Date: February 22nd, 2024 Location: Western Bio Energy Plant, Port Talbot A cohort of industry stakeholders from Wales and England, comprising potential growers, consultants, farming union representatives, researchers, plant breeders, […]

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) workshop, organised by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), convened various stakeholders from industry, government bodies, DOE national laboratories, academia, and more. Its focus was on devising a research strategy for cultivating purpose-grown biomass energy crops at a large scale to supply feedstocks for biofuels and bioproducts.

Check out our ‘Fuelling the path to Net Zero’ article in this month’s NFU British Farmer & Grower Magazine.

Read how Biomass Connect unites organisations from across the UK with our Demonstrator Hubs and the BFI innovation projects,  “forming a collaborative force with the aim of providing robust and independent information to support growers that plan to adopt these novel crops, and supporting the industry sector as it develops.”

The Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal (PBC4GGR) project is offering proof of concept grants for projects up to 9 months in duration, and with a total value not exceeding £50,000. Projects should address key knowledge gaps in perennial biomass crops.