by Anjaly Thomas (Khaleej Times) … While individuals are doing their fair share in a bid to save the planet, Neutral Fuels, the first biorefinery in the Middle East and the largest producer of biofuel in the Gulf region, founded by greentech entrepreneur Karl W. Feilder, is approaching the matter differently.
Feilder aims at creating a circular economy by transforming locally-sourced waste cooking oil into locally-consumed biofuel, a commercially viable drop-in replacement for the harmful fossil fuel used in diesel engines. The used cooking oil is refined locally into biofuel for use in the UAE’s transportation fleets of trucks and school buses.
Neutral Fuels works with local clients including McDonalds, Dulsco, Del Monte, Nestlé, IKEA, and has been involved in strategic projects alongside ENOC, Dubai World Trade Centre, and, most recently, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Gateway tourism project. “The net zero biofuel is a clean, green renewable fuel that immediately reduces transport carbon emissions to zero, enabling organisations to significantly reduce their contribution to climate change,” he explains.
According to Feilder, Neutral Fuels recycled 13,258,510 litres of locally-sourced used cooking oil (UCO) between 2011 and 2020, which saved around 33 million kgs of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent, a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints) for the UAE. “These numbers are expected to double through the newly-established biorefinery in Abu Dhabi, which is the first-ever commercial biofuels facility there, giving a combined UAE capacity of 12 million litres of biofuel annually.” READ MORE
