Advanced Biofuels to be used during 2012 Games
July 2011: BP – the “Official Oil and Gas Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games” – is to provide advanced biofuel blends during the Games, prior to their commercial launch. BP have...
View ArticleRecycling Cooking Oil in London
July 2011: The Committee on Climate Change are currently undertaking a review of bioenergy and took a trip to have a look at the work of Uptown Oil who collect used cooking oil from about a thousand...
View ArticlePwC considers ‘negawatt’ trial
17 August 2011: Business Green article on how PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) is considering taking part in UK Power Network’s Low Carbon London demand reduction project through managing the output of its...
View Article‘Greentomatos plus chip-fat equals low carbon fleet’
17 November 2011: BusinessGreen reports that “London taxicab firm greentomatocars has added 20 biofuel-powered cars to its 200 strong Prius fleet as the competition to become the capital’s greenest...
View ArticleDial-a-Ride vehicles trialling biodiesel
December 2011: Transport for London (TfL)is to use an “environmentally friendly biofuel in 12 of its Dial-a-Ride vehicles in a year-long trial…The biodiesel, which will be supplied by Argent Energy, is...
View ArticleEnergy & Climate Questions to the Mayor
May 2013: This month the Mayor has been asked questions in relation to: whether the Mayor had signed up to the London Big Energy Switch; whether the Mayor had signed up to the Green Deal; making...
View ArticlePotential for biodiesel from use cooking oil and FOGs in London
November 2013: The Mayor announced today that TfL will be deploying 12o buses from the Barking depot which will run on a blend of 80 per cent regular diesel and 20 per cent biodiesel. The press release...
View ArticleWe are now at DEfLon 1…
March 2014: A paper presented at February’s GLA’s Investment & Performance Board sets out the Environment Team’s priorities for this year (2014/12). Amongst the range of initiatives being taken...
View ArticleLondon Buses Biodiesel Supplier Wins Award
September 2016: TfL announced in December 2015 that one third of London’s buses were to run on waste fats and oils, with two bus operators, Stagecoach and Metroline, signing deals with Argent Energy to...
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