New report charts a future with bioLPG

A Liquid Gas UK (LGUK) report has outlined the route to decarbonising non-domestic off-grid businesses using bioLPG. The report found that LPG and bioLPG have the potential to replace one third of all the coal and oil currently used to heat non-domestic buildings as well as for industrial processing, saving 3.5million tones of CO2 - equivalent of taking over 240,000 cars off the road. George Webb, CEO, Liquid Gas UK, said: “It is clear that the UK will need to tackle industrial and commercial emissions to meet net-zero in time for 2050. The Government should ensure that all fuel switching opportunities are taken by developing policy that recognises the range of low-carbon technologies that will be needed.” The report by the trade association for the LPG industry in the UK highlighted how there were an estimated 62,000 non-domestic buildings off the gas grid that are being heated by oil, coal or LPG. These fuels are used across industries such as...