The Department for Transport has set up the Renewable Fuels Agency to help the UK as it moves towards its Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation target that 5% of all fuel sold in the UK should be biofuel by 2010. (more…)
According to a European Commission report, the UK has to play catch-up with many of its EU competitors over the introduction of sulphur-free fuels. (more…)
The proposed measures include increased fuel-efficient driving and greater reliance on renewable fuels.
Volvo Trucks is part of a group that aims to halve the overall climate impact of a typical Swedish long-haul transport operation by 2020 by achieving reductions in CO2 emissions.
European legal pressure on manufacturers to produce lower particulate engines is leading to a steady increase in CO2 emissions as machines become less fuel efficient, says group chairman of Owen Pugh, John Dickinson.