In its announcement about the new station in Dublin, Certa added that it had already started to upgrade its network of 41 unmanned forecourts to offer HVO at all fuel pumps alongside other fuels. The first of these are scheduled to open in Clarehall, Clearwater, Ballymount, Ashbourne and Drogheda before the end of the year.
In addition to this, Certas opened a stand-alone HVO pump at the Certa Lee Tunnel forecourt in Cork earlier this year.
Certa also says it is the first fuel supplier in Ireland to present HVO pricing on its forecourt pricing totems.
The price of HVO is currently being matched with diesel at Certa’s new forecourt in Liffey Valley, with the company making a commitment to achieving future price parity.
Commenting on these development, Andrew Graham, Managing Director of Certa, said:
“Our goal is to make it easy for motorists to transition to HVO as a renewable alternative to diesel and to make this biofuel as accessible as we can to help motorists to reduce their carbon emissions. Our immediate priority is to facilitate demand where it is greatest by upgrading a cluster of existing forecourts in the Dublin region to offer HVO at all pumps alongside diesel and unleaded petrol. We plan to complete the upgrading of our entire network by the end of 2024.”
Certas itself has made the decision to transition its entire fleet of 100 delivery vehicles from diesel to HVO.
Meanwhile, the company claims that its HVO refuelling options have been used by the likes of Amazon Web Service (AWS), John Sisk & Son Ltd., M50 Truck and Van Centre, The National Ploughing Championships, the Irish Open and Electric Picnic.
