Waking up to biofuel boom

GREENCORE’S apparent disinterest in ethanol from sugar beet is typical of the company’s conservative approach.

Their preferred option for developing the factory sites at Mallow and Carlow is probably to hitch a lift on the booming property market and take a windfall by selling off the land to the highest bidder.

Meanwhile, more adventurous companies are aiming to get in the ground floor of a biofuel boom.