Visiting boat crews at Crown Pier are now enjoying showers heated by a fuel made largely from recycled cooking oil.
Since April, Guernsey Ports has been using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) instead of kerosene to heat its marina building and provide hot water for visiting crews.
HVO is a renewable fuel made mainly from used cooking oils from the food industry, which can reduce carbon emissions by approximately 90% compared with fossil fuels.
Kieran Higgs, Head of Port Operations, said: “The switch to HVO this season is a clear step towards lowering emissions across our marina operations and showing our visiting customers that we are serious about improving our environmental credentials.”
The switch was made possible with support from Rubis, which converted three boilers serving the visitor facilities.
Nick Crolla, from Rubis, said: “Renewable heating oil offers a simple, cost-effective way to significantly reduce carbon emissions while making use of existing heating systems.”
Lisa Duggan, Head of Sustainability and CSR at Guernsey Ports, said approximately half of the organisation’s direct carbon emissions across the harbour and airport came from fossil fuels used for heating, back-up generators and vehicles.
“The conversion of these facilities to HVO is an important step in our journey to becoming a greener organisation,” she said.
Guernsey Ports is now developing a wider Sustainability Strategy aimed at reducing its environmental impact.
