Posted on Friday 6th March, 2020
The Supergen Bioenergy Hub has published a state-of the-art report on the UK’s current waste gasification capability and research. Read More >>
Posted on Monday 10th February, 2020
New dates to be announced. This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled. In the meantime if you would like to pre-register for our next event, please email bioenergy@aston.ac.uk Read More >>
Posted on Wednesday 15th January, 2020
An energy start-up in India, formed out of an Aston University scheme, has won a prestigious United Nations’ award for its work A2P Energy, which harnesses technology and expertise developed through EBRI’s Energy Harvest initiative, converts rice straw waste into energy products including pellets, oil, gas and biochar By establishing a market for rice straw waste, A2P helps to improve air quality by eliminating open field burningAn energy start-up in India, born out of an Aston University scheme aiming to tackle the international challenge of dealing with agricultural waste, has won a prestigious prize. Read More >>
Posted on Tuesday 14th January, 2020
The rising demand for this sustainable material could open up exciting opportunities for your businessDiscover more about biochar, its wide variety of benefits and uses including carbon capture, water treatment, fuel source, odour control, soil improvement and industrial applications. Read More >>
Posted on Tuesday 10th December, 2019
Redundant material such as food waste, cardboard boxes, plastic waste, sawdust, waste oils, manure, hay straw, sugar beet residue, spent grain waste from breweries are only a few examples of waste that could potentially open up fresh possibilities for your business. Read More >>
Posted on Monday 9th September, 2019
Bioenergy’s contribution must more than double by 2032 in order to meet demand across heat, power and transport in line with net zero Report provides pathway for realising UK bioenergy potential and addressing growing policy gapResearchers from Aston University’s Supergen Bioenergy Hub and the Renewable Energy Association (REA) are urging ministers to commit to 16-per cent of the UK’s primary energy supply to come from bioenergy by 2032 – in order to sustain UK’s energy security following the launch of a report in Westminster this week. Read More >>
Posted on Thursday 29th August, 2019
Linking your business into the Energy-from-Waste and Bioproducts supply chains, and beyond
Inside this publication you can find a selection of companies we have supported through the EBRI ERDF project which ran from May 2016 to June 2019. Read More >>
Posted on Thursday 15th August, 2019
By Professor Patricia Thornley, Director of the Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University.
Climate change has been unusually prominent recently. Read More >>
Posted on Friday 2nd August, 2019
A study, conducted by Focus Consultants, has forecast that the work of Aston University’s European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) will create more than 150 jobs over the next two years EBRI’s work will also generate nearly £20 million gross added value for the West Midlands economyAn independent assessment and evaluation of the work of the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University in Birmingham – undertaken by Focus Consultants – has forecast the creation of more than 150 jobs and the generation of nearly £20 million gross added value (GVA) for the West Midlands economy over the next two years. Read More >>
Posted on Friday 19th July, 2019
An energy start-up in India, formed out of an Aston University scheme, has won a prestigious award for its work A2P Energy Solution, which harnesses technology and expertise developed through the Energy Harvest initiative, converts rice straw waste into energy products including pellets, oil, gas and biochar By establishing a market for rice straw waste, A2P helps to improve air quality by eliminating open field burningAn energy start-up in India, born out of an Aston University scheme aiming to tackle the international challenge of dealing with agricultural waste, has won first prize in a prestigious award ceremony in Russia. Read More >>