Find out more about how Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol. Is delivering for the environment, the economy and agriculture.

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DELIVERING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,
THE ECONOMY & AGRICULTURE
OUR
ENERGY
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WHEAT MILLING & STORAGE
DISTILLATION & EVAPORATION
ANIMAL FEED DRYERS & STORAGE
LIQUEFACTION
FERMENTATION
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Wheat Grower
Ethanol Shipping
Refinery
Animal Feed Distribution
University Research
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CONTENTS
ABOUT
VIVERGO FUELS
04-05
ABOUT
BIOETHANOL
06-07
LEADING THE
CALL FOR E10
08-09
DELIVERING
FOR THE UK ECONOMY
10-11
DELIVERING
FOR FARMERS
12-13
25 MILES
50 MILES
75 MILES
HULL
BRIDLINGTON
BIRMINGHAM
FEED BUYERS AND
WHEAT SUPPLIERS
14-15
DELIVERING FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT
16-17
DELIVERING FOR
THE COMMUNITY
18-19
FAQs
20-23

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ABOUT
VIVERGO
FUELS
THE UK’S LARGEST BIOETHANOL PRODUCER
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- Vivergo Fuels ’ plant in East Yorkshire
is the UK’s largest, and Europe’s second
largest, producer of bioethanol, a low-
carbon renewable transport fuel which
is blended with petrol
- We produce up to 420m litres of
bioethanol, enough to meet about
half of the UK’s current demand
- The bioethanol is made from 1.1
million tonnes of feed wheat,
sourced from nearly 900 farms
across the region
- The feed wheat used is a lower
grade than that used for human
consumption, such as in bread
or biscuit making
- We are also the country’s largest
single production site for animal feed,
delivering 500,000 tonnes of high
protein feed to over 800 farms across
the UK, enough for about 20% of
the UK’s dairy herd
- The current use of bioethanol within
petrol vehicles is the equivalent of
taking 180,000 cars off the road in the
UK – but we can do much better!
- The fermentation process used at
our plant in East Yorkshire makes
it the UK’s largest brewery
- Opened in 2013 in the heart of the
UK’s wheat-growing belt and with
easy access to Europe’s ports network,
we represent a £350m investment into
the Humber region and the wider UK
economy
- Employing more than 150
skilled people at our production
site in Hull and head office in Hessle,
Vivergo Fuels supports over 3,000 jobs
directly and indirectly, contributing
£600m to the UK economy
- We are an official partner of
Hull UK City of Culture 2017,
having been an original ‘bid
angel’, and many of our employees
are volunteering to support
cultural events and charities
throughout the year
- We are one of the Government’s
Northern Powerhouse Partners,
playing a key role in championing
the North of England and the
Humber region, promoting its
economy and aspiration to be
the UK’s energy estuary
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“VIVERGO FUELS IS A WORLD SCALE BIOFUELS BUSINESS WHICH
PRODUCES ENOUGH BIOETHANOL TO MEET HALF OF THE UK’S
CURRENT DEMAND, AND ENOUGH HIGH PROTEIN ANIMAL
FEED FOR 20% OF THE UK DAIRY HERD.”

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- The UK is currently failing to
reach its statutory targets on the
amount of renewables used in
transport, in line with the Renewable
Energy Directive and the UK’s Climate
Change Act – bioethanol is one of
the quickest, easiest and most cost
effective ways of meeting these targets
- Transport represents 24%
of total greenhouse gas
emissions, higher than any other
sector in the UK economy, and
are 1.3% higher than in 2013 –
bioethanol is vital in helping to
decrease these emissions and tackle
climate change
- Bioethanol helps to displace
our reliance on fossil fuels which can
have a negative impact
upon our environment
- Vivergo Fuels ’ bioethanol offers
greenhouse gas emissions savings of
approximately 60% against standard
petrol production
- The emissions savings made so
far is the equivalent of taking
180,000 cars off the road
- Ethanol is not carcinogenic, whilst
several chemicals contained within
petrol are, so bioethanol blended
fuel helps to reduce the carcinogens
produced by transport
- The oxygen contained within
ethanol helps the fuel to burn
better and increases the efficiency
of the engine, lowering the
hydrocarbons that are released
- Currently all petrol bought in
the UK contains about 5%
bioethanol, known as E5
- Benzene and Butadiene emissions,
both of which are highly
carcinogenic, decrease with higher
levels of ethanol blending in fuel
- Our bioethanol is International
Sustainability and Carbon
Certification (ISCC) accredited and is
already used at thousands of the UK’s
petrol pumps
- Ethanol was the first ever road
transport fuel and was used to power
the Model T Ford
- It is a type of renewable energy
because it is made from a source
which can be constantly regrown and
which also absorbs carbon dioxide
during its growth
- Bioethanol is mixed with petrol only,
which produces around 300% less
‘Nox’ pollutants (nitric oxide and
nitrogen dioxide) than diesel
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ABOUT
BIOETHANOL
“OUR BIOETHANOL IS A LOW CARBON, RENEWABLE
SOURCE OF ENERGY USED IN TRANSPORT FUELS TO
LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.”

