Photos show “diesel generators” at the COP26 climate change conference.
Those are not diesel generators at the COP26 climate change meeting in Scotland
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The photos show electric air handlers, chillers and heaters, according to the manufacturer of the units.
A tweet suggested that photos show partially obscured diesel-powered generators at COP26, the U.N’s global summit on climate change in Glasgow, Scotland.
It said: “Are these diesel generators at #COP26 ? They seem to be behind black screens.”
Photos with the tweet show equipment bearing the logo of Aggreko, a Glasgow-based energy company.
Aggreko told PolitiFact that the photo shows units that appear to be at the conference, but they are not diesel generators. They are electric air handlers, chillers and heaters.
The company said it also is providing the conference with generators powered by fossil-free hydrotreated vegetable oil, a form of biodiesel that is much less polluting than petroleum-based diesel fuel.
After we began work on this fact-check, the COP26 Twitter account replied to the tweet and disputed the claim.
We rate the tweet False.
Our Sources
Twitter, tweet, Nov. 9, 2021
Email, Aggreko Press Office, Nov. 10, 2021
PolitiFact, "No, diesel fuel isn’t recharging electric cars at COP26 climate meeting," Oct. 26, 2021
Twitter, COP26 tweet, Nov. 10, 2021