Cepsa and Begas Promote a Partnership to Decarbonize Heavy Urban Transport with Bioautogas

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January 20, 2023

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(Cepsa) ο Both companies will promote using biogas and other renewably-sourced fuels in buses, delivery vehicles, waste collection trucks, and other municipal services with the aim of accelerating their energy transition

- The partnership, which has already been joined by nine other companies and organizations in the sector, aims to become a pact integrating the entire value chain of professional urban transport
- Bioautogas can reduce CO₂ emissions and levels of suspended particulate matter and NOx by up to 90% compared to traditional fossil fuels, as well as reducing noise pollution. This CO₂ reduction enables vehicles to meet the requirements of the 2050 agenda today

Cepsa, the energy company committed to sustainable mobility, and BeGas, European leader in manufacturing and developing engines powered by alternative energies, have finalized a partnership to promote the decarbonization of professional urban transport, such as buses, delivery vehicles, waste collection trucks, and other municipal services.

This partnership aims to integrate the entire value chain of this sector (engine manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, energy producers and consumers) with a common goal: fighting climate change by reducing the sector’s carbon footprint and reducing pollution in cities. Currently, heavy urban vehicles account for 10% of the fuel consumption of the total professional transport fleet.

So far, nine partners from the public and private sectors have already joined this integrative partnership: vehicle and machine manufacturers Mobility Bus, Herko, Buxo Trucks, Socage, Aebi Schmidt Ibérica, and Revenant, the companies Urbaser and Sulo, which have vehicles of this type in their fleets, and ANEPMA (National Association of Public Environmental Companies).

While signing the agreement, Carlos Barrasa, Director of Commercial & Clean Energies at Cepsa, noted:

“At Cepsa, we want to help our customers advance their own decarbonization challenges. This is why partnerships such as the one we are presenting today, which facilitate the energy transition of professional vehicles driving in our cities, are at the heart of our strategy. It is extremely satisfying to be able to achieve a cross-disciplinary partnership of this size, which we hope will continue to grow and strengthen with a clear objective shared by all: moving forward together in the sustainability of transportation.”

For his part, Pedro Silva, CEO of BeGas has indicated that “the agreement with Cepsa is a strategic agreement since internal combustion engines powered by BioAutogas are the strategic solution to achieve the 2050 objectives.”

With this agreement, led by Cepsa and BeGas, both companies will promote manufacturing and using bioautogas or biopropane and other renewably-sourced products in professional urban transport, in addition to promoting the use of engines 100% powered by these energies.

Bioautogas is a gas of renewable origin that reduces CO₂ emissions by up to 90% and reduces the emission of suspended particles and NOx, which cause urban pollution, by more than 90% compared to traditional fossil fuels, as well as reducing noise pollution. This CO₂ reduction enables vehicles to meet the requirements of the 2050 agenda today.

Cepsa and BeGas: two firm commitments to transport decarbonization

Achieving this partnership confirms the commitment of both companies to reducing emissions from heavy urban vehicles. Cepsa currently has an annual production capacity of 7,000 tons of biopropane at its industrial facilities and, as part of its Positive Motion strategy, the company expects to produce more than 100,000 tons of this sustainable gas annually by 2030. Cepsa aims to lead the production of advanced biofuels in Spain and Portugal with an annual output of 2.5 million tons by the end of this decade.

For its part, BeGas Motor is a European leader in manufacturing and developing engines powered by alternative energies, such as autogas or bioautogas, and is the only manufacturer of 100% gas engines- without the need to use a hybrid engine with diesel or gasoline -for trucks and urban buses, which has Euro VI Step E approval. READ MORE

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