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Preserving Air Quality
Informing, Raising Awareness, and Taking Initiatives |
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Since 1997, Hydro-Québec has supported the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and has actively participated in negotiations for implementing the Climate Change Plan for Canada. One of our objectives is for hydroelectricity to be recognized in the implementation mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol.
Hydro-Québec and a number of government departments and universities founded the Ouranos Consortium, whose primary goal is to pool information to facilitate decisions on climate change.
We use a large fleet of vehicles to maintain our systems and serve our customers. We are increasing our efforts to properly manage the use of our fleet and to encourage one another to think about how we use our own vehicles.
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Some Examples |
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We participate in allégo, an initiative by Montréal's Agence métropolitaine de transport that promotes the use of modes of transport other than single-occupancy vehicles for the daily commute. We provided self-service bicycles for the use of our employees and offered incentives to encourage them to take mass transit, cycle, walk or carpool to work. |
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In 2005, we adopted an action plan to reduce the GHG emissions of our vehicle fleet by 5% (2,500 tonnes) by 2010. Among the solutions proposed are: |
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- change in driving habits
- purchase of vehicles with hybrid engines for city use
- reduction in vehicle and/or engine size
- testing of electric vehicles on the Island of Montréal
- use of batteries to power equipment so as to limit idling of specialized vehicles
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| Atmospheric CO2 Emissions, Motor Vehicles (tonnes) |
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| CO2 Emissions |
53,958 |
56,849 |
56,683 |
54,082 |
| Total number of vehicles |
5,033 |
5,066 |
5,103 |
5,112 |
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In 2003, we commissioned the last of our new Dash 8 aircraft used to transport employees to the Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric generating facility in Northern Québec. The new aircraft perform better from an environmental perspective:
- They use as much as 43% less fuel.
- They fly up to 25% faster (savings of 300 flying hours in 2004).
- They can carry 45% more passengers at a time.
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We are continuing our work with the Hybrid Truck Users Forum to develop the first hybrid bucket truck in Canada. The first vehicle was delivered in 2006. The new vehicle should yield fuel savings of least 40% compared with conventional models, with a corresponding reduction in GHG emissions. Altogether, 24 of the trucks will be tested by 13 American companies and Hydro-Québec. |
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