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Car firms in Northern Ireland look into new engine for bio fuels
01/02/2010
Northern Irish environment minister Edwin Poots has suggested that the country increase its use of bio fuels to help cut CO2 emissions.
He was visiting the Omnivour Project, which is being undertaken in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, along with car manufacturers Jaguar and Lotus. The project intends to research a new engine concept that will maximise the benefits of using bio fuels, through fuel economy, thermal efficiency and reduced emissions.
Poots toured the Lotus assembly line in Norfolk and then stated, “I consider the emergence of low carbon transport as a very positive step on the path to delivering more sustainable modes of travel.”
He explained that by changing the fuel used by private cars, a lot of difference could be made to emissions. “Transport in Northern Ireland accounts for over 29% of the total carbon dioxide emissions, and is the largest source of nitrous oxide,” he explained.
Poots continued, “private car usage is principally responsible and it is therefore important for the automotive industry to rise to the challenge of tackling these emissions which are a contributory factor in our changing climate.”
The new generation of bio fuels can be made through converting by-products of the forestry industry into pellets that are then converted to energy using enzymes. This boosts both the sustainable forestry industry and reduces the impact on food prices.
He was visiting the Omnivour Project, which is being undertaken in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, along with car manufacturers Jaguar and Lotus. The project intends to research a new engine concept that will maximise the benefits of using bio fuels, through fuel economy, thermal efficiency and reduced emissions.
Poots toured the Lotus assembly line in Norfolk and then stated, “I consider the emergence of low carbon transport as a very positive step on the path to delivering more sustainable modes of travel.”
He explained that by changing the fuel used by private cars, a lot of difference could be made to emissions. “Transport in Northern Ireland accounts for over 29% of the total carbon dioxide emissions, and is the largest source of nitrous oxide,” he explained.
Poots continued, “private car usage is principally responsible and it is therefore important for the automotive industry to rise to the challenge of tackling these emissions which are a contributory factor in our changing climate.”
The new generation of bio fuels can be made through converting by-products of the forestry industry into pellets that are then converted to energy using enzymes. This boosts both the sustainable forestry industry and reduces the impact on food prices.
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