The first commercial flight fuelled from recycled industrial waste has successfully touched down at London’s Gatwick Airport. The Virgin Atlantic 747’s flight was the first to use a new blend of normal jet fuel and ethanol produced from waste...
Wastewater treatment plants could depend less on Eskom by using the biogas formed onsite. This is according to wastewater solutions company WEC Projects. The company explains that methane rich biogas, which is formed as a by-product of sewage...
Want to join in the revolution for an effective fuel management system? This year’s Fuel Management Conference is particularly important as it goes a step further by following up from what the first conference focused on. The event will be...
The Department of Environment Affairs has released a study to facilitate the large-scale uptake of alternative transport fuels in South Africa entitled, “The case for Biogas”. The main objective of this study is to establish an understanding of the...
Eqstra Fleet Management offers fleet operators the following tips to assist them to decrease fuel spend. Fuel cards: customise fleet cards with additional security features such as limited daily or weekly limits, fleet card profiles and driver...
Although current data is predicting a drop in fuel prices in July, the Automobile Association (AA) has advised against premature celebrations. “The good news is that preliminary data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) for the middle of July...
For companies operating large fleets in Africa, budgeting for fuel has become increasingly difficult as rapidly changing oil prices and currency fluctuations play their part. Although Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa, lack of...
Is it possible to run a small fleet of vehicles on compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in South Africa today? South Africa has been slow in adopting alternative energy sources. There are currently less than 15 filling...
The Road Accident Fund started its operations in1997. It’s source of funding is the levies that the government places on fuel. Generally there are about 250 000 open claims which haven’t yet been settled. The majority of claims are...
