sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1-5019546fe9dd05f5.pdf

This briefing describes a project led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to evaluate fossil-free road freight options for the Swedish forest industry. The project aims to identify viable alternatives to diesel-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to help Sweden meet its climate goals, with a specific focus on comparing battery-electric HGVs against state-of-the-art biofuel solutions.

• Forest biomass and product transport is a significant and demanding component of Swedish road freight, accounting for approximately 25% of heavy truck transport work and typically utilizing vehicles weighing 64 tons or more.
• Sweden's transport sector is currently failing to meet its climate mitigation targets; current trends suggest it may only achieve 50% of the intended CO2 emission reductions by 2045.
• The project identifies three primary transport use cases for biomass in the forest sector: direct transport from a forest supply point to industry, transport between a trans-shipment point (such as a railway terminal) and industry, and transport within an industrial site on private land.
• Several fossil-free technology options are being evaluated, including autonomous battery-electric HGVs (such as Einride's 26-ton Timber-pod), 100% hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO100) engines for vehicles over 64 tons, and liquified biogas (LBG) engines for 40- to 64-ton vehicles.
• Sweden's current policy for decarbonizing HGVs involves increasing the mandatory biofuel share in diesel to 40% by 2030; as of 2019, diesel fuel must contain 21% biofuel, primarily HVO.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1-5019546fe9dd05f5.pdf. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sei-2020-fs-triplef-forestry-1.pdf

Chicago

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