Dubbed “Bio-Bus”, the bus hit the road by ferrying passengers between Bristol Airport and the historic city of Bath. The 40-seater vehicle can travel up to 186 miles on a single tank of gas, and engineers have exuded confidence that this could be a gateway to sustainable and renewable fuelling of public transport with fewer emissions than petrol engines.
The gas, which is generated at Bristol sewage treatment works through the treatment of sewage and food wastes, is run by a subsidiary of Wessex Wate called GENeco. The company is also the first to inject gas generated from human and food waste into UK’s national gas grid network.
Hailing the achievement, the General Manager of GENeco, Mohammed Saddiq, said the bio-methane gas will not only provide a sustainable fuel, but also reduce the country’s reliance on traditional fossil fuels.
“Gas-powered vehicles have an important role to play in improving air quality in UK cities, but the Bio-Bus goes further than that and is actually powered by people living in the local area, including quite possibly those on the bus itself,” Saddiq added.
The bio-methane gas the company is supplying is thought to power over 8,500 households as well as fuel the Bio-Bus.
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