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Kerry County Council Trials Carbon Neutral Truck

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Photographed at Kerry county buildings, when the Kerry County Council became the first local authority in Ireland to trial a zero carbon Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) powered by compressed renewable gas were: Declan O’Sullivan, Gas Networks Ireland; Tom Ahern, Machinery Complex, Kerry County Council; Moira Murrell, Chief Executive, Kerry County Council; Patrick Connor-Scarteen, Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, John Fitzgerald, Senior Executive Engineer – Roads, Transportation & Marine Dept., Kerry County Council; Tom Nolan, Director, Tom Nolan & Sons Ltd. (Castleisland), David Hanahoe, Gas Networks Ireland.

KERRY County Council became the first local authority in Ireland to trial a zero carbon Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) powered by compressed renewable gas.

The truck was supplied by Scania dealers, T. Nolan and Sons in Castleisland, and fuelled using carbon neutral renewable gas from the national gas network supplied by Gas Networks Ireland.

During the two-week trial, Kerry County Council used this clean transport solution to move road salt from Co. Tipperary.

Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor-Scarteen said: “Meeting Ireland’s climate target is a big challenge and transport is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise. We are delighted to do our bit in Kerry and trial trucks powered by renewable gas as a viable option to reduce our fleet emissions.”