Gasrec experts highlight benefits of ‘eco-friendly’ fuels for transport and logistics
London, United Kingdom (28 January 2014) – Experts from Gasrec, Europe’s leading supplier of liquefied gas fuel to the transport sector, will be addressing European transport executives on key issues relating to the use of bio-fuels in transport and logistics - and the security of their supply - on Thursday, 30 January, at separate industry workshops in Brussels and the UK Midlands.
Addressing an audience at a review workshop for the government-backed Low Carbon Vehicle Trials, in Gaydon, Warwickshire, Ben Sawford, Gasrec’s Chief Commercial Officer, will discuss the advances in UK gas refuelling infrastructure and the supply and security of renewable methane gas, along with its ability to support the UK transport and logistics sector to reduce emissions and costs.
In Brussels, James Westcott, Gasrec’s Business Development Director, will be addressing a gathering of BESTFACT, the EC supported European consortium focused on innovations in freight transport to meet European transport policy. Specifically addressing the workshop around the growth of small scale solutions in urban freight, green logistics and e-freight, James will highlight the lessons Gasrec has learnt from supplying bio-fuels in real life transport and logistics applications.
As Europe’s leading supplier Bio-LNG, a blend of liquefied gas and liquefied biomethane, Gasrec supplies, installs and manages both open-access and dedicated on-site refuelling facilities for its many transport customers, which include Tesco, Sainsburys, B&Q, DHL, Waitrose, the Stobart Group, Kuehne + Nagel, Arla Dairies and Muller Wiseman.
Nick Welsh
Gasrec PR Manager
Office: 01483 421676 (Mob: 07770 832838)
NWelsh@gasrec.co.uk
Gasrec is Europe’s only commercial producer of Liquefied Biomethane (LBM) as a vehicle fuel and the leading UK provider of Bio-LNG.
LBM is a class leading biofuel derived from landfill gas, anaerobic digestion and other sources of stranded gas. When combined with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) it becomes Gasrec’s unique offering, Bio-LNG - which can cut HGV fuel bills by up to 20 per cent compared to pure diesel equivalents. It can also cut particulate matter emissions by up to 90 per cent (NOx by 90 per cent and SO2by 60 per cent).
Gasrec was established in 2003 to develop the system to produce Bio-LNG. Today, the organisation supplies, installs and manages dedicated on-site refueling facilities for its many transport customers, which include Tesco, Sainsburys, B&Q, DHL, Waitrose, the Stobart Group, Kuehne + Nagel, Arla Dairies and Muller Wiseman.
Gasrec is building the UK’s strategic gas refueling infrastructure to allow customers to refuel at multiple locations across the UK road network. The first site was opened in 2013 at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) in Northamptonshire. The company has also secured European funding for a pilot network of a further four filling stations across the UK motorway network.