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- The majority of Electric Vehicles are
actually petrol hybrids which can also
use E10 petrol
- The use of E10 requires no consumer
behavioural change and is predicted
to cost the consumer no more than
1p per litre more – or £20 per year for
an average motorist – the majority of
which is taxation rather than fuel cost
- E10 relies upon a high ‘crop cap’
giving farmers the freedom to use
their produce for this purpose
- E10 would mean a stronger and more
stable domestic market for British
wheat farmers, who would earn £10
per tonne above export value
- An increase in the ethanol blending
level would also lead to an increase
in the amount of protein-rich animal
feed produced, giving British dairy
farmers a domestic source of feed and
reducing their reliance on
imported products
- At a time of increasingly uncertain
international trading circumstances,
and in the context of Brexit, E10
increases domestic supply and
demand and lessens Britain’s reliance
on foreign markets
- Its introduction would bring certainty
to British business, UK investors,
British arable and dairy farmers,
whilst also supporting economic
growth and job creation- E10 is a low-carbon renewable
transport fuel consisting of unleaded
petrol blended with 10% bioethanol,
which we would like to see
introduced in the UK
- This would mean a doubling of the
current bioethanol level in petrol
- E10 is widely used across the world
including in the USA, New Zealand,
Australia, Finland, France, Belgium
and Germany
- Introducing E10 in the UK would
make emissions savings equivalent to
taking 700,000 cars off the road
- Without full implementation of E10,
the UK would fail to meet its 2020
renewable energy directive targets
and be off-course for its 2030 climate
change act objectives
- Almost all cars built since 2000 – 95%
of those on the road – are warrantied
to run on E10 and since March 2016 it
has been the optimal reference fuel
for new cars
- The introduction of E10 would not
affect the availability of premium
‘98’ petrol brands such as those often
used by classic and sports car owners
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“E10 FUEL IS ALREADY USED WIDELY ACROSS THE WORLD
AND IS THE QUICKEST, EASIEST AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE
STEP TOWARDS DECARBONISING TRANSPORT.”
LEADING THE
CALL FOR E10
THE GREENER FUEL
A SWITCH TO E10 FROM
EXISTING BLENDS IN THE
UK WOULD BE EQUIVALENT
TO TAKING 700,000
CARS OFF THE ROAD

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DELIVERING
FOR THE UK
ECONOMY
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“WE ARE PROUD TO BE A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, SUPPORTING THOUSANDS
OF UK JOBS, BRITISH FARMERS AND SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN THE REGION - DELIVERING REAL
GROWTH TO THE UK ECONOMY.”
- Vivergo Fuels ’ plant in hull
represents a £350m investment in
the humber region
- Vivergo Fuels supports over
3,000 jobs directly and indirectly
through the supply chain such as in
agriculture and logistics
- We represent a £600m contribution
to the UK economy
- The market value of the wider
ethanol industry across europe is
close to €8bn
- We employ over 150 highly
skilled people at our production
plant in Hull and our
commercial office in Hessle
- Many of those employed at our
production site are in important
STEM skill roles (Science, technology,
engineering and manufacturing)
- We also offer graduate programmes,
apprenticeships and internships
- British agriculture gains £1m
per month more by selling their
feed wheat to us rather than
exporting it abroad
- We contribute to an efficient ‘circular
economy’ by using British wheat,
producing animal feed for British
farms and selling bioethanol which
could help to fulfil the British market
- We are an official partner of the
Government’s Northern Powerhouse
initiative, supporting growth and
opportunity in the North of England

