HVO Fuel UK

Learn more about HVO fuel the latest generation of low carbon green diesel fuel

Switching to 100% HVO fuel also known as hydrotreated vegetable oil from regular fossil diesel fuel is quick, easy and often requires no changes to existing engines or equipment. It can be stored in the same bulk oil storage tank as old stocks of diesel and used in exactly the same way.

With businesses, local authorities and other organisations up and down the country looking to show off their green credentials by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Many trials of HVO fuel have begun to take place, in order to test the suitability of this greener, advanced renewable diesel fuel for their business, local authority or organisation.

Why should you consider switching to HVO fuel today?

Is HVO fuel the right low carbon emission option for your home or business?

We all understand how important it is for us all to make changes in our lives to help the environment and reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions. For some people and businesses, this has meant buying electric vehicles to replace older vehicles with petrol and diesel engines. For homes and businesses looking for alternative ways to heat their properties, heat pumps are one of the latest options for doing this.

Although both electric vehicles and heat pumps are fine options and go a long way towards helping the environment, they do come at great expense. For vehicles, this will generally mean the existing diesel or petrol engine vehicles are sold (or scrapped in some cases) in order to replace them with electric versions of the vehicles. This could prove to be very costly, since electric versions of regular diesel and petrol models are typically far more expensive.

It’s a similar story with heat pumps, they are currently vastly more expensive than regular heating oil and natural gas heated boilers and are not a straight replacement for existing models. Unlike replacing an existing vehicle or fleet of vehicles, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to sell on your old heating system. So for many people the best time to replace an existing heating system will be when their old boiler needs replacing.

For this reason, HVO fuel, the advanced renewable diesel fuel alternative offers many benefits to those who either do not have the finances to replace their existing infrastructure or simply don’t feel that the technology of the alternatives such as electric vehicles and heat pumps have matured enough yet to make an investment into them. For one, it means that there will be little to no modifications or changes required to make the switch.

Will switching from mineral diesel to renewable diesel fuel really help to lower your CO2 emissions?

Whether you’re a business or a household looking to cut your own CO2 emissions, we can all help play a part in the government’s commitments to a net zero future. In the UK alone, 30 of the biggest companies have already signed up to the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign.

We all need to make small changes to the way we live our lives and the way we work, to ensure a more sustainable future for future generations by committing to protecting our environment today, to help meet your organisation’s carbon reduction targets.

With ambitious targets set by the government put into law, to ensure that all greenhouse gas emissions are brought down to net zero carbon by 2050. It’s everybody’s responsibility to do what they can to help ensure the targets are met.

Although the government considers electric vehicles the future of road transport and heat pumps the replacement for natural gas and heating oil heated boilers. Both of these offer significant reductions in CO2 emissions compared to existing options. They’re not without their flaws and will require a significant sum of money to replace your existing infrastructure, be that replacing one or petrol or diesel engine vehicles or replacing your existing heating system(s).

For those planning to replace their existing vehicle(s) or heating system(s), the switch to electric may not actually feel like a huge expense over its lifetime. But not everybody is ready to make the switch for whatever reason and that opens the door for alternatives which allow people and business to continue using their existing infrastructure.

In this case, the renewable diesel fuel of choice is HVO fuel which is considered to be a fossil free, drop in alternative to mineral diesel fuel. Many heavy duty road vehicles such as HGVs and passenger car manufacturers have already approved HVO fuel for use in many of their vehicle models. It has been suggested that where manufacturers are yet to approve its use, that is simply because it has not been tested and verified yet.