Scotland’s first biomethane refuelling station now enables low carbon fuelled HGV deliveries throughout the UK meeting demand from big name retail brands to cut carbon and save money, writes Alistair Vallance.
CNG Fuels has built Scotland’s first public access renewable biomethane HGV refuelling station at Eurocentral near Glasgow that can refuel up to 450 lorries a day, enabling HGVs to make low-carbon deliveries across most of Scotland. England and Wales is already within a 300-mile round trip of a biomethane refuelling station and the new Scottish facility will put Inverness and Aberdeen within this range.
Warburtons, the UK’s largest bakery brand, is the latest major name to announce it is adopting biomethane, following companies such as Evri (ex Hermes), John Lewis, Waitrose and Asda.
“Renewable biomethane, is the lowest carbon, most cost-effective alternative to diesel for HGVs. It is 35%-40% cheaper and cuts vehicle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 85%. From next year CNG Fuels will dispense fully carbon neutral fuel by sourcing biomethane from manure,” revealed Peter Eaton, sales manager of CNG Fuels, speaking at the opening.
