Renova started business in 1992 as an ethanol marketing company, based in Idaho, USA. In 1995, a disused ethanol production facility, originally located in Louisiana, was acquired and reconstructed in Torrington, Wyoming. The plant is now operated under the name Wyoming Ethanol LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renova Energy plc.
Renova Energy plc was incorporated in December 2004 and was admitted to the FTSE AIM All-Share Index on 10 June 2005.Due to project cost over runs on the Heyburn Idaho production facility trading was suspended on the AIM December 17, 2007.