Waste oil gets a second life as biofuel and helps energy users move away from fossil fuels with ease. Orla Stevens of Certa Ireland and Claus Geisler Madsen of DCC Energi Denmark tell more.
“We want to make biofuel available to everybody so they can start on their carbon reduction journey,” says Orla Stevens, Managing Director at Certa Ireland. “And the fuel we’re particularly excited about is HVO.”
HVO – or hydrotreated vegetable oil – is a ‘second-generation’ biofuel. So called because, after treatment, waste oil that would otherwise go to landfill gets a second life as a lower-carbon fuel suitable for diesel engines.
“HVO is chemically comparable to diesel, so you can simply go to a fuel pump and add it to your tank without any issues or making any modifications to the engine,” says Orla.
HVO delivers up to 90 per cent reduced carbon emissions over the full production lifecycle when it’s produced from waste material such as cooking oil.
“What’s so good about it is that it gives you the opportunity to reduce carbon emissions from the second you start using it,” she adds.