£350m Saltend biofuel plant nearing completion

“So the fuel it produces will reduce greenhouse gasses. Apparrently its like taking 180,000 cars off the road. The actual quote is as follows: -

"Vivergo's bioethanol will offer greenhouse gas savings in excess of 50 per cent over standard petrol, the equivalent of removing 180,000 cars from the road."

However this plant also produces enough animal feed to feed 350,000 cows which if my memory serves me well means that although it will in effect remove 180,000 cars from the road, it is also feeding one of the worst culprits for greenhouse gases in the world.

Talk about spin.”

“The bioethanol production will be supplied by UK feed wheat, plus imports and once all three plants are up and running the UK for the first time will become an importer of wheat instead of an exporter, which is not necessarily a good thing.

The bioethanol will be used as an additive to "bulk-out" petrol fuels to meet EU guidelines; usually these fuels are the standard non-premium brands sold on the supermarket forecourts. However, not all cars are set up to burn ethanol diluted fuels and assessment as to whether this will result in increased "pinking" [as far as I can tell] has not yet been reported on.

Link to Farmers Weekly article Jun 2012:
http://tinyurl.com/cq8dubp”

“More Jobs for local people, winner”

“What's wrong with asking how many jobs this plant supports - will it be a major employer in Hull. Is the information classified!”

“why are people so negative? 2 of the 3 companies are UK based and are providing jobs and innovation in the area. Surely better than subsidising a german company to the tune of £100M so they can build a final assembly line in Hull and squirrel away the profits back to Germany. Yes it has taken longer than expected, but they obviously stuck to their guns and refused to be held to ransom by subcontractors.
I believe the crop comes from Lincolnshire, but think its sugar beat, not wheat, hence the involvement of AB Sugar.
Smile, you have the countries biggest alcohol factory on your doorstep”

“Go on dont be shy tell us how many local full time jobs this plant has created - 50 a 100? Do we have to import the wheat?”

“But will it give us cheaper fuel or just another opportunity for the green company to exploit more profits from us, the consumer. Whilst I am on about this company who's name must stand for ""Ballooned Prices'' can anyone explain to me why most of the green garages in Hull are charging 3p a litre more for diesel than the one on the A63 and it's been like that for the last 3 weeks and it was 4p per litre more up until a few days ago. Come on HDM, do some real reporting and investigate why this is happening. I currently fill up at Total at £1.38 per litre and the green garages are £1.42.

I personally try and boycott the green garages and fill up elsewhere. The other month I filled up at one of these which will remain nameless but it is close to the refinery and got 85 miles to £25.00 before I had to fill up again. Normally I get 140 miles to 25.00. I did think my fuel guage hadn't gone up much. My wife has noticed the same and no longer fills up here.”

“This plant should have been up and running over 2 years ago, I bet its cost a lot more than the stated £350m.. good old britain !!”

“Since my hint I see the headline has been changed to million!!!”

“Bargain - from the headline you can nearly get three for a grand!!”