The move by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, together with partners from across the port community, is part of the port authority\u2019s efforts to phase out all port-related emissions in support of the Government of Canada\u2019s goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharting our course towards a zero-emission port starts with collaborative efforts like these, between the port authority, the port community, and government, to test innovative new low-emission fuels and technologies that reduce emissions while keeping trade moving through the Port of Vancouver,\u201d said Robin Silvester, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe plan to continue taking tangible steps, in close collaboration with our partners across the port, towards our goal of phasing out all port-related emissions by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joint initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n Through the Low-Emission Technology Initiative, a joint initiative between the port authority and the Province of British Columbia, the port authority and the province have each committed CAN$1.5 million in funding to support the port community\u2019s transition to low-emission energy, including the testing of battery-electric-powered terminal tractors; 100% biodiesel on commercial ferries; a hydrogen-powered crane; and 100% renewable diesel on a terminal locomotive and one of the port authority\u2019s patrol boats.<\/p>\n Efforts to test low-emission fuels include a six month trial of 100% renewable diesel on one of the port authority\u2019s patrol boats, the Takaya, making the port authority the first federal agency in Canada to run a vessel on 100% renewable diesel.<\/p>\n Renewable diesel is a non-fossil fuel energy source derived from a range of organic sources such as vegetable oils, animal fats and food waste. The port authority said that using renewable diesel can result in up to 80% less net greenhouse gas emissions than regular diesel on a life-cycle basis.<\/p>\n Shell Canada, a partner on this project, supplied the renewable diesel and provided significant technical expertise to the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canada\u2019s largest port is testing a variety of low and zero-emission fuels and technologies in order to create a zero-emission port by 2050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,33],"tags":[40,27,10,23,813,811,812],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-fuels-greenport","category-americas-greenport","tag-alternative-fuels","tag-biofuel","tag-hydrogen","tag-port-equipment","tag-renewable-diesel","tag-vancouver-fraser-port-authority","tag-zero-emission-fuels"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}