Falmouth Harbour has started using cooking oil to fuel its fleet of work boats.

A £50,000 refuelling facility has been created at the harbour’s Marine Hub with 50% match-funding from Cornwall Council’s Growth Hub Grants Programme.

The 6,500-litre facility provides hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) which comes from renewable sources such as used vegetable oils that absorb CO2 during plant growth. When burned, HVO releases the same CO2 it absorbed, meaning there is no net increase in atmospheric CO2.

The HVO, which is being supplied by Redruth-based Mitchell & Webber, is being tested across the Falmouth Harbour work fleet including the new £1.6m state-of-the-art Pilot Boat Atlantic.

Falmouth Harbour chief executive Miles Carden said: “We’re really pleased that HVO can be used as a part of

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