Fuel Trials for Vans

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Publish date: 2010-05-27

Fuel costs are still increasing and becoming a sort of nightmare for owners of vans all across the United Kingdom. Now perhaps a small revolution will take place with the innovative action by a company from Yorkshire called CO2Sense. This non-profit enterprise funded by Yorkshire Forward and the European Regional Development Fund, has announced that it is backing a demonstration project; the aim of which is convincing drivers of vans to use recycled fuel oil. The organisation claims that it could cut the cost of transportation for all businesses in the region and contribute to the environment by reducing carbon emissions. The trials will investigate the commercial viability of using waste vegetable oil, collected and processed mostly in Yorkshire and Humber, to fuel cars, vans and buses. In order to check the value of the recycled oil, volunteers are needed. Companies volunteering to participate in the project will receive three thousand litres of 100% waste vegetable oil biodiesel fuel, all free of charge. Passenger vehicles and vans using the biodiesel fuel will be monitored between December this year and February 2010 and records of their performance will be used to further develop services related to the recycled oil. CO2sense Yorkshire states that they would like companies to volunteer vehicles or vans, run them on their normal routes and report back to the organisation on the vehicles’ performance.

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