Biomethane Refuelling
The UK is facing an urgent task to decarbonise the transport sector, particularly heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), in order to meet the government’s climate change commitments
Natural gas, especially biomethane, is currently considered the only technically proven and commercially viable option to achieve low emissions for HGVs, thanks to government regulatory support through the fuel duty differential and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ("RTFO") scheme. In addition to a favourable fuel duty rate, natural gas as a transport fuel is also materially lower than that of diesel currently. These provide strong financial incentives to incentivise fleet operators to replace diesel by gas-powered trucks, thereby driving increasing growth of the UK gas HGV market over the past few years.
