Levenseat Renewable Energy Ltd (SC480543): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2025-05-14
- Administrators
- Sarah O'Toole, Edward Williams
- Administrators' firm
- PwC
- Incorporated
- 2014-06-23
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Industry
- 35110 Production of electricity
Why it went into administration
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Loss of a key customer, supplier or contract
From the administrators' statement
LREL is a private limited company, incorporated on 23 June 2014, established as an SPV and headquartered at the Levenseat Waste Management Site in Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland. As an SPV, LREL was created specifically for the purpose of developing, owning, and operating this facility.
The Company operated a 12.3 MWe EfW plant and an adjacent MRF, which became operational in 2020. This £111m project was notable for being the first in the UK to combine fluidised bed gasification technology with RDF processed by the MRF. The facility was designed to recycle over a million tonnes of materials over its lifetime and generate electricity sufficient for nearly 18,000 homes, while also supplying heat to the MRF.
The MRF was responsible for sorting and processing recyclable materials, while the EfW plant converted waste into energy. This dual approach was designed to maximise resource recovery and minimise landfill use, aligning with broader environmental and sustainability goals. A number of central functions were provided by Levenseat Ltd., which acted as the MRF operator and service provider.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-07-09) · Companies House register