Driving the future of Biomethane

Howard Tenens bid for funding for the trial as part of a consortium led by Air Liquide involving eight other project partners. The consortium has recently been awarded the largest share of a £20 million grant from the Department of Transport (DfT) which will be administered by Innovate UK. The grant funding will enable Howard Tenens to part fund the purchase of two new 26 tonne rigid trucks that will run entirely on Biomethane. The trucks will operate out of Howard Tenens' Swindon depot and be used on a number of important contracts such as Toolstation, Honda and Cotswolds Outdoors.

Howard Tenens have previously benefited from Innovate UK funding in 2012 which enabled the company to purchase 36 dual fuel vehicles. Dual fuel trucks operate on a mixture of gas and diesel, whereas the new trucks will run entirely on biomethane gas, so will deliver much greater environmental benefits.

Ben Morris, executive director at Howard Tenens, said: “Adding these new trucks to the Howard Tenens fleet seemed like a natural development in our ongoing journey to use gas vehicles. These new vehicles will reduce carbon emissions by around 70% compared to a normal diesel engine and is the most viable option available to us for reducing our carbon footprint.”