Soon, all ground handling vehicles on the apron at Schiphol will refuel using biofuel HVO100. Using this fuel means a 98% reduction in CO2 emissions. The biofuel will be used as an intermediate solution until all vehicles run on electricity or hydrogen and are emission-free. Parties in the aviation sector continue to work on reaching that goal by 2030.
KLM Equipment Services (KES), the fuel supplier for all vehicles on the apron, will be delivering HVO100 instead of Gas-to-liquid (GTL) as of 1 January. HVO100 is a renewable alternative to diesel. It is made artificially without the use of fossil resources. The properties of HVO100 are comparable to those of GTL and fossil diesel, so modifications to the diesel engines are not necessary.
“At the moment, 40% of the motorised equipment at the airport runs on electricity. And that number will increase over the coming years. However, for a number of specialist heavy vehicles, it is a technical challenge to develop a battery with sufficient capacity that can also be charged quickly enough. This is therefore a good intermediate solution,” added Paul Feldbrugge, responsible for the Zero Emission Programme within KES.
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