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- Vivergo Fuels is the UK’s biggest single
buyer of feed wheat with the largest
‘tip point’ in the country
- We buy 1.1 million tonnes of feed
wheat, sourced from nearly 900 farms
across the region
- We offer a ready domestic market
for the UK’s wheat surplus, which
otherwise results in farmers exporting
up to 3 million tonnes per year, at a
£10 per tonne loss
- The feed wheat that we use is of a low
grade which would not be used for
human consumption such as in bread
or biscuit making
- The average distance that we source
our wheat from is 34 miles from our
plant in Hull, supporting sustainability
through minimising transportation
- We are the largest single production
site for protein rich animal feed,
delivering 500,000 tonnes of feed to
over 800 farms across the UK from
the north of Scotland to the west of
Devon, enough for about 20% of the
UK’s dairy herd
- Our animal feed displaces the need
for soya products imported from
South America and is a sustainable,
traceable, reliable and high quality
source of feed for pastoral farmers
- Our domestic supply of animal
feed reduces dairy farmers’ reliance
on imports at a time of increasing
international trading uncertainty and
in the context of Brexit
- Our animal feed’s protein content
results in increased milk production
from dairy cows, and contains
the roughage and vitamins which
would otherwise need to be sourced
separately
SUPPORTING WHEAT FARMERS ACROSS THE REGION
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SUPPORTING PASTORAL FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE UK
“WE ARE THE UK’S LARGEST BUYER OF FEED WHEAT AND
LARGEST SUPPLIER OF PROTEIN-RICH ANIMAL FEED,
REDUCING FARMERS’ RELIANCE ON IMPORTS AND
EXPORTS AT AN INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN TIME”

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25 MILES
50 MILES
75 MILES
100 MILES
HULL
BRIDLINGTON
BIRMINGHAM
NEWCASTLE
UPON TYNE
ABERYSTWYTH
DUMFRIES
LONDON
YORK
ABERDEEN
EXETER
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VIVERGO FUELS
FEED BUYERS BY
CONSTITUENCY
The location
of farms that
Vivergo Fuels
sells its animal
feed to
VIVERGO FUELS
WHEAT FARMS BY
CONSTITUENCY
The location
of farms that
Vivergo Fuels
sources its feed
wheat from

