CAP Clean Air

 

TIDMCAP 
 
RNS Number : 4119N 
Clean Air Power Limited 
17 February 2009 
 

 
 
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Clean Air Power Ltd 
 ("Clean Air Power" or "the Company") 
 
 
Contract Win 
 
 
New Order from Sainsbury's for Genesis Units 
 
 
 
 
Clean Air Power Limited (AIM: CAP) today announces that it has received an order 
from Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (Sainsbury's) for five Genesis Dual Fuel 
installations. This early order demonstrates Sainsbury's ongoing commitment to 
using the company's technology to reduce its emissions from road transport. 
 
Sainsbury's started a successful trial of Clean Air Power's technology in August 
2007 and in August 2008 began to operate one of its Mercedes-Benz Axor Euro 3 
vehicles fitted with Clean Air Power's Genesis' Dual-Fuel(TM) combustion 
technology.  The vehicle runs daily to Sainsbury's new flagship green store in 
Dartmouth, Devon from the Sainsbury Emerald Park depot near Bristol.  The 
Dartmouth vehicle and the others which Sainsbury's have ordered will be fuelled 
using a combination of diesel and Biogas, 100% renewable methane produced from a 
landfill site and cleaned before use.  The landfill site is owned and operated 
by Gasrec Ltd. 
 
 
Sainsbury's have named this initiative 'Running on Rubbish' and are keen to 
increase their experience of operating Dual-Fuel(TM) vehicles with a view to 
expanding the use of biogas within their fleet in the future.  Reducing 
emissions from heavy goods vehicles is very challenging for operators and 
Sainsbury's will reduce CO2 emissions from these vehicles by around 30%. 
 
 
Clean Air Power pioneered the move towards using natural gas (methane) as a fuel 
for heavy goods vehicles by developing patented technologies that enable an 
existing diesel engine to operate on a combination of diesel and methane, with 
minimal change required to the base engine. 
 
 
This order is for Clean Air Power's Genesis system which is retrofitted to 
operators' existing vehicles.  Around 50% of the diesel used can be substituted 
by methane, whereas an interfaced product will deliver up to a substitution rate 
of up to 90%.  Clean Air Power recently announced the signature of a letter of 
intent with Volvo, the largest truck engine manufacturer in the world, to 
develop an interfaced product. Whilst running in Dual-Fuel(TM) mode, the diesel 
engine performance and efficiency are maintained whilst delivering significant 
fuel cost savings, along with a marked reduction in carbon emissions. 
 
Commenting on the order, John Pettitt, CEO of Clean Air Power, said: 
 
 
"We are delighted to receive this order as it represents the next stage in our 
relationship with Sainsbury's. We are pleased that such a respected and well 
known group has been impressed with the trial of our technology over the past 
few years and we hope that this order will lead to further orders in the future 
with our new products.  This order signifies another step forward for the 
Company following the positive progress already announced this year, and further 
endorses the credibility of our technology." 
 
 
Gary King, Sainsbury's Logistics Operations Support Manager stated that: 
 
 
"Sainsbury's are keen to continue the evaluation of this product in order to 
gain a better understanding of the use of this type of fuel within our 
operation.  The purchasing of the Genesis units demonstrates our continued 
commitment of respecting the environment by seeking alternative sustainable 
fuels." 
 
 
 
 
For further information please contact: 
 
 
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Notes to Editors 
 
 
About Clean Air Power 
 
 
Clean Air Power is the developer and provider of Dual-Fuel(TM) combustion 
technology for heavy duty diesel engines.  Dual-Fuel(TM) engines substantially 
cut fuel costs and carbon emissions by substituting diesel with clean natural 
gas without sacrificing the original engine's characteristic efficiency or 
reliability. Clean Air Power is well positioned to assist corporations and 
governments to deliver on their environmental commitments, while at the same 
time reducing transport operators overheads. 
 
 
Initially founded in the USA in 1991, around GBP40m has been invested in 
developing the technology with the result that 62 patents are currently held or 
pending.  The holding company of the Group is based in Bermuda with operational 
subsidiaries in the UK, the USA and Australia. The Group was admitted to the AIM 
market of the London Stock Exchange in February 2006. 
 
 
 
 
Further information on Clean Air Power is available at www.cleanairpower.com 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This information is provided by RNS 
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange 
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