I’m going to be running on cow manure soon!
The Waitrose supermarket chain is going ahead with Europe’s first fleet of Scania distribution trucks that run on 100% renewable biomethane or CNG, compressed natural gas. These trucks use a high pressure carbon fibre fuel tank that gives them a range of 500miles or 800km. They are also rolling out zero-emission refrigeration units which are powered by the trucks own engine so there will be no need for an auxiliary Diesel engine to power the units needed to keep produce cold.
Biomethane is produced by the anaerobic(without oxygen) digestion of organic waste like crop residue, animal slurry and food waste and at the moment all the biomethane used by Waitrose’s trucks use gas produced from food waste but from 2021, it is hoped that it will all come from the digestion of cow manure/slurry.
Why switch to biomethane? Well using it will produce 83% less CO2 emissions compared to diesel, with lower NOX and particulates emitted. It will also result in a 30-40% cheaper fuel!
I’m going to be running on cow manure soon!
The Waitrose supermarket chain is going ahead with Europe’s first fleet of Scania distribution trucks that run on 100% renewable biomethane or CNG, compressed natural gas. These trucks use a high pressure carbon fibre fuel tank that gives them a range of 500miles or 800km. They are also rolling out zero-emission refrigeration units which are powered by the trucks own engine so there will be no need for an auxiliary Diesel engine to power the units needed to keep produce cold.
Biomethane is produced by the anaerobic(without oxygen) digestion of organic waste like crop residue, animal slurry and food waste and at the moment all the biomethane used by Waitrose’s trucks use gas produced from food waste but from 2021, it is hoped that it will all come from the digestion of cow manure/slurry.
Why switch to biomethane? Well using it will produce 83% less CO2 emissions compared to diesel, with lower NOX and particulates emitted. It will also result in a 30-40% cheaper fuel!