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驿马投资在生物甲烷巴士/Stagecoach Invests in Biomethane Buses
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英国公共汽车和长途汽车运营商驿马已经确认它是使生物甲烷气体公共汽车一个多亿英镑的投资,其业务在英格兰东北部桑德兰市。十七斯堪尼亚/ ADL环保300单层生物甲烷燃气客车在300万英镑(453万美元)的成本,这将被引入到城市。购买是部分运输(DFT)绿色巴士基金部最新一轮的拨款资助。
驿马英国巴士董事总经理罗伯特·蒙哥马利,说:“我们很高兴,我们在桑德兰的客户将受益于新的生物甲烷气体巴士,这将具有较低的碳排放,并帮助当地人民提供更好的生活环境。
“可持续发展是我们业务的心脏和公交车在支持经济发展中发挥了至关重要的作用,保持连接社区和满足该国的环境挑战。我们致力于为我们的乘客和减少自身的碳足迹作为一个企业投资于更清洁,更环保的车辆。“
驿马集团,经营约13,000公共汽车和火车,在英国和北美,也转换了11 Optare独奏在林肯市的双燃料运行(生物甲烷/柴油),于2011年年中。
今年早些时候,作为政府的碳减排承诺(CRC)能源效率计划的一部分编译的数字表明,驿马集团是跻身前10%的大公司在英国,其性能在减少碳排放来自其业务。
UK bus and coach operator Stagecoach has confirmed it is to make a multi-million-pound investment in biomethane gas buses for its operations in England’s northeast city of Sunderland. Seventeen Scania/ADL Enviro 300 single-decker biomethane gas buses, which will be introduced to the city at a cost of £3 million (USD 4.53 million). The purchase is part funded from the latest round of allocations from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Green Bus Fund.
Robert Montgomery, Managing Director of Stagecoach UK Bus, said: “We are pleased that our customers in Sunderland will benefit from new biomethane gas buses, which will have lower carbon emissions and help deliver a better living environment for local people.
“Sustainability is at the heart of our business and buses play a vital role in supporting the economy, keeping communities connected and meeting the country’s environmental challenges. We are committed to investing in cleaner, greener vehicles for our passengers and reducing our own carbon footprint as a business.”
Stagecoach Group, which operates around 13,000 buses and trains in the UK and North America, also converted 11 Optare Solos to dual-fuel operation (biomethane/diesel) in the city of Lincoln, in mid 2011.
Earlier this year, figures compiled as part of the Government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme showed that Stagecoach Group is among the top 10% of large companies in the UK for its performance in reducing the carbon emissions from its business.