The move means that the trucks can turn off their diesel engines when they arrive at construction sites in the Norwegian capital. Norbetong says the deployment is an indication of the company following up on the Oslo Municipality's goal of emission-free construction sites.
Norbetong CEO Otto Poulsen says this is just the start of its environmental initiative for mixer trucks and an increasing number of the company's vehicles will run on biodiesel.
"Last year we became partners in the 'Industry for climate' initiative in Oslo," Poulsen adds. "Since then, we have gone from word to deed, and we have now realised several of the initiatives we talked about then. Our climate work is something we have a strong focus on, and it is important for us to 'walk the talk', and we always try to think that there is something we can improve in our work."
Norbetong's sister companies in the HeidelbergCement group are also working on environmental projects, including the Norwegian carbon capture project at Norcem in Brevik. "We follow this project with great interest," says Poulsen "In addition, the group has also launched an offensive with the desire to build the world's first emission-free bulk carrier for NorStone, which we are also affected by through our use of aggregates, so it works well along the entire value chain throughout the group."
