{"id":99433,"date":"2021-09-21T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=99433"},"modified":"2021-09-21T09:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:47:40","slug":"kier-hvo-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/kier-hvo-fuels\/99433\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier trials use of HVO fuels on four sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kier.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kier<\/a> trials use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuels across its construction business to help the company reach its net zero goals<\/h2>\n<h3>The four sites undertaking the Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel trials are:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Newmarket Approach in Leeds<\/li>\n<li>NHS Golden Jubilee Surgical Centre in Glasgow<\/li>\n<li>Durham History Centre &amp; Archives<\/li>\n<li>Shakespeare North in Prescott.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HVO fuel could save the site\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sixth-carbon-budget\/92244\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CO2 emissions<\/a> by up to net 90%, nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by up to 27% and particulate matter by up to 84%.<\/p>\n<p>The fuel is manufactured from 100% renewable and sustainable waste, all ethically sourced and derived from raw materials and is a \u2018drop in\u2019 fuel that can replace diesel with no changes required to the engine or operational infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>It is legal for road and non-road use and offers significant reductions in noxious tailpipe emissions.<\/p>\n<p>This trial is being delivered in line with Kier\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kier.co.uk\/media\/6079\/building-for-a-sustainable-world-march-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building for a Sustainable World<\/a> framework, which seeks to create a resilient, purpose driven business.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Reach our net zero goals\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Hannah Aston, environmental manager at Kier Regional Building North &amp; Scotland, said: \u201cThis is a crucial trial, which is aligned to the overall group sustainability framework and the results will help us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/goal-for-sustainability\/83854\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reach our net zero goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that we have been able to launch it on three sites so far and we\u2019re continuing to work with our supply chain to launch further trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the sites there are a number of vehicles and generators running on HVO fuel and we\u2019re in discussions with the rest of the supply chain to extend the trial to other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, the feedback has been excellent and we look forward to seeing the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kier trials use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuels across its construction business to help the company reach its net zero goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[652,472,93645,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-construction-vehicles","8":"tag-kier","9":"tag-net-zero","10":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kier trials use of HVO fuels on four sites<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kier trials use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuels across its construction business to help the company reach its net zero goals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/kier-hvo-fuels\/99433\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kier trials use of HVO fuels on four sites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kier trials use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuels across its construction business to help the company reach its net zero goals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/kier-hvo-fuels\/99433\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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