Saltend Bioethanol Plant at Risk without Intervention After US Trade Deal

Saltend bioethanol plant at risk without intervention after US trade deal

Vivergo Fuels' managing director believes the situation can be turned around but 'time is rapidly running out'

Biofuel plant 'faces closure after US trade deal'

Biofuel plant 'faces closure after US trade deal' The UK's largest bioethanol plant will be forced to close unless the government acts, according to its operator. In April, Associated British Foods (ABF) said it was in talks with the government to help save its Vivergo Fuels site at Saltend, near…

Humber bioethanol plant to shut 'unless Government acts after US deal'

Vivergo Fuels boss Ben Hackett said Government decisions have undercut UK ethanol production in favour of US imports

Up to 4,000 livelihoods at risk as ABF prepares to pull plug on bioethanol plant

As many as 4,000 livelihoods are at risk after the owner of Britain’s largest bioethanol plant has warned it could shut within days, citing UK-US tariff policy. ABF, which owns the Vivergo Fuels plant in Yorkshire, has written to farmers warning it planned to suspend purchases of wheat used in the production process unless the government urgently steps in. The plant is capable of producing up to 420 million litres of bioethanol from over 1 milli…