Reducing emissions during transport of timber

Electric harvesters and forwarders at work in the forest, less noisy timber lorries being loaded on a logging road. Is this just a pipe dream or a development we should take seriously?

By the end of the decade, the above scenario could be quite a common sight for those visiting a forest, now that low-emission energy sources are being looked for to power machines and vehicles in the forest industry supply chain.

To a great extent, fossil fuels are still used today in harvesters and timber lorries, as well as in the machinery used to handle timber at mills and terminals. This, however, is set to change. A number of forest industry actors have decided to join forces and participate in a project called Accelerating Climate efforts and Investments (ACE). Funded from the European Union’s LIFE programme, the ACE project supports the goal set for the reduction of emissions from the effort-sharing sector by 2030, and the goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2035.