DHL Freight, one of the road freight service providers in Europe, began to pilot the Bio-NG solution (bio-liquid natural gas from sustainable biomass) with Shell on three transport trucks, in order to reduce the CO 2 emissions in road transportation in a sustainable way. In the first five months, the lifting volume of BioLNG decreased by 87 tons of CO 2 eq. This corresponds to the emissions of 89900 km driven by diesel trucks and represents 85% 2 savings of CO compared with traditional diesel engines.
"The logistics industry currently accounts for 11% of the global carbon emissions. In order to cope with climate change, the transportation sector needs to truly decarbonize. For DHL Freight, sustainable fuel solutions are the key levers to change the fuel mix and ultimately reduce the carbon emissions of road freight," said Uwe Brinks, executive officer of DHL Freight. "By investing not only in sustainable fuels, but also in fleet renewal, engine transformation and efficiency projects, we have solved the impact of the logistics supply chain. We are glad to have partners share our vision with us and join us in our journey towards a sustainable future."
The fuel substitute is being implemented to improve the line transportation between Grundfos's production base in Bjerringbro, Denmark, and Longeville-Les-Saint-Avold, France. By providing the option of using more environmentally friendly alternatives, the company is taking another step towards cleaner road freight, which is consistent with the sustainable development roadmap of Deutsche Post DHL Group in 2030.
"Our commitment and ambition to sustainable development are completely rooted in our value chain. Through close cooperation and concerted efforts with our suppliers and logistics partners, we have achieved our sustainable development goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2025. Therefore, we see that the sustainable fuel solution proposed by DHL Freight is an important step in the right direction of reducing carbon emissions of road freight transport "Said St é phane Simonetta, executive vice president and operating officer of Grundfos Group.
The biological liquefied natural gas used by Shell in the test is produced from agricultural waste. It meets the standards of the European Renewable Energy Directive 2 (REDII) and is the product of a sustainable circular economy. The pilot project has been running for more than five months and will continue for about. a year. Accordingly, the reduction in emissions is attributed to customers. In this way, customers can successfully decarbonize their supply chain.
Fabian Ziegler, Managing Director of Shell Germany, said: "Carrying out such a pilot with DHL and other customers is an opportunity for both of us to test and learn, and also an opportunity to jointly promote the decarbonization of the industry, because it proves that the new concept is effective and has a positive impact on the climate target in a commercially feasible way. The pilot results show that bio-liquid natural gas can now reduce CO 2 emissions, and is the greenhouse required to achieve the EU 2030 climate target Contribute to gas emission reduction. This is very promising good news for the industry. "
At the same time, Shell is expanding the supply of biological liquefied natural gas to further reduce emissions and achieve carbon neutrality. By the beginning of 2022, Shell will provide mixed biological liquefied natural gas for the whole network of the Netherlands and provide further carbon emission reduction for all customers. By 2023, Shell plans to provide the whole network of Germany with bio-liquid natural gas produced by the new gas liquefaction plant in Shell Rhine Energy and Chemical Park. The company will start the construction of liquefaction plant later this year, provided that the license is obtained in time. The annual transportation volume of 100000 tons in Rhineland will help reduce the carbon emissions caused by long-distance transportation by up to 1 million tons.
Providing sustainable fuel alternatives for road freight transport is another measure of the sustainable development work of Deutsche Post DHL Group. According to the road map for sustainable development recently released by them *, by 2030, the Group hopes to invest 7 billion euros in climate and logistics solutions, and at least 30% of the fuel demand for air and line transportation will be met by sustainable fuels. Deutsche Post DHL Group believes that biofuels are of decisive significance for the current decarbonization of transportation, and expects that hydrogen as a sustainable fuel based on electricity will be a promising alternative in the long run.