Following successful trials on the test bench and in the field, Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems approved its Series 1600 and Series 4000 generator sets for use with EN15940 synthetic diesel fuels. This includes gas-to-liquid (GTL) and coal-to-liquid (CTL) as well as biomass-to-liquid (BTL), hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and power-to-liquid fuels. They can all replace conventional diesel fuel, which is made from fossil petroleum.
"There is already a lot of interest in HVO in particular from many customers in the energy industry and data center business who want to improve their carbon footprint," said Tobias Ostermaier, president of stationary power solutions at Rolls-Royce Power Systems. "The results from pilot customers show a significant reduction in greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxide, and particulate emissions by using HVO instead of fossil diesel in their gensets."