Green Biofuels is pleased to announce that the company will be sponsoring John Powell Truck Racing for the remaining 4 races of the 2020 British Truck Racing Association Championship. The first three races of the Championship were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, however John Powell will be racing again in a DAF truck at Donington race track on 23rd August.
As part of the sponsorship, Green Biofuels is supplying John Powell Truck Racing with 3,000 litres of Green D+, a paraffinic alternative diesel fuel, which is the equivalent of 8.19 metric tonnes in CO2e emissions savings. JP Truck Racing will be using the fuel to transport its trucks and in the truck races themselves.
Using a low-emission alternative fuel like Green D+ brings JP Truck Racing in line with FIA racing standards. In 2019, the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading motoring organisations called to reduce emissions amongst all motor racing, with an aim to achieve carbon-zero motor racing by 2030.
Green D+ fuel reduces particulate emissions by up to 85% and Nitrogen Oxides by up to 30% compared to regular diesel, according to independent tests at the Millbrook specialist vehicle testing facility. Crucially, Green D+ can be used immediately and without any changes to engines or fuel tanks, meaning that JP Truck Racing has been able to take actions to improve air quality and reduce the carbon footprint of truck racing, without costly upgrades to their trucks.
Green D+ is the leading HVO based (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) paraffinic fuel that significantly improves Local Air Quality, giving the lowest emission of any advanced fuel replacing standard diesels in plant and equipment on construction sites. The alternative fuel is aligned with each of the Mayor of London, TFL and Network Rail’s separate policies to reduce transport’s contribution to climate change with the use of, amongst other initiatives, biofuels.
John Powell, racing truck driver and owner of John Powell Truck Racing, commented: “I am really excited to be back on the race track, and to be racing with Green D+ in the tank. We tested Green D+ in the last round of Pembury last year and the results were just great: we had more speed, more top end power, and a cooler engine compared to last year’s fuel. I’m happy I can use a fuel that doesn’t carry a carbon footprint and I’m looking forward to what the partnership with Green Biofuels will bring.”
William Tebbit, CEO of Green Biofuels, also said: “It’s great to see that John Powell has actually taken action on reducing the emissions associated with truck racing, and has chosen Green D+ as the fuel to drive him over the finishing line. We’re looking forward to doing more testing with the British Truck Racing Association and Premier Diagnostics, the appointed judge of fact for the championship, to show that our fuel is the lowest emission fuel alternative out there, but still gives great performance.”
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About Green Biofuels:
Green Biofuels provides the bridging technology essential to help the transition to a greener and more renewably fuelled world. While new technologies and further advanced fuels are in development, Green Biofuels responds to the need for alternatives to standard fossil diesel fuels now.
The company supplies its own brand of low emission and GHG saving fuels to customers using diesel consuming engines. Green D+ is the lowest emission diesel replacement fuel available in the UK. Green Biofuels’ products include completely renewable diesel alternatives made from vegetable and/or animal fats and oils.
Independent tests at the Millbrook specialist vehicle testing facility have shown that compared to standard diesel emissions, Green D+ has up to an 85% reduction in particulates, and up to a 30% reduction in Nitrogen Oxides, thanks to a special additive not found in any other HVO fuel. This means that emissions contributing to climate change are reduced, as well as pollution affecting the local air quality.
Using Green Biofuels’ products does not require any modification to engines. There is no need for costly upgrades to machinery, it can be filled into the tank and used just like diesel fuel.
The company’s aim is to encourage businesses who use diesel engines to look at adopting an environmentally friendly and commercially viable alternative to standard diesel fuels as an urgent interim solution to reducing emissions and GHG.
