Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme Lot 1
Phase 2: Successful Projects
£32million of funding was awarded for the project demonstration stage of the Programme, with up to £4million of funding awarded per lot 1 project and £5 million for the lot 2 multi-site demonstrator platform.
The funding enabled 12 organisations, including 7 small- and medium-sized enterprises, to deliver commercially viable innovations in biomass production.
The competition was separated into 2 lots:
- lot 1 – innovation projects
- lot 2 – multi-site demonstrator platform designed to showcase the variety of lot 1 innovation projects in a range of UK locations
Demonstration of on-farm pelletisation technology: Developing and constructing a robust mobile pelletiser enabling farms to process a range of feedstocks
White Horse Energy
Enhanced vegetative propagation combined with new variety introductions to expand energy crop production
New Energy Farms
Miscanspeed – accelerating Miscanthus breeding using genomic selection
Aberystwyth University
Optimising Miscanthus Establishment through improved mechanisation and data capture to meet Net Zero targets (OMENZ)
Terravesta
Project BIOFORCE (BIOmass FORestry CrEation): Creating geospatial data systems to upscale national forestry-based biomass production
Verna Earth Solutions Ltd (formerly Forest Creation Partners Limited)
Taeda Tech Project – Soilless Cultivation for Rapid Biomass Feedstock Production
University of Surrey