UK government to fund four advanced biofuels plant projects


Type of post: NEWS.

Just before the year-end, the Department for Transport (DfT) of the United Kingdom government announced funding to boost low-carbon fuels industry. Four new UK-based advanced biofuels plant projects will receive government funding and could lead to greener flights and road freight.

Figure 1. Nova Pangaea’s demonstration plant (extracted from the company website). Nova Pangaea Technologies is one of the projects funded under the Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition.

Two of the projects are being funded under the Stage Two of government’s Future Fuels for Flight and Freight Competition (F4C). KEW Projects and Rika Biogas have been awarded a share of 6.5 M£ to build plants which aim to provide fuel for heavy goods vehicles. The F4C was launched on the 27 April 2017 by the DfT to promote the development of an advanced low carbon fuels industry within the UK and is providing up to 20 M£ in capital grant funding over 3 years (2019-21).
Project title
Lead organisation
Straw to Liquid Biomethane (LBM) Demonstration Plant       
Rika Biogas Technologies Ltd
Integrated ATC & F-T Demonstration Plant

The other two projects are being funded under the Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition (ABDC). One of them is leaded by Nova Pangaea Technologies, who will focus on the production of bioethanol from wood waste that can be blended with existing petrol used in road transport.

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