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UK: Biomethane-fueled truck for Sainsbury's heavy duty needs
Sainsbury's is beginning daily food deliveries from its depot in Bristol (UK) to the supermarket's new environmental store in Dartmouth - a 500 km (...) round trip - using a Mercedes-Benz Axor truck fueled with biomethane produced from landfill gas.
Green Car Congress reports: The truck is retrofitted with UK-based Clean Air Power's Genesis Dual-Fuel system, which enables heavy-duty diesel engines to operate primarily on natural gas, with diesel fuel acting as a “liquid spark plug”. (...) Using biomethane from landfills can save up to 60% in CO2 emissions compared with diesel fuel, according to Sainsbury’s.
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