Scania launches biodiesel pilot in Côte d’Ivoire, decreasing emissions and creating new jobs.
Scania West Africa, TotalEnergies Advertising and marketing Côte d’Ivoire, ANADER and LA SIR have inaugurated a biodiesel pilot in Abidjan, the capital metropolis of Côte d’Ivoire. The pilot goals to dramatically scale back emissions from public transport and create jobs by domestically produced biofuels, and is a milestone in Scania’s systematic approach of working with companions, authorities and clients to allow the transition to sustainable transport.
Sustainably produced biofuels from waste are at present the best choice to quickly scale back emissions from many of the public transport techniques in African international locations. Biofuel used as biodiesel will decrease carbon emissions by as much as 80%, and by much more when used as biogas. Latest research have proven that biofuels will likely be very important for decarbonising heavy-duty transport over the following few many years, for each new and present fleets.
In 2017, Scania initiated a collaboration with Agence Nationale d’Appui au Développement Rural (ANADER), a public company that helps rural growth in Côte d’Ivoire, to search out alternatives for producing native biofuels from cocoa and rubber, in addition to different agricultural waste and animal manure, all of that are current in abundance within the nation.
In July 2022, ANADER, Scania and TotalEnergies, a multinational vitality firm, signed an settlement to develop a pilot undertaking to supply 3,500 litres of FAME biodiesel from rubber seeds and check it for 30 days in a Scania bus operated by the native Abidjan transport firm, SOTRA.
Nicolas Lougovoy, Head of Strategic Tasks for the Africa, Center East and Central Asia area at Scania mentioned:
Along with our companions, we adopted a holistic and step-by-step method to cut back the carbon footprint and air air pollution from our buses.
Over the previous yr, Scania has delivered 400 biodiesel suitable customary buses and 50 biogas suitable articulated buses to SOTRA, as a part of its Sustainable Transport Challenge with the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Transport.
New bus depot and Bus Speedy Transit hall to come back
The second section of the undertaking will begin quickly with the development of a brand new bus depot and a Bus Speedy Transit hall by Scania and its companions. The system will present quick, dependable and cozy public transport providers to the residents of Abidjan.
“Combining Bus Speedy Transit and buses powered by domestically produced biofuel from waste will multiply the optimistic social and environmental impacts by producing native jobs, further incomes and considerably decreasing carbon footprint and air air pollution,” says Nicolas Lougovoy.
“We’re proud to be a part of this modern and sustainable answer that can profit each the individuals of town and the planet.”
Scania launches biodiesel pilot in Côte d’Ivoire, decreasing emissions and creating new jobs, November 10, 2023