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- Transport is responsible
for 26% of Europe’s total
greenhouse gas emissions
- EU transport emissions have
risen by 36% since 1990
- Our bioethanol is a low-carbon
renewable fuel which offers
greenhouse gas emissions savings
of approximately 60% compared to
standard petrol production
- The emissions savings made so far is
the equivalent of taking 180,000 cars
off the road
- Bioethanol blended with petrol
can help to improve air quality by
reducing the carcinogens and ‘Nox’
pollutants emitted by vehicles,
particularly in urban environments
- The oxygen contained within
ethanol helps the fuel to burn better
and increases the efficiency of the
engine, lowering the hydrocarbons
that are released
- The carbon dioxide (CO2)
emitted when the bioethanol
is burnt in a vehicle is offset by the
CO2 absorbed during the growing of
the wheat crop used for production
- Our co-product of animal feed
reduces the UK’s reliance on less-
sustainable soya products, imported
and transported from distant
locations such as Argentina
- Our production uses animal feed
grade wheat rather than the higher-
quality milling wheat commonly
used in the human food chain, and
delivers a higher quality animal feed
than the wheat it consumes
- Vivergo Fuels is exploring the
development of advanced biofuels,
which could deliver even greater
environmental, agricultural and
economic benefits
- We are also investigating the
use of existing waste products,
which would further increase
our greenhouse gas savings
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FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT
“TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF
GLOBAL EMISSIONS AND
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED
TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY. OUR
BIOETHANOL OFFERS THIS WHILST
ALSO SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE
PRACTICES WITHIN BRITISH AGRICULTURE.”
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DELIVERING
FOR THE
COMMUNITY
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- We enable open and positive
communication with our local
community, including hosting
regular forums with local district,
town and parish councils
- Through a partnership with
local educational establishments
and Jobcentre Plus, we have
offered training and employment
opportunities across our business
including apprenticeship, graduate
and work experience schemes
- We partner with local schools,
colleges and universities to support
students through mentoring,
recruitment advice and employability
skills training sessions
- Our staff regularly take part in local
sporting events such as the Hull 10k
Run and this year we are a Principal
Sponsor of the Humber Bridge
Sportive 2017
- Vivergo Fuels is proud to be one of
the UK Government’s official Northern
Powerhouse partners - one of only two
East Yorkshire-headquartered private
business to be so
- We are an official partner of Hull
City of Culture 2017 and we were an
original ‘bid angel’ for the initiative,
supporting our home city as it takes to
the international stage
- We fund ongoing scientific
research projects with Hull University
and Bangor University, partnering
with them to investigate ‘advanced’
biofuels initiatives
- Vivergo Fuels nominates a ‘Charity of
the Year’ and has raised more than
£300,000 in support of local charity
and community groups such as Lindsey
Lodge Hospice and Freddie’s Friends,
as well as national causes such as
Macmillan and Save the Children
- We are a member of key regional
business and industry groups
including the Humber Local Enterprise
Partnership, Hull Humber Chamber
of Commerce, Hull Bondholders Group
and Humber-wide Energy Forum
- Vivergo Fuels sponsors University of
Hull prizes for Engineering students

