London's first biogas fuelling station has opened in Camden to support the commercial trial of a new Iveco Daily street cleaning vehicle powered by liquid biomethane.

Gasrec, Veolia Environmental Services and Iveco are all involved in the trial that is aimed at reducing the council’s reliance on fossil fuels.

The van will use the fuel for its 60 mile per day route for an initial period of six months.

This fuelling station allows for more convenient refuelling for the trial vehicle.

It also widens the scope of the trial to allow evaluation of a complete, scalable solution, and provides the opportunity for the council to fuel vehicles in its own fleet.

Cllr Chris Knight, Camden council's executive member for environment, said: "The opening of the capital's first bio-gas re-fuelling station is a massive achievement as bio-methane is seen as one of the most climate friendly fuels around today.

"If this trial proves successful we aim to fuel part of Camden Council's own fleet, helping to protect the environment and save money.

"We always encourage our contractors to deliver their services in environmentally friendly ways and this is a perfect example of this ethos being brought to life."