Sainsbury’s trial Bio-Methane HGVs

The UK supermarket giant Sainsburys has announced that it will be conducting a trial using bio-methane to powers its HGVs.

The trial will be used on the HGVs that run the Sainsburys Bristol to Dartmouth distribution route.

This move follows a recent trial of the US company Clean Air Power’s‘Genesis’ Dual-Fuel.  This combination fuel is a mix of methane gas and standard diesel.  The methane gas is sourced from a Surrey based landfill site.

This ‘Running on Rubbish’ initiative by Sainsburys will run over a 500 kilometre round trip.  The HGVs begin their journey at the Sainsbury’s distribution centre in Bristol at Emerald Park and running to the Dartmouth Sainsbury’s store.  The Dartmouth store is the supermarket’s new environmentally friendly store.

The Dual-Fuel requires the new patented Dual-Fuel system.  This allows industrial diesel engines to operate mainly on natural gas.  The diesel fuel acts as a ‘liquid spark plug’.  The diesel engine is pretty much unchanged, retaining its usual high performance and efficient 4-stroke diesel cycle.  The engine burns up to ninety percent natural gas.  This means that customers can benefit not only from a lower carbon footprint, but also from lower fuel costs, which is a substantial benefit for HGV driving companies.  By operating on bio-methane and bio-diesel, Dual-Fuel has the potential to be carbon-neutral.

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