Neutral Fuels
Karl W Feilder,Chairman and CEO, Neutral Fuels
Neutral Fuels is a member of The Neutral Group, an international cleantech organization founded in 2006 to build sustainability strategies for the logistics, energy and hospitality industries and to execute significant reductions in energy spend and CO2 emissions.
Neutral Fuels operates the first licensed biorefinery in the UAE that converts used cooking oil into biodiesel. Neutral Fuels produces various blends for the UAE market, primarily In B100 (100% biodiesel), B5 (a blend of 5% biodiesel and 95% petroleum diesel) and B20 (a blend of 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel) compliant with European standards. In increasing order of sales volume, B100, B20 and B5 constitute the majority of Neutral Fuels’ business in the UAE.
In 2011, McDonald’s entered into a partnership with Neutral Fuels to power its delivery trucks. The B100 used in McDonald’s trucks is made entirely from used vegetable oil, a waste product sourced from McDonald’s chain of restaurants in the UAE. In 2018, Nestlé Waters introduced 10 trucks running on B20 in Dubai. Neutral Fuels has also been supplying biodiesel blends to construction sites in the UAE for over five years.
This year, Cummins partnered with Neutral Fuels to power the RIT Tiger Fest music and dance festival in Dubai. This was the first time B100 biodiesel was used at an outdoor event in the Middle East to power the entire venue, including the stage, sound, lighting and effects.
Neutral Fuels plans to open 10 biorefineries in the GCC in the next three years that will operate with a closed-loop process of sourcing, producing and supplying biodiesel, locally.
