(Argent Energy/Biodiesel Magazine) Argent Energy, one of the U.K.’s leading suppliers of sustainable biodiesel, has won two awards at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) Low Carbon Champions Awards 2016: the Low Carbon Fuel Initiative of the Year Award and the highest accolade, the Grand Prix, or Winner of Winners, Award.
Argent Energy manufactures 60 million litres (15.85 million gallons) of biodiesel from waste each year. In 2015 Argent supplied high bio‐blend diesel to two major London bus companies. The initiative has stimulated more supply and demand in London and after a year of using this carbon-saving diesel, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings for these companies would be equivalent to 150 million miles of carbon-free travel, based on DfT figures.
Argent only uses wastes for biodiesel and is the most sustainable producer in the U.K. The company has introduced high GHG-saving fuel into London in support of its challenging climate change targets. Argent captured the potential of biodiesel from waste as a drop-in replacement fuel without the need for vehicle modification. The fuel is priced around the same level as standard diesel, and sometimes cheaper.
Argent is not only working with the GLA and Transport for London to reach their target of B20 (high bio-blend diesel) in all London diesel buses by 2020, but has engaged with other U.K. cities.
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Argent Energy is a leading waste-to-energy biodiesel producer in the U.K. Argent’s plant, near Motherwell in Scotland, started production in 2005 and represents an initial capital investment of around £17 million. This was supported by grants from the Scottish Executive and the European Union. The plant demonstrated the successful use of waste animal fats for biodiesel and has more recently been successfully pioneering the use of other waste streams such as fats, oils and greases from the waste-water and sewer systems.
As a result, Argent is investing £75 million in a new biodiesel plant that will increase its total production to around 150 million liters per year of waste-based fuel. READ MORE