Bioenrgy entrepreneurs given funding boost
British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of nearly £300,000 to boost innovation in bioenergy, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has announced. This investment is from Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC’s) £2million biomass to bioenergy competition launched in October 2012. As set out in the Government’s bioenergy strategy, bioenergy has the potential to contribute approximately 11 per cent to the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020 but more investment is needed to drive further innovation in this sector.
British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of nearly £300,000 to boost innovation in bioenergy, Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has announced.
This investment is from Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC’s) £2million biomass to bioenergy competition launched in October 2012.
As set out in the Government’s bioenergy strategy, bioenergy has the potential to contribute approximately 11 per cent to the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020 but more investment is needed to drive further innovation in this sector.
DECC’s biomass to bioenergy scheme is targeting innovation in bioenergy production from wetland biomass, harvesting and energy generation methods, and using plants already grown which would otherwise go to waste once harvested.
The Investment will fund the first phase of this scheme and will help the winning organisations get design ideas off the drawing board and into the planning stages of projects.
Winning organisations awarded funding under phase 1 included AB Systems, Adapt, EcoCZERO AMW-IBERS, Carbon Compost, Cranfield University and Natural Synergies.
Designs were judged by a panel of experts and a broad range of criteria was taken into account including value,conservation issues and commercial potential.