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FAQs
FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS
Q. IS E10 FUEL USED ELSEWHERE
IN THE WORLD?
A. E10 is currently widely available across
Europe including in France, Germany,
Belgium and Finland, and further afield
including USA, Australia, New Zealand
and Brazil. In some countries such as
USA and Brazil much higher versions
are available, including E85.
Q. HOW MUCH WILL E10
COST THE CONSUMER?
A. The cost is largely dependent upon tax
levels and global ethanol and oil prices
which can fluctuate, however E10 is
predicted to cost no more than 1p per
litre more at the pump – or £20 per
year, about a pint of milk per week, for
an average motorist. The majority of
this cost is taxation rather than fuel and
many Governments have introduced it
in a cost-neutral manner.
Q. CAN E10 HARM CAR ENGINES?
A. Cars built since 2000 – 92% of those on
the road by 2015 – are warrantied to
run on E10. Every new petrol car sold
since 2011 is fully warranted to use E10
and since March 2016 it has been the
optimal reference fuel for new cars,
meaning that performance will be
improved by its use. Those made before
2000 are almost always compatible but
may not be warrantied because the
fuel was not widely used at that point.
A small number of older ‘classic’ cars
and sports cars are recommended to
use premium ‘98’ petrol brands (which
also currently contain 5% ethanol)
and these will still be available and
unaffected at petrol stations. Any
motorists uncomfortable with using a
‘new’ fuel can also use these premium
brands.
Upon introduction, there will be a
public information campaign about
E10 which will include a website with
compatibility details of all makes and
models of cars, and this information
will also be provided at petrol pumps.
Q. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND DOES E10 UNDERMINE
A MOVE TOWARDS THEM?
A. There are a range of technologies
which can play complimentary roles in
decarbonising transport and improving
air quality, and electric vehicles are a
vital part of this long term ambition.
However, in the short term, there are
still questions around the range, charge
time and infrastructure needed for
electric vehicles to become dominant.
This is reflected by the relatively
low numbers on the road – electric
vehicles still only represent less than
2% of annual sales. To gain the
same environmental impact as the
introduction of E10, we would need to
replace over 2 million petrol cars with
electric vehicles – there are currently
around 90,000.
The majority of existing electric vehicles
are actually ‘hybrids’ which use both an
electric motor and a petrol engine, and
would therefore also use E10 fuel.
Q. WHAT IMPACT DOES BREXIT HAVE
ON VIVERGO FUELS AND THE UK
BIOETHANOL INDUSTRY?
A. The Renewable Energy Directive, which
sets targets on renewables in transport
by 2020, is enshrined in UK law and
is binding irrespective of Brexit. The
UK’s own Climate Change Act and
its Carbon Budgets are even more
stringent, and there is clearly a need to
tackle climate change and air quality
for its own sake.
There is undoubtedly a more uncertain
international trading environment
currently, owing to a range of global
issues including Brexit. Against this
backdrop, we offer the security of
a domestic demand for UK wheat
farmers and a domestic supply of
ethanol for UK fuel and animal feed for
UK pastoral farmers.
FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS
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Q. DOES BIOETHANOL IMPROVE AIR
QUALITY AS WELL AS HELP TO TACKLE
CLIMATE CHANGE?
A. Climate change is largely the result of
the burning of fossil fuels, including
the use of oil (in petrol or diesel) within
vehicles, and bioethanol plays a role in
decreasing their use. Air quality issues
are caused by other pollutants present
in those fuels, and bioethanol can also
help to cut some of these.
For example, several carcinogenic
chemicals within petrol, such as
benzene and butadiene, are reduced
by the increased blending of ethanol.
Additionally, bioethanol is only mixed
with petrol, which produces around
300% less ‘Nox’ pollutants (nitric oxide
and nitrogen dioxide) than diesel.
Because of the oxygen present within
ethanol, more of the fuel is burned
and an engine is made more efficient,
meaning that fewer hydrocarbons are
released into the air.
Air pollution is linked to heart disease,
lung cancer, worsening asthma and
poor lung development in children. It
is estimated to lead to the premature
deaths of around 40,000 people every
year in the UK.
Q. DOES BIOFUELS PRODUCTION
INCREASE FOOD PRICES?
A. The crops used for UK bioethanol are
of a lower grade to food crops meant
for human consumption, for example
Vivergo Fuels uses feed wheat which
would normally go into animal feed.
Across Europe, bioethanol production
uses only 2% of the grain supply, which
is unlikely to be a large enough volume
to significantly alter food prices. Other
factors including weather, disease,
conflict and crude oil costs contribute
to fluctuations in food price.
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Q. DOES BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
ENCOURAGE ‘LAND GRABBING’?
A. Globally, less than 1% of agricultural
land is used in biofuel production.
The feed wheat used by Vivergo
Fuels is mainly sourced from growers
in the local area, with the average
distance of a farm being just 34 miles
from our plant. Prior to our existence,
most of this feed wheat would have
been exported or fields would be left
empty. This feed wheat can now be
used domestically at a £10 per tonne
better rate for farmers, to produce high
value commodities that the UK would
usually import, thus reducing land use
elsewhere in the world.
The UN has revealed that the use
of animal feed co-products from EU
biofuels production reduced global
land use by about 3 million hectares,
an area the size of Belgium, due to the
yields of biofuel crops grown in the EU
being substantially higher than those of
soybean in South America.
Despite the use of biofuels being
widespread in Europe, large areas of
agricultural land remain unused – 1.7m
hectares of land are idle and 500,000
hectares are abandoned.
Q. HOW DOES BIOETHANOL’S
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
COMPARE WITH THOSE OF FOSSIL
FUELS?
A. Vivergo Fuels ’ bioethanol offers
greenhouse gas savings of about
57% compared to standard petrol,
the equivalent of removing 180,000
cars from the road. This includes all
the carbon in growing, shipping and
manufacture. Vivergo Fuels is actively
researching ways to increase these GHG
savings.
Bioethanol is renewable because its
sources can be re-grown, whilst fossil
fuels are finite. Additionally, the feed
wheat that our bioethanol is made
from absorbs carbon dioxide whilst it
grows, and bioethanol blended with
petrol is safer for the environment and
peoples’ health than diesel.
FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS
FOOD PRICES ARE
ALSO INFLUENCED
BY OTHER FACTORS
SUCH AS OIL PRICE.
ONLY 2% OF
THE EU’S GRAIN
SUPPLY IS USED
BY BIOETHANOL.

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HEAD OFFICE
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HESSLE
EAST YORKSHIRE
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UNITED KINGDOM
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