Chesterfield BioGas Fuels Vehicle Trial
UK - Chesterfield BioGas Ltd has delivered a bulk gas road trailer to the London Borough of Greenwich to serve as a temporary refueling facility under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grants Programme (AFIGP).
The unit will dispense, measure and record the use of compressed natural gas during a 12-month trial, aimed at demonstrating the viability of using gas-powered vehicles within the Council's fleet.
The unit and its accompanying electronic dispenser and fuel management system (also manufactured by Chesterfield BioGas) will be sited at the council-owned Birchmere Business Site, Thamesmead. It will enable a comprehensive and informative trial to take place without going to the initial expense of installing permanent infrastructure. Chesterfield BioGas will provide a full training programme in safe procedures.
The unit and its accompanying electronic dispenser and fuel management system (also manufactured by Chesterfield BioGas) will be sited at the council-owned Birchmere Business Site, Thamesmead. It will enable a comprehensive and informative trial to take place without going to the initial expense of installing permanent infrastructure. Chesterfield BioGas will provide a full training programme in safe procedures.
The trial will take place alongside the Council applying for planning permission to construct a 40,000 tonne-per-year anaerobic digestion (AD) facility to be sited adjacent to depot where the gas refueling facility is to be installed.
Greenwich Council hopes that, if trial proves successful, biogas upgrading equipment and a vehicle refueling facility will form part of the overall AD scheme, and will lead to use by a larger fleet and the consequent installation of a permanent refueling facility. The Thamesmead site has suitable access and space to accommodate third party vehicles, with the use of the facility being open to all organisations wishing to trial natural gas powered vehicles.
The gas trailer is being leased to the London borough and on completion of the trial would become available to conduct further trials for other local authorities and potential users.
The trailer unit has been constructed by Chesterfield BioGas' sister company, Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd, who have considerable experience of building and refurbishing road trailers for bulk gas transport at high pressures. The unit comprises 235 89-litre high-pressure gas cylinders, coupled in series, with the capacity to transport approximately 4.4 tonnes of natural gas - an environmentally friendly vehicle fuel generating up to 25 per cent less carbon dioxide than diesel. More importantly, there are virtually zero particulate emissions which contribute to respiratory disease and subsequent fatalities.
A spokesperson for Greenwich Council said: "We hope the project will contribute greatly in helping to achieve a number of measures set out in Council's Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP). It will also help to mitigate the transport impacts of development in our own Borough. It complements the aim of Low Emission Strategies and should also help the borough to make progress in demonstrating a reduction of CO2 - as required by one of Defra's National Indicators (NI 185)."
The Department for Transport, through its delivery agency CENEX, funds the Infrastructure Grant Programme. Alternative road fuels (i.e. alternatives to diesel or petrol) such as natural gas and biomethane offer a means of cutting carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions, as well as reducing dependency on fossil fuels. CENEX has funded 50 per cent of the cost of supplying the trailer to Greenwich.
A similar temporary facility employing a skid unit was leased by Chesterfield BioGas to Sheffield City Council and is nearing completion of a similar trial.
TheBioenergySite News DeskGreenwich Council hopes that, if trial proves successful, biogas upgrading equipment and a vehicle refueling facility will form part of the overall AD scheme, and will lead to use by a larger fleet and the consequent installation of a permanent refueling facility. The Thamesmead site has suitable access and space to accommodate third party vehicles, with the use of the facility being open to all organisations wishing to trial natural gas powered vehicles.
The gas trailer is being leased to the London borough and on completion of the trial would become available to conduct further trials for other local authorities and potential users.
The trailer unit has been constructed by Chesterfield BioGas' sister company, Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd, who have considerable experience of building and refurbishing road trailers for bulk gas transport at high pressures. The unit comprises 235 89-litre high-pressure gas cylinders, coupled in series, with the capacity to transport approximately 4.4 tonnes of natural gas - an environmentally friendly vehicle fuel generating up to 25 per cent less carbon dioxide than diesel. More importantly, there are virtually zero particulate emissions which contribute to respiratory disease and subsequent fatalities.
A spokesperson for Greenwich Council said: "We hope the project will contribute greatly in helping to achieve a number of measures set out in Council's Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP). It will also help to mitigate the transport impacts of development in our own Borough. It complements the aim of Low Emission Strategies and should also help the borough to make progress in demonstrating a reduction of CO2 - as required by one of Defra's National Indicators (NI 185)."
The Department for Transport, through its delivery agency CENEX, funds the Infrastructure Grant Programme. Alternative road fuels (i.e. alternatives to diesel or petrol) such as natural gas and biomethane offer a means of cutting carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions, as well as reducing dependency on fossil fuels. CENEX has funded 50 per cent of the cost of supplying the trailer to Greenwich.
A similar temporary facility employing a skid unit was leased by Chesterfield BioGas to Sheffield City Council and is nearing completion of a similar trial.
Source:http://www.thebioenergysite.com/news/8913/chesterfield-biogas-fuels-vehicle-trial
