Low Carbon Bio + Synthetic Fuels

Electric drive assisted trailer for forest biomass transport

THE PROBLEM

BC has an abundance of harvest residues, which are costly to recover and are mostly left behind in the bush without being utilized for applications in the bioeconomy and bioproducts sector.

Currently, there are no fully electric, or hybrid-electric vehicles on the market that meet forest sector transportation needs regarding range, ruggedness, or dependability. Additionally, fuel consumption represents 40-50% of transportation costs in the forest sector.

THE SOLUTION

FPInnovations, in partnership with Tycrop Trailers, West Fraser, and Lhoosk’uz Dene Nation, is developing and commercializing a phase 2 prototype of a novel hybrid electric configuration that combines existing forest sector trucks with a newly developed electrical trailer to reduce fuel use, GHG emissions, the cost of operation, and recover more fibre.

Each truck would save approximately 23.3kg of CO2eq/100km or 28,000kg CO2eq per year, considering the sector overall this equates to reductions of 18MT in BC and 44 MT of reduction in GHG emissions. 

PROJECT STATUS
Active
PROJECT CATEGORY
Low Carbon Bio + Synthetic Fuels
FUNDING RECIPIENT
FPInnovations
CICE FUNDING AMOUNT
$250,000
PROJECT VALUE
$1,400,000
  • “We are excited about this innovation, which will not only meet our goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel consumption, but also demonstrate the potential of FPInnovations and its partners to develop promising greener technologies for the forest transportation sector.”
    Stephane Renou, President and CEO of FPInnovations VISIT FPINNOVATIONS