FedEx Categorical Europe, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest specific transportation firm, has begun trialing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel to gas 5 of its company-owned vehicles in the UK.
In November final yr, FedEx Categorical launched using renewable diesel to gas heavyweight, long-distance automobiles within the Netherlands, as a extra environmentally favorable different to fossil fuels. With the deployment of this new one hundred pc HVO gas, the UK turns into the subsequent a part of the FedEx community within the area to start out trialing using renewable gas.
The decarbonization of the heavyweight transport sector is acknowledged as more difficult than the parcel pick-up and supply sector, the place FedEx Categorical has already outlined its purpose to transition to a totally electrical fleet by 2040. Discovering a viable power different to fossil fuels is tougher with larger automobiles that additionally are likely to journey longer distances.
“Utilizing synthetically-made diesel provides an interim answer with the promising means to drive down ‘well-to wheel’ carbon emissions by as a lot as 80-90 % per liter. It implies that whereas different technological options are nonetheless being developed to assist the trade transition away from utilizing fossil fuels altogether, we are able to already make selections to affect and scale back our scope one carbon emissions in our linehaul truck community – these generated by our owned automobiles,” mentioned Louise Whitehouse, Managing Director Fleet Upkeep, FedEx Categorical Europe
The FedEx purpose introduced in March 2021 to realize carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040 consists of all FedEx owned and operated transportation together with parcel pick-up and supply, its in depth European linehaul truck community, and plane. It additionally consists of the corporate’s scope three emissions which can be generated by contracted transportation providers that play a component within the FedEx community. By demonstrating help and adoption of diesel alternate options, FedEx is striving to make different fuels extra viable, scalable, and finally accessible throughout the trade as options to assist decarbonise hard-to-abate transportation modalities in Europe.
