Construction materials for the Tideway super sewer project below the Thames in London are being transported down the river by a tug fuelled by low-emission vegetable oil.
Tideway claimed that the GPS Vincia vessel, which runs on Green D+ hydrogen-treated vegetable oil, offers a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
GPS Vincia has been delivering concrete tunnel segments to Tideway’s Kirtling Street site in Battersea.
The fuel, supplied by Green Bio-Fuels, is generated from a feed stock of solely waste vegetable oil – and does not use palm oil in its production.
It offers benefits including a NOx reduction of 30%, a particulates reduction of 70%, and a reduction of greenhouse gases of around 90%.
The fuel is also estimated to produce 2.82kg less CO2e for each litre of fuel used, when compared to traditional B7 diesels.
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