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Environment

Heineken beer barge beats CO2

by Melody M. Bomgardner
June 19, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 25

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Credit: GoodFuels
This screen shot shows a barge-load of Heineken beer heading out to the port of Rotterdam for export.
This image shows a GoodFuels truck at a shipping terminal next to a canal barge that contains Heineken beer.
Credit: GoodFuels
This screen shot shows a barge-load of Heineken beer heading out to the port of Rotterdam for export.

Heineken has teamed up with sustainable fuel firm GoodFuels and shipping company Nedcargo to move beer for export on a canal barge from the Heineken brewery in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands, to deep-sea terminals at the port of Rotterdam. GoodFuels supplied marine fuel that contained 30% low-carbon biofuels made from forestry waste. The firms say the fuel blend reduces CO2 emissions by 25% and sharply reduces emissions of nitrogen and particulates.

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