Government blamed as UK’s largest bioethanol plant stops production
The UK’s biggest bioethanol producer has stopped production at its £350m East Yorkshire plant, blaming Government “inaction” in making oil companies use 10% bioethanol in petrol.
Vivergo Fuels said it had invested heavily in its Hull plant in the expectation that new rules forcing oil companies to increase the percentage of bioethanol in petrol would be introduced, for which Vivergo has introduced a fuel called E10.
However, the company said losses had risen due to government delays.
Vivergo said: “We reluctantly wel... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
