossil-free freight options for forest industries. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1.pdf

Chicago

Nykvist, Björn, and Olle Olsson. Fossil-free freight options for forest industries. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2020. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{nykvist2020fossilfree, author = {Nykvist, Björn and Olsson, Olle}, title = {{Fossil-free freight options for forest industries}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2020}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }