Word is spreading across the industry that there is a viable alternative fuel on the market, now supported by the infrastructure and technology that makes investment in its capabilities simply common sense.
Gasrec’s Bio-LNG is a proprietary blend of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid biomethane: a natural, green source of renewable energy produced from organic matter such as household food waste and sewage.
Customers already include Tesco, B&Q, Kuehne + Nagel and Sainsbury’s. Gasrec’s first bio-methane production plant opened in 2008 and in the last 18 months alone, the company has opened eight dedicated refuelling stations at customer sites across the country.
“We are proud to be leading the way in the UK,” said Sales Director Doug Leaf. “Our clients are logistics experts and they saw very quickly our capacity to slash costs, stabilise budgets and be more eco-friendly.”
The standard Bio-LNG blend can cut HGV fuel bills by at least 20 per cent compared to pure diesel equivalents. It can also cut particulate matter emissions by 90 per cent (NOx by 90 per cent and SOx by 60 per cent) and delivers a minimum 20 per cent saving in CO2 compared to a pure diesel vehicle.
One client already enjoying the benefits is home improvement specialist B&Q, fuelling 50 of its HGVs with Bio-LNG to help meet its pledge to halve CO2 emissions from business travel and haulage by 2023.
Gasrec is Europe’s largest provider of Bio-LNG and is a world expert and innovator. Its liquefied bio-methane production plant in Albury, Surrey, can sustainably produce over six million diesel litres equivalent a year.
The facility is next to a large municipal landfill site and cleans and liquefies the gases created by decomposing organic waste. The result is guaranteed to be at least 96 per cent methane and consistent fuel quality has been achieved since the plant started in 2008.
The simple and safe technology means Gasrec not only installs and runs fuelling stations on clients’ sites, but is also planning by 2015 to have its own nationwide network of open access facilities handily located at key motorway junctions.
The first of these officially opened in May this year at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, near Junction 18 of the M1 in Northamptonshire. Avonmouth, near Bristol will be operational by the end of the year, with others to follow shortly afterwards. The initial target is for 85 per cent of the UK population to have at least one location within four hours’ drive.
Doug Leaf said: “Bio-LNG is a game-changer for the logistics industry – it could make a huge difference both financially and environmentally. We aim to do all we can to keep this bio-fuel revolution rolling.”
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