In the UK, biomethane is not a viable option for replacing fossil fuels to heat UK homes at scale, a new report commissioned by The MCS Foundation has found. While gas companies have claimed that biomethane can heat “millions” of homes within a few years, energy experts Regen found that, even under the most optimistic […]
In the United Kingdom, designer Saskia Boersma, the Surface Matter collective, and the material studio Plasticiet have transformed £2.5 million (US$3.5 million) worth of withdrawn British banknotes into furniture. Dubbed Reconstructing Value, the material was made by combining shredded banknotes with a plasticizer. Physically, the benches maintain glimpses of “iconic hues and subtle security patterns of the original […]
In the United Kingdom, artificial intelligence-based enzyme developer Scindo has raised £4 million (US$5.4 million) to expand its discovery engine, scale its wet-lab abilities, and add staff. Founded in 2020, the company’s platform uses AI and proprietary data to engineer enzymes that convert renewable materials into high-value, biobased ingredients and enable efficient, sustainable production of […]
In the UK, to mark London International Shipping Week (LISW), Associated British Ports (ABP) is celebrating the success of ‘TURBO-METH’, a clean technology project, which has secured funding as part of the Department for Transport’s ‘Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) 6’. The project will involve working towards a trial of green methanol production technology pioneered […]
In the UK, a new report has determined that the National Health Service could drive £30-120 million (US$40-$163 million) in sales for the bioeconomy if it switched single-use plastic products such as syringes and gloves to biobased alternatives. The report, “Buying into Biomanufacturing: Harnessing Public Procurement for the UK Bioeconomy,” was authored by Jonathan Hobson […]
In the UK, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team successfully uses a bio-based resin on the rear brake duct wheel shields of the #63 W16 – which crossed the line in second place at the Baku City Circuit – following efforts to qualify and apply sustainable carbon fiber composites. This groundbreaking development sees sustainable carbon fiber […]
In the UK, Altalto (Immingham) Limited, owned by Velocys, has been awarded funding from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund to complete Basic Engineering Design for its flagship waste-to-SAF facility. The grant enables Altalto to integrate NX Circular™ gasification and NX CPO™ technology from NEXTCHEM with Velocys’ proven MicroFTL™ technology, strengthening its position […]
In the UK, Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched its new Biofuel Advisory service at London International Shipping Week to help shipowners, fuel suppliers and producers adopt biofuels safely and at scale. The initiative builds on two years of groundwork and combines LR’s energy transition advisory with the technical expertise of its Fuel Oil Bunker Analysis […]
In the UK, USA BioEnergy has selected Johnson Matthey (JM) and Honeywell to provide their industry-leading process technologies to USA BioEnergy to produce synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at its Bon Wier, Texas biorefinery. JM/bp’s award-winning FT CANS technology and Honeywell UOP’s FT Unicracking process technology, which both use the Fischer Tropsch pathway, will be deployed […]
In the UK, Qualitas Energy has inaugurated its first renewable biomethane facility in the United Kingdom: Three Maids, an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developed through its portfolio company Acorn Bioenergy. The plant, located at Three Maids Hill, Winchester, has already created 15 jobs and is expected to support up to 50 positions within the wider […]
