Volvo Trucks begin fuelling up with Bio-DME
Volvo Trucks have become the first manufacturer in the world to use Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) as a vehicle fuel with the inauguration this week of a DME filling station in Stockholm. The first five Volvo DME trucks in commercial operation have now taken to Sweden’s roads.
Bio-DME is a biofuel that is capable of producing less than 95 per cent lower emissions of carbon dioxide compared with diesel.
The field test will take place over a two-year period and its aim is to demonstrate the potential for large-scale investment in DME produced from biomass. The project encompasses the entire technical chain from biomass to fuel – distribution, filling stations, trucks and haulage firms.
“For a new fuel to have a chance of survival, it needs production, distribution and suitably modified vehicles. Now we have all three pieces of the puzzle in place in a complete, entirely unique field test. From an over-riding perspective, Bio-DME is one of the most promising second-generation biofuels. It provides both high energy efficiency and extremely low emissions of greenhouse gases and these are the properties we value particularly highly when we analyse potential alternative fuels,” says Volvo Trucks’ Environmental Director Lars Mårtensson.
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