Scramble’s on in London to Snag Biodiesel
by Howard Mustoe (Seattle Times) …
Cabbies, who collectively spend almost $634,000 a day on diesel, are starting to switch to biodiesel, a fuel derived from vegetable oil, to cut costs. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is also looking at using biodiesel to power its new London office, due to open next year.
The accounting firm is seeking local sources for nearly 12,000 gallons of biodiesel to meet one quarter of its monthly office fuel needs, said Jon Barnes, head of building and facilities services.
“I’m trying to locally source used chip fat from restaurants,” he said. “It’s a pretty pointless exercise of using biofuel if it’s been all round the world on a ship.”
…The European Union will limit all new buildings’ use of fossil fuels to “nearly zero” by 2020. Having a renewable source for some of the office’s energy needs could help the accounting company sell its services to clients wanting to do the same.
…Uptown Oil, which started out delivering ice, has been refining biodiesel from waste oil supplied by 750 restaurants, pubs and companies across London since 2007. It sells the fuel at $1.53 per liter, while the average price of diesel in Britain is $1.75 per liter, according to the Automobile Association. READ MORE
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