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Biofuel chief backs rival
A LEADING energy chief has claimed a second bio-fuels plant in East Yorkshire “would have great synergy” with operations in the North East.
John Seymour, rural affairs spokesperson for North East Biofuels, said the Humber Chemical Focus was in discussions to develop a biofuel operation near the River Humber in East Yorkshire. He believes a cluster of like-minded biofuels operations makes more economic sense than “pulling in wheat from overseas”.
“The Humber Chemical Focus wants to replicate what the North-east is doing in biofuels”, he said. “There is excellent synergy between Teesside and the Humber, which both have deep water ports and a strong petrochemical industry.”
Meanwhile BP today announced it was planning to invest £60m in a Brazilian joint venture to build two bioethanol refineries and feedstock for the plants would be sugar-cane.
Brazil is one of the countries accused of ploughing up land use for food crops to grow bio-fuels.
Last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reopened the debate on good and bad bio-fuels. Teesside’s industry, which has come under acute pressure recently, argues its fuels are environmentally sustainable and economically good for the region.
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