Country’s first green fuel outlet opens

THE first filling station in the Republic to sell a “green” fuel as an alternative to diesel has opened in Cork.

The pure plant oil (PPO) which is being sold from Great Gas’s first outlet in Ballyhea, North Cork, is made from Irish-grown rapeseed oil and is nearly 20c per litre cheaper than diesel. However, diesel engines have to undergo a €1,600 upgrade to run on the new bio-fuel.

Supplied by Eilish Oils in Wicklow, PPO was selling for 89.5c in Ballyhea yesterday - diesel was 108.9c.