Greenergy suspends operations at UK biodiesel plant

Greenergy has announced the temporary suspension of operations at its biodiesel plant in Immingham in north-east England.
The company said this was done as it conducts a strategic review to evaluate the plant's commercial viability amid the significant challenges currently facing the UK biofuels industry.
Despite implementing significant cost reduction measures at Immingham, market conditions remain unsupportive, the company said.
All staff at the site will remain employed throughout the review period and we are working closely with them.
According to EWABA, Greenergy’s announcement of a temporary shutdown at its Immingham biodiesel plant marks another major blow to the UK's renewables fuels sector.
EWABA has long cautioned that policy inaction and missteps are driving domestic production to the brink, even as the UK and Europe seek to position themselves as green energy leaders.
Without urgent reform, the UK risks losing all domestic renewable fuel production, the trade organisation said.