Clean Air Power wins significant Dual-Fuel contract

A UK company has won a major contract to supply its unique Dual-Fuel gas/diesel truck engine installation to a transport company on the west coast of Australia.

Clean Air Power, based in High Wycombe and Leyland in Lancashire is supplying between 50-70 of its Dual-Fuel conversions to Mitchell Corporation in Perth.

The contract is worth over £1.5m and involves fitting both new and existing trucks with the Dual-Fuel installation. Mitchell’s order follows a trial on 14 vehicles which are on course to generate annual fuel savings of up to £40,000 per truck.

Mitchell’s fleet of Roadtrains (multi trailer vehicles running at over 100t gross vehicle weight) transport a mix of fuel, dairy and mining goods up and down the west coast of Australia.

Clean Air Power’s unique Dual-Fuel application runs on clean Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) which can reduce annual carbon emissions for a truck by approximately 37 tonnes. If the engine’s gas supply should be interrupted for any reason, the engine seamlessly switches over to diesel without any loss of power. Natural gas is considerably cheaper in Australia than diesel, just as it is in the UK.

According to Clean Air Power’s chief executive John Pettitt, its Dual-Fuel system is one of the only tried and tested ‘green’ engine options currently available for the global heavy truck industry.

“All the countries entering into the green debate tax their way towards reducing emissions, but what we are offering heavy truck operators is a proven way of reducing greenhouse gases and annual fuel bills by over 20%.

“We have over 1,600 Dual-Fuel installations working in some very demanding environments around the world. Natural gas is very clean and widely available and we are beginning to receive some exciting enquiries from operators around the globe,” he added.

Clean Air Power is working with Caterpillar dealers William Adams in Melbourne and Westrac in Perth to further build its Dual-Fuel presence in the Australian market.