Vivergo picks distributor for future bioethanol deliveries

UK-based bioethanol producer Vivergo has awarded its distribution contract to local road tanker operator Lewis Tankers (LT).

The three-year contract will see LT deliver bioethanol produced at Vivergo’s new £350 million (€429 million) facility to refineries throughout the UK. The aim is for the facility in Yorkshire to be producing up to 420 million litres a year.

‘We will be responsible for all Vivergo Fuel’s UK distribution, which, when production reaches full capacity, means we will have a fleet of 20 plus dedicated road tanks delivering over 3.5 million litres of bioethanol every week,’ LT MD Stewart MacDonald was quoted as saying.

Vivergo claims the plant will be operational during the first quarter of 2013.