Sustainability Report 2005-2006
Department of the Environment and Water Resources, 2007
Australian Antarctic Division Environmental Performance
Energy
EN3: Direct energy use segmented by primary source: transport energy use
Goals 2005-06
- None set
Performance 2005-06 and trends
The total transport energy used by AAD in 2005-06 was 18 092 GJ. This is an increase of 8791 GJ from 9301 GJ in 2004-05, a rise of 95%.
| Antarctic Operations Energy source |
Energy used (GJ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| Diesel (SAB) | 3212 | 2998 | 1736 | 4125 |
| Petrol | 1689 | 814 | 787 | 848 |
| ATK | 8582 | 12 622 | 6061 | 12 343 |
| LPG | 379 | 275 | 275 | 215 |
| Total | 13 862 | 16 709 | 8859 | 17 531 |
| Tasmanian Operations | Energy used (GJ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |
| 834 | 793 | 442 | 561 | |
Commentary
AAD uses a significant amount of energy to fuel ships, planes, helicopters, and a large range of vehicles.
The range of vehicles used for Antarctic operations includes hagglunds, all-terrain vehicles, skidoos, planes, helicopters, and ships. All vehicles are rigorously maintained to achieve high energy efficiency and functionality in Antarctic conditions.
A range of Special Antarctic Blend (SAB) fuels are used to power the vehicles used for Antarctic service. SAB fuels enable vehicles to function in the extremely low temperatures experienced in the Antarctic region.
In addition to providing transport energy for its own operations, AAD also provides the transport energy requirements for a number of other government and international organisations which operate from Australia’s Antarctic stations, including the Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.
Goals 2006-07
- Continue to investigate and implement methodologies and practices to reduce transport energy use at Kingston and at Antarctic stations.
Related Indicators
Contents
- Sustainability Report 05-06
- Executive summary
- Vision and strategy
- Our organisation
- Governance
- Policy and influence
- Environmental performance
- Social performance
- Economic performance
- Report assurance statement
- Case studies
- GRI index
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