By powering entire plant operations in this way, it would make such facilities entirely self-sufficient; an important development as government subsidies continue to be slashed. UK - based Renovare Fuels claims to have converted landfill gas into diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives in a recent trial — a world first . In a trial at a waste site in Sarasota , Florida , renewable diesel fuel was produced that resembled commercial diesel fuel and can be used as a straight drop - in fuel without the need for any engine modification . The company is currently in talks with leading waste operators and suppliers in the UK about producing fuel to go on sale later this year .
UK - based Renovare Fuels claims to have converted landfill gas into diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives in a recent trial — a world first . In a trial at a waste site in Sarasota , Florida , renewable diesel fuel was produced that resembled commercial diesel fuel and can be used as a straight drop - in fuel without the need for any engine modification . The company is currently in talks with leading waste operators and suppliers in the UK about producing fuel to go on sale later this year .