‘We must act to secure long-term fuel supplies’
A MULTI-BERTH offshore mooring buoy would make the island less reliant on factors outside its control, the Environment & Infrastructure president has said.
Barry Brehaut’s committee will go to the States in the first half of this year with an outline business case, which will include its preferred option and a list of alternatives.
‘The recommendation is to investigate further the multi-buoy mooring option for clean fuels rather than rely on fuel tankers that have built-in obsolescence,’ he said in an update to the States.
‘We are seeking to become less tide dependent, less wind dependent, less weather dependent and, in doing so, become more independent, less reliant on factors outside of our control.’
This has yet to be costed and a probable location for the buoy has not been finalised.
Policy & Resources approved spending £830,000 to employ consultants to come up with a comprehensive list of options, solutions and evaluate the risks in the current supply chain. Further work and funding will be required to evaluate and select a preferred option, develop business cases and implement agreed solutions. Deputy Brehaut acknowledged that it was ‘an expensive process’.
Two-page in-depth look at hydrocarbon project in today's Guernsey Press
