Since this yr, Wacker Neuson has been providing prospects the choice to replenish all diesel-driven machines with the choice HVO gas.
With fuels constituted of hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO), combustion engines might be operated with an nearly impartial carbon footprint. The gas is manufactured from renewable uncooked supplies and burns with much less emissions. It subsequently has a greater carbon footprint than fossil fuels. With HVO it’s attainable to scale back CO2 emissions by 90% in comparison with diesel operation.
All Wacker Neuson building gear and compact machines with a Stage 5 diesel engine produced from September this yr are authorized to be used with HVO fuels following EN15940. This contains excavators, wheel dumpers, wheel loaders and telehandlers, in addition to vibratory plates, rammers, and rollers.
“We take our accountability to supply an environmentally-friendly and protected product vary very critically,” says Alexander Greschner, chief gross sales officer of the Wacker Neuson Group. “With the choice to make use of HVO as a substitute of fossil fuels, our prospects can enhance their carbon footprint with out nice effort they usually can work in a extra future-oriented method. With this, we’re providing our prospects extra flexibility, and as a producer we’re contributing to extra sustainable building websites.”
Virtually all Wacker Neuson compact machines will probably be initially fueled ex works with HVO from September this yr. Consequently, Wacker Neuson is taking a constant step in the direction of a extra sustainable future and can be encouraging prospects to take this path.
As there are not any important variations within the chemical properties between the fuels HVO and diesel, the engine doesn’t necessitate any diversifications. There are additionally no extra necessities by way of storage or use in comparison with fossil fuels. Whereas diesel solely has a shelf-life of roughly one yr, HVO fuels have a shelf-life of a number of years.
Even throughout use it’s evident that HVO gas doesn’t hurt the engine’s service life, upkeep intervals, or emission habits. The client doesn’t need to resolve upon one gas, however can function the identical engine with both pure HVO, an HVO-diesel combination, or proceed to make use of customary diesel.
For greater than ten years, Wacker Neuson has been working with electrically powered compact machines and building gear, at all times specializing in the very best resolution for the shopper with these zero emission merchandise.
With the zero emission sequence, together with excavators, dumpers, wheel loaders and telehandlers, vibratory plates, rammers, and an inner vibrator system for concrete consolidation, it’s attainable to function a complete building website with none direct exhaust emissions.
Wacker Neuson plans to double its vary of zero emission machines inside the efficiency class as much as 40 kW or as much as 5 tons by 2025; all hand-held building gear will probably be on provide as battery-powered options by 2030.
