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HVO set to make big impact in the construction equipment sector William Tebbit is the CEO of fuel specialist Green Biofuels Ltd, which has developed a new high-performance Green D+ sustainable HVO derived fuel. William explains what HVO is and why it’s a solution for decarbonising the UK now. Much of the public debate and Government policies around the road to Net Zero, decarbonising the UK and improving air quality is about what we are going to do. What our intentions are and how new technologies are going to achieve amazing things in 2050, or is it 2040 or 2030? However, the harsh reality is about today not tomorrow. Today our air quality is so poor the UK continues to be fined and today we are still a long way from Net Zero whenever that maybe. The promised technologies whilst becoming available are both expensive and not available in sufficient volumes to make a real difference today. It is too easy for governments to make grand plans for the future safe in the knowledge they won’t be around to be judged on the success or failure of those grand plans. As ever with many commitments by government it falls to the commercial world and the taxpayers (who
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fund it all!) to actually make it happen and the ask today looks daunting on the back of Covid and record borrowing. After the doom and gloom of my opening paragraphs you might be surprised to learn that I do have some good news! This issue of Construction Worx is dedicated to Future Fuels. For some really great news I would rename it Now Fuels. Many others I am sure will discuss CNG, Hydrogen, EV and Biogases however I want to shed light on what is available today and is making a difference today. Principally I want to reveal the best kept secret in advanced fuels which is paraffinic diesels made to EN15940 standard and in particular GreenD+ which Green Biofuels supplies in the UK and increasingly into Europe. GreenD+ isn’t biodiesel; it’s a bioliquid that can be used at 100%
