In Scotland, biobased building materials startup Hemspan is building a £4 million (US$5.4 million) production facility at Rochford, Essex that will create 100 jobs over the next three years. Hemspan’s main offering is the BIOHAUS® system, a prefabricated, panelized building system that combines hemp insulation, hemp-based boards and structural timber to create energy-efficient, lower-carbon buildings. […]
In Scotland, Evonik is using Celtic Renewables’ bio-butanol to produce ECOHANCE® Soft BOL, a sustainable emollient for cosmetics and personal care products. Combined with Evonik’s formulation expertise, the result is a final product that meets both performance and environmental expectations. Celtic Renewables’ bio-butanol is derived entirely from locally sourced feedstocks, including whisky pot ale and […]
In Scotland, Celtic Renewables has renewed its partnership with ultra-premium whisky distillery, Rosebank, part of Ian Macleod Distillers, for another three years. The partnership will see Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk send the pot ale by-product produced during its distilling process to the Celtic Renewables biorefinery located less than four miles away at Grangemouth. The new […]
In Scotland, researchers at the University of Glasgow have demonstrated that circuit boards can be made out of chocolate. Although the sweet treat is more whimsy than proof-of-concept, biodegradable electronics could help the world mitigate the tens of millions of tons of e-waste generated each year. The University of Glasgow team were able to prove […]
In Scotland, up to 149 jobs will be created in Grangemouth at Celtic Renewables, by 2030 following the allocation of £6.23 million to support pre-construction work for a new bio-refinery at Grangemouth to support the manufacture of ‘green’ chemicals. This is where waste from the food, drink and farming sector is converted into acetone, butanol […]
In Scotland, climate campaigners have said the announcement that Storegga, the lead partner of the Acorn carbon capture project, is pulling out is a “huge embarrassment” to the Scottish Government and their political “gamble” with this technology will not pay off. The UK Government recently pledged £200 million to the scheme and the Scottish Government […]
In Scotland, Black & Veatch has completed execution of a front-end engineering design (FEED) study for the Whitelee Green Hydrogen Project, a proposed development by owner ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited. The contract was awarded to Black & Veatch in October of 2024. The first phase of the plan, located 15 miles south of Glasgow, was […]
In Scotland, Scotland’s biotechnology sector is celebrating a major milestone with the launch of the nation’s first open-access 300-liter fermenter – a state-of-the-art piece of equipment that will support early-stage companies to develop bio-based products at scale Located at FlexBIO, the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre’s (IBioIC) scale-up facility at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, installation of […]
In Scotland, ReFuels N.V has opened a new refuelling station at Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland. The public-access Bio-CNG station operated under the CNG Fuels brand will enable low-emission transport across large parts of Scotland. The Livingston station can refuel 14 trucks simultaneously, when at full utilisation, enabling more than 600 trucks to be refuelled […]
In Scotland, researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have created a pig cell line capable of producing fat cells with “remarkable consistency” and stability, without genetic editing. Principal Investigator Professor Xavier Donadeu said in a press statement that the cells could be a game-changer, with future applications potentially including feeding astronauts in space. […]
