LowCVP to manage gas HGV test programme for DfT
Mon 28 September 2015
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With the Low Carbon Truck Trial (LCTT) nearing its final phase, and the emergence of Euro VI gas vehicle technology for HGVs, the LowCVP has been selected to manage a new test programme to benchmark all the latest gas trucks for emissions including methane, carbon dioxide (CO2) and fuel consumption.
The project will accurately compare the gas vehicles (both OEM and retrofit conversions) with their direct diesel counterparts in a consistent manner using the latest PEMS equipment run over repeatable track cycles. The test process will follow the LowCVP member-developed accreditation method for low carbon truck technology, building on the recently published Ricardo report which assessed test protocols for monitoring methane slip, a particular concern for methane-powered vehicles and a potential major contribution to their GHG impact.
Andy Eastlake, LowCVP's MD said "Biomethane is rapidly rising up the agenda as a major potential contributor to HGV fleet decarbonisation, but the evidence base is confused and vehicle technology (particularly with Euro VI) has developed extremely rapidly in the last couple of years as the LCTT has run.
"This project - supported by the LowCVP membership - will enable us to create a robust evidence-base both for Government and operators, to really establish the case behind a "dash for (Bio)Gas!"
LowCVP members will be invited to support the project which will provide a vital piece of the comprehensive evidence-base needed on gas use in HGVs to provide a basis for the formation of long-term government policy options in this sector.
Please more information, please contact Andy Eastlake via the LowCVP Secretariat.
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