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Power Generator Hire Company Provides Carbon Neutral Energy

Prompted by customers’ environmental concerns, Mather and Stuart Generators Limited, one of the largest generator hire companies in the UK, is to make all hires green. In a deal with Crown Oil UK all diesel for the temporary generator sets it supplies throughout the UK will be totally carbon offset.

Mather and Stuart specialise in providing temporary power to clients in construction, industry and commerce where mains supplies are not available as well as areas like education, leisure and retail. The company fill the gap when new mains are not installed in time, if there are other outages due to cables being severed or stolen, or if there are other faults on the distribution network.

“With a hire fleet of over 800 generator sets, we believe that this is a significant move for Mather and Stuart and a big win for the environment,” explained director Mark Stuart. “We have been looking for some time for ways to respond to customer concerns about the environmental impact of our temporary generators and using the carbon offset diesel product from Crown Oil UK provided a straightforward solution.”

The Crown Oil UK carbon offset product is commercial diesel for which they have bought high quality carbon offsets. The offsets support world-wide energy conservation projects, such as the planting of trees to create carbon sinks, or other programmes to actively reduce carbon emissions. This means that the carbon released by the burning of the diesel is effectively cancelled out. “Offset diesel is available for use in any on-site plant that is normally fuelled with red diesel. This may include not just generators but pumps, site vehicles, excavators, cranes, piling rigs and any other site plant,” explained Mark Andrews, group general manager at Crown Oil UK.

Bio-Diesel was considered as an alternative to carbon offset diesel but was rejected for technical and ethical reasons. “Generators are often a distress hire and the last thing the customer needs is further technical glitches. Obtaining fuel from what is essentially a food resource also has ethical implications that make us uncomfortable,” Mark Stuart explained.

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Mark Andrews, Group General Manager, Crown Oil UK
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Release issued: August 23, 2010

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With a hire fleet of over 800 generator sets, Mather and Stuart see carbon offset diesel as a big win for the environment.

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