Hot water for pier showers fuelled by cooking oil

Treated vegetable oil is being used to heat marina facilities used by visiting boat crews, Guernsey Ports has said.

It said the fuel was being used as an alternative to kerosene to heat the building and hot water for showers at the facilities on Crown Pier.

The renewable biofuel comes mostly from used cooking oils in the food industry and could lower carbon emissions by about 90% compared with fossil fuels, Guernsey Ports said.

Head of port operations Kieran Higgs said the switch was a "clear step towards lowering emissions" across the marina's operations.

Head of sustainability Lisa Duggan said about half of Guernsey Ports' direct carbon emissions across the harbour and airport were from fossil fuels for heating, back-up generation and fleet vehicles.

She said the conversion was therefore an "important step in our journey to becoming a greener organisation".

Boiler installers Rubis helped convert the three boilers which service the visitor facilities.

The company's Nick Crolla said renewable fuels provide an "immediate and practical route to reduce emissions, using the systems and vehicles already in place".

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