Transport’s Carbon & Energy Future
#CleanTransport : Use less fuel, move more freight
Improving Energy Productivity in Freight Transport
At this month’s Forum on Doubling Energy Productivity held at the University of Technology in Sydney, key members of the team that developed the USA’s plan for doubling energy productivity by 2030 inspired the sharing of ideas for Australia establishing a similar goal.An industry panel considered Freight Transport possibilities, canvassing what’s being done and the barriers faced, particularly for shifting freight from road to rail.Representing Road Transport, for me High Productivity Vehicles and Fuel Efficiency are the chief levers.High Productivity VehiclesTruck-trailer combinations with greater weight or cubic capacity than standard truck types are a constant source of innovation in the industry,
Transport Energy Audit Standard : seeking your views
Implementing energy audit recommendations usually achieves significant cost savings. However the current Australian Standard for energy audits is based on auditing commercial buildings and is not practical for transport. Transport operations have characteristics that produce variability in energy performance and make fleet energy use difficult to model: - Very high variation in routes, loading and traffic conditions; - Vehicle operators strongly influence energy performance; - Regulations, such as noise or load limits, provide constraints. A new transport-specific standard, AS/NZS 3598.3 Energy Audits-Transport Sector, will be the first of its kind internationally. It is intended to help transport operators find the
Emissions Reduction Fund Offers Transport Companies Nothing
If the carbon price is repealed, what impact will its replacement policy – the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) - have on Australian transport emissions? No one will argue with the ERF’s two key design principles for lowest cost and genuine emission reductions – they are surely mandatory features of any climate change policy. Yet how the ERF proposes to implement these principles will make it difficult for transport operators to access funding due to the inherent nature of emissions in the sector. Purchase lowest cost emissions Being so highly energy-intensive, fuel efficiency has been core business for transport operators since
Carbon Neutral Transport webinar
The “Carbon Neutral Transport” webinar I ran recently for the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Australia was well received and the discussion afterwards generated some ideas for the future.For those who missed it, here’s a link to the recording, based on the following brief: What advantages does going Carbon Neutral offer the Transport industry?To be Carbon Neutral a transport operator must save fuel relentlessly, use clean fuels and offset their residual emissions.Saving fuel means saving money, and our customers increasingly demand energy-efficient and low carbon transport.So why isn’t every transport firm going Carbon Neutral? In this webinar, you will:- Learn
Shell’s Geelong Refinery – Can we turn Doom & Gloom into a Clean Fuel Boom?
With Shell seeking buyers for its 59-year old refinery, deemed uncompetitive in the traditional hydrocarbons market due to its small scale and old technology relative to Asian competitors, what innovative options can Shell and the Geelong community explore to develop a sustainable asset for long term community wealth?California provides a guide. A petroleum refinery there is being revamped as an advanced biofuel refinery, with United Airlines underwriting the investment through commercial commitment to buy its renewable jet fuel.The lesson for Geelong is that partnerships between large fuel users, refiners and biofuel technologists offer the opportunity to use waste and non-food