CEO, Sophie Brochu, points Gaz Métro toward supply of natural gas for road transport.
At its Annual Partners Meeting in late February, Gaz Métro Limited Partnership — Quebec’s leading natural gas distributor – mentioned some future projects that will contribute to guiding the Partnership toward its sustainable performance ambitions. Included is a project to extend its commercial reach into the road transportation sector with the provision of natural gas as an alternative fuel. “Replicating Californian and Australian initiatives, our aspiration is to make natural gas the fuel of choice, especially by the fleets of heavy trucks that currently run on diesel,” said Sophie Brochu, President and Chief Executive Officer.
The road transport sector in Québec is the largest emitter of GHGs, with 40% of total emissions. Heavy freight transportation alone generates 32% of GHGs emissions by road transport in the province. The largest concentration of heavy truck traffic is between Québec and Ontario, the fourth-ranked economic zone in North America, with 48,000 movements per week on Highways 20 and 401.
“We know that vehicles that use natural gas can reduce GHG emissions by approximately 25% compared with diesel and other petroleum fuels. It is an existing and applicable solution for reducing the environmental footprint of this economic activity. We have high hopes of bringing this field of activity to life in Québec,” Sophie Brochu added.
Gaz Métro has also named biomethanation of organic wastes as a future project. It is working with various partners to determine technical and economical ways of injecting this new type of gas into its network.
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