by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) The government of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands located between France and the U.K., has so far switched 252 of its vehicles to run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), also referred to as renewable diesel, as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
The Jersey fleet-management team, which runs and repairs government vehicles, started to move towards using this fuel in May for all its diesel road vehicles.
Since then, the Jersey fleet-management team has been progressively switching to HVO instead of fossil-fuel diesel as it fills up at both Bellozane and La Collette.
William O’Leary, an assistant press officer with the government of Jersey, told Biobased Diesel Daily that the HVO fuel is supplied by Neste Corp. via Rubis.
As proposed in the Carbon Neutral Roadmap, approved by the States Assembly in 2022, the government has also set up a strategic decarbonization unit, working across the organization to reduce emissions. This is primarily focused on the fleet and buildings but will also look to educate employees on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050.
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A total of 252 Jersey government vehicles are now using HVO fuel, comprising roughly 38 percent of its fleet.
More than 40,000 gallons of HVO fuel has been used since May by the government of Jersey fleet and the La Collette waste sites.
Approximately 358 metric tons of CO2-equivalent have been removed from the fleet as a result of the switch in fuels. READ MORE
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