Green Road Energy & Hultsteins Bring Sustainable Refrigeration Solutions to the US & UK

Lakeland, FL, June 14, 2024 — Green Road Energy in cool US/UK sustainability swap
Green Road Energy has teamed up with UK/Sweden sustainable refrigeration producer Hultsteins in a switch to carry each agency’s carbon and worth saving transport choices to both aspect of the Atlantic.

Based in Lakeland, Florida, Green Road Energy is a designer and producer of vitality preservation methods which harness wind, photo voltaic power and vehicle-generated vitality to current low-cost clear electrical power for auxiliary methods on autos and trailers.

The agency’s revolutionary TAG (turbine auxiliary generator) system is fast turning into commonplace with fleet operators in the US. Mounted to the trailer chassis and using simple wind-turbine experience, the system bypasses the alternator and engine to generate electrical power for liftgates, fridge gadgets, lighting and auxiliary batteries.

While the automobile is on the road, says Green Road Energy, the TAG system significantly reduces diesel fuel consumption and emissions as a result of it frequently generates renewable wind vitality, displaces carbon-intensive power sources and brings working costs down.

Trailer refrigeration – with out the diesel
Designed significantly to bypass the diesel engine on all typical trailer refrigeration gadgets, Hultsteins’ Ecogen2 is a slim-fit hydraulic drive generator which plugs in to any make of diesel/electrical TRU to present a unbroken 400-volt, 3-phase electrical power, even at idle.

Connected to the tractor’s PTO, Ecogen2 attracts power instantly from the tractor engine. The vitality produced powers the trailer’s refrigeration unit on electrical standby all through transit, all the whereas, reducing CO2 by spherical 90%, DPM by 90% and NOx by spherical 400%. Thereby practically eliminating all harmful diesel emissions and utterly holding costs down.

Reynolds Logistics, a UK – nationwide meals service provider, is now in its third yr with Hultsteins and has not too way back positioned a third order for Ecogen2. Not solely this, nonetheless the agency will also be turning into its first Green Road Energy TAG methods to examine on its temperature- managed rigid gadgets.

Further to a contemporary go to to Hultsteins in England, Green Road Energy’s Chief Technical Officer, Brian Arnold commented: “I had the different to see the Ecogen2 in movement and was utterly impressed by its revolutionary technique to sustainable refrigeration. Recognizing its potential to rework the transportation enterprise, I used to be motivated to carry this cutting-edge experience to the United States.

“After worthwhile negotiations,” added Brian, “Green Road Energy is now proud to be the official distributor of Ecogen2 in America, offering fleet operators a powerful reply to enhance effectivity and cut back environmental affect.”

“Both these vitality atmosphere pleasant methods are simple to retrofit and use low-cost, basic experience to cut back working costs and slash harmful emissions,” says Hultsteins’ UK Managing Director Graham Usher. “Ecogen is broadly utilized in Europe and the TAG system is quickly making a status for itself in the US. Now, with this new alliance, operators on both aspect of the water can revenue from these revolutionary, non-polluting and fairly priced alternate choices to diesel power.”