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British Sugar hosts exploration day for East Anglia’s first public biogas fuelling network  

8 July 2025

Truck manufacturers, gas providers and hauliers came together last week for an event organised and hosted by British Sugar, to explore the possibility of building a shared biogas fuelling network across East Anglia.  

The idea was borne out of British Sugar’s ambition to switch to renewable fuels across its logistics fleet, delivering a step change in its logistics emissions (Scope 3). Later this year, the business will switch seven tankers from diesel to biofuels, with more trucks expected to make the switch in 2026. In addition, focus remains on reducing road miles and increasing payload to also reduce emissions.  

At British Sugar’s Bury St Edmunds factory in Suffolk last week, key stakeholders including Scania, Volvo, Iveco, Road Gas, ViGo Bioenergy and CNG Fuels, alongside several national hauliers came together to discuss the opportunities and challenges around creating a biogas fuelling network in the region. At present, there is no public fuelling network available across East Anglia which makes the switch to alternative fuels much harder given accessibility shortages.   

Alongside open discussions, attendees also heard from those already running biogas trucks as part of their logistics fleet, for example British Sugar’s sister company Primark.  

Stewart Dickson, British Sugar’s Head of Logistics, explains, “Our focus on reducing Scope 3 emissions from our logistics fleet continues and exploring options such as biogas and a shared fuelling network provide significant opportunities for our industry to switch to alternate fuels.  

“It was fantastic to see so many stakeholders together, in one place, and to hear views on the future of biogas in the region. We are continuing to explore the opportunity and hope to kick off some trial work over the course of the next sugar beet campaign.”