Abengoa Bioenergy

Refinery

Immingham (planned), 400,000 tonnes bioethanol / year

See www.abengoabioenergy.com


ABS Biodiesel

Bristol Port, capacity: 225,000 tons (67 million gallons) / year - could double in future - Will use imported agrofuels.

See www.absbiodiesel.co.uk/aboutus.asp


Agri-Energy

Subsidiary of Irish Food Processors

Refinery

Blackbridge, Milford Haven: 200,000 tonnes biodiesel / year. The company are planning a possible considerable expansion at the same site at a later stage, which would require a new planning permission.

Eastham, Wirral: For details of the plans for this refinery and of a resident group opposed to it, see: http://www.easthamfightsback.co.uk/index.htm. This will use virgin oil as well as used vegetable oil and tallow. During the first phase, the refinery will have a capacity of 200,000 tonnes biodiesel / year.

See www.agri-energy.co.uk


Argent Energy

Refineries

Motherwell: Has capacity for to produce over 45,000 tonnes biodiesel per year. Produces on average 875 tonnes of fuel (1 million litres of bio-diesel) per week. According to company website they currently only use tallow and waste vegetable oil but are equipped for using virgin oil (i.e. agrofuels).

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (planned): 150,000 tonnes biodiesel / year. Equipped to use tallow, waste vegetable oil and virgin oil (i.e. agrofuels). Will rely on large-scale imports - we cannot verify whether those will be imports of waste vegetable oil and tallow or agrofuels.

Partner

Petroplus

See www.argentenergy.com


Bio-Driven

Refinery

Canterbury: 2,000 tonnes biodiesel / year. Use both virgin vegetable oil and waste vegetable oil, but state that they avoid palm oil. The company states that they are also involved in research and development on biodiesel from algae.

See www.biodriven.co.uk


Bioethanol Ltd

Refinery

Near Immingham: 100,000 tonnes biodiesel / year

See www.bio-fuels.co.uk


BP, Associated British Foods (ABF) and DuPont

Partner

Associated with D1 oils as D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited

Refinery

Saltend, Hull: Two refineries are being built. One is an ethanol refinery for 420 million litres per year taking feedstock sugar and wheat. The other is a smaller demonstration biobutanol refinery, taking feedstock wheat, corn, rye and barley, being built as part of research and development for the commercial development of biobutanol. Both are to open early 2009.


British Sugar

Refinery

Wissington, near Downham Market, Norfolk: 55,000 tonnes bioethanol / year, (later biobutanol) from sugar beet. Uses 650,000 tonnes of sugar beat in production. Began in 2007 and was one of the first operators.

See www.britishsugar.co.uk


D1 Oils

Refineries

For economic reasons these refineries will be closed in 2008.

See www.d1plc.com


DMF Biodiesel

Partners

FM developments, Forth Ports

Refinery

Rosyth, Fife: 44,000 tonnes biodiesel / year


Earls Nook Ltd

Formerly known as Biofuels Corporation

Refinery

Seal Sands, Teesside 1, Middlesborough: 250,000 tonnes biodeisel / year. Sources includes palm oil from Malaysia.

Partners

BP, Associated British Foods (British Sugar) and Dupont

See www.biofuelscorp.com


Ensus

Refineries

Wilton, Teesside:

320,000 tonnes bioethanol / year by 2009. Will use wheat from the UK and EU as a feedstock. Annual production capacity will be 400 million litres, which is bigger than any existing ethanol refinery in Europe. Expected to open early 2009.

Humberside (under consideration)

See www.ensusgroup.com


Goes on Green

Partner

Al Tayyar Energy

Refinery

North Shields (proposed): 30,000-180,000 tonnes biodeisel / year. The company plans to produce 30,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year within 12 months of plant commissioning, and 180,000 tonnes when the facility reaches full production within 36 months. The company states that they will use a range of feedstocks - vegetable oil and animal fats.


Greenergy Biofuels

Refinery

Immingham West Terminal: 200,000 tonnes biodeisel from 200,000 tonnes of feedstocks / year - rapeseed, soy, palm oil and used cooking oil. Currently producing 100,000 tonnes/114 million litres of pure biodiesel per year, but seeking to expand to 200,000 tonnes per year.

See www.greenergy.com


Green Spirit Fuels

Refineries

Henstridge (Dorset): 100,000 tonnes (130 million litres) bioethanol / year

Grimsby: 200,000 tonnes bioethanol / year

See www.greenspiritfuels.com


Ineos

Refinery

Grangemouth: 500,000 tonnes biodiesel / year

See www.ineos.com


Petroplus

Refinery

Teesside: Refines North Sea Oil and blends with biofuel. Use rapeseed, palm and soya oil and waste vegetable oil.

Partner

Argent Energy

See www.petroplusholdings.com


Vireol

Refinery

Near Grimsby: 150,000 tonnes bioethanol. Ethanol is produced from wheat and, according to their website, 'other grain'.

See www.vireol.com