Aggreko transitions 4 US locations to renewable diesel

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Energy-solutions provider Aggreko announced June 4 that the company has transitioned four of its North American locations to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), also known as renewable diesel, negating the internal need for petroleum diesel fuel.

The locations include the company’s North American headquarters in Pearland, Texas, as well as the facilities in New Iberia, Louisiana, and San Francisco and Los Angeles in California.

In replacing diesel with the HVO, Aggreko is instead using biofuel for its onsite operations in the four locations, including the maintenance and testing of generators and fuel for forklifts and service vehicles.

At Aggreko service centers, technicians use fuel to ensure generators and other power solutions are ready for customer delivery, as well as for general onsite transportation needs.

As Aggreko’s generators can run on biofuel in addition to diesel, even if a customer is planning to operate a generator using diesel, Aggreko can rely on HVO to test the unit.

“One of the great benefits of our diesel power solutions is how all of them can run on biofuels like HVO, and our service centers provide a great opportunity to demonstrate this for our customers,” said Todd Aston, the regional vice president of sustainability at Aggreko.

“In replacing our internal fuel needs with a biofuel option, we realized a dramatic CO2-emissions reduction of up to 60 percent,” Aston said.

“We are proud to take a leading role among energy-solution providers in embracing alternative fuels, and we look forward to transitioning to HVO at more of our service centers,” he added.

Following the successful transition to HVO at Pearland, New Iberia, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Aggreko is finalizing the replacement of diesel with HVO for internal use at additional facilities across the United States.

Aggreko’s transition to HVO forms a key part of the company’s “Energizing Change” sustainability campaign, which includes installing rooftop solar at service centers to support reaching 100 percent renewable electricity at service centers.