Heavy ground handling vehicles Schiphol run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel

Since the beginning of 2023, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has 1,900 of its heavy diesel-powered ground handling vehicles and machinery running on Neste MY Renewable Diesel.

Aviation Pros reports that 40 percent of all motorized equipment at the airport currently runs on electricity; this number will increase over the coming years. For most specialist heavy vehicles, it is a technical challenge to develop a battery with sufficient capacity that can also be charged quickly enough. For heavy vehicles, using Neste MY Renewable Diesel is therefore a good solution.

The renewable diesel, also known as ‘HVO100’, is produced from 100 percent renewable raw materials. The ground vehicles that run on this special fuel range from standard cars, vans, pushback tractors and trucks to more specialized ground support equipment.

KLM Equipment Services (KES) is the fuel supplier for all vehicles and machinery on Schiphol with a fuel station at the airport as well as three fuel trucks operating seven days a week. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is supplied to KES via Neste’s distribution partner EG Group.