11.10.2025

Sennebogen plant switches to HVO

German crane and telehandler manufacturer Sennebogen has been using HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) at its Plant V facility in Steinach for the past 12 months and claims to have reduced CO2 emissions by more than 165 tonnes in that time.

HVO is a synthetic fuel primarily derived from waste vegetable oils, animal oils and fats from the food industry, which are processed into hydrocarbons using hydrogen. Since June 2024, all rental and used machines, company cars, service vehicles and diesel forklifts at the Steinach site, based North of Freiburg, have been fuelled with HVO.

Sennebogen Plant V manager Andreas Maurer said: "The after sales location in Steinach was designed to be very climate friendly from the very beginning. Our PV system covers around 75 percent of our own electricity needs, and the buildings are heated with wood chips. This meant that reducing diesel consumption was the next biggest lever we could pull to save as much CO2 as possible."

"Refuelling our machines with HVO costs us approximately four to six cents more per litre of fuel, but in return, the CO2 emissions of our machines during operation are reduced by around 2.4 kilograms of CO2 per litre consumed – a contribution to a more sustainable future that we are happy to make."