Levenseat Renewable Energy Ltd (LREL), a South Lanarkshire-based renewable energy company, entered administration last week. As a result of this fallout, more than 50 workers have been made redundant.

The firm, which operated an energy-from-waste facility in Forth since 2020, appointed Sarah O’Toole and Edward Williams of PwC as joint administrators on Thursday. Upon their appointment, 52 of the company’s 89 staff were immediately let go. The remaining employees have been retained to assist with winding down operations and site clean-up.

Founded in 2014 as an offshoot of Levenseat Limited, LREL faced persistent technical and financial setbacks in recent years. Equipment outages requiring costly repairs severely disrupted operations, while financial pressures mounted. The company operated an EfW facility near Livingston, generating 75GWh of electricity annually. An adjacent materials recovery facility (MRF) processed up to 215,000 tonnes of waste each year.

Despite efforts to stabilise operations internally, LREL was unable to recover from mounting losses. According to the company’s latest accounts, LREL reported a loss of over £28 million in 2023. This was up from £24.6 million the previous year, despite a turnover of £22.4 million. Directors had been banking on new investment and had negotiated deferred loan repayments until June 2025, but fresh funding failed to materialise, forcing the business to declare insolvency.

Before its collapse into administration in May 2025, Levenseat Renewable Energy Ltd (LREL) had taken full control of its energy-from-waste (EfW) plant operations, bringing the operations and maintenance contract in-house following the departure of Metso Outotec from the UK market.

PwC has confirmed it is working with the Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) to support affected employees in claiming their statutory entitlements. Meanwhile, Levenseat Resource Management (LRM), a separate company that shares part of the name and previously collaborated with LREL has reassured stakeholders that it remains unaffected and continues to operate as normal.