Dearman, one of the CA4C partners, is delighted to announce that our new report, Liquid Air on the European Highway, has been launched at the British Embassy in Brussels. This is the first study to investigate the true cost to society of diesel-powered transport refrigeration and the social, environmental and economic case for replacing it with a zero-emission alternative. Some key findings of the report:
- 1 million transport refrigeration units currently operate in the EU (180,000 in Germany; 150,000 in France; 84,000 in UK)
- Diesel transport refrigeration units in the EU produce an air quality impact that is equivalent to approximately 56 million diesel cars (10 million in Germany and 8.4 million in France)
- The environmental impact is emission of 13m tonnes of CO2e; 40,000 tonnes of NOx; and 5,000 tonnes of Particulate matter (PM)
- The environmental and health impact of emissions will impose an annual burden of €2.5 billion by 2025
- Transport refrigeration is currently unregulated, providing no incentive for innovation
- Transport refrigeration units give off up to 29 x more particulate matter (soot, smoke and liquid droplets) and up to 6 x more NOX (Nitrogen Oxides) than a modern diesel truck engine (Euro VI)
- That’s up to 165 times as much particulate matter and 93 times as much NOX as a Euro6 diesel car
- A zero-emission alternative is to use a liquid nitrogen powered Dearman engine to provide both clean cold and power – a solution that creates no localized emissions and generates substantial CO2 savings
Clean Tech Delta is one of the partners in the Clean Air 4 Cities project, more information is to be found here.
