ScotRail trials low carbon HVO fuel as alternative to diesel

Stuart Stone
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Scottish train operator joins forces with Angel Trains and Crown Oil for 12-week Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil trial

ScotRail has launched a 12-week trial that will see it use Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) made from agricultural and food production waste as an alternative to diesel fuel in one of its two-carriage...

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