Volvo signs Letter of Intent regarding manufacture of vehicle fuel from landfill gas
Volvo Technology Transfer’s subsidiary Terracastus Technologies has signed a Letter of Intent with Nordvästra Skånes Renhållningsbolag (NSR) to establish a joint company for upgrading biogas to a liquefied biogas (LBG). This upgrading venture will enable NSR’s plant in Helsingborg to reduce its annual carbon emissions by 40,000 tons, compared with using diesel fuel.Following its completion in the third quarter of 2011, the plant is expected to produce fuel replacing 15 million liters of diesel per year, making it one of the largest plants for biogas upgrading in the world. Biogas is a