Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)

The Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University, and its industrial partners have developed an innovative technology able to transform organic material such as sawdust, fallen and diseased trees, dried chicken manure and agricultural straw, into commercially valuable bioproducts - biochar (a sustainable form of charcoal), gas and liquids.

Pop along to stand EN-H21 to discover how, through its Biochar CleanTech Accelerator programme, EBRI can help you develop new opportunities in the growing waste-to-energy and waste-to-products marketplaces such as:

• Low carbon fuel for boilers and engines
• Soil conditioners and products for improved plant, tree and animal health
• Biochar for carbon capture and credits
• Biochar for water treatment and odour control
• Biochar for building and composite materials
• Bioliquids for low carbon weedkiller, fungicide and plant growth enhancer

Find out how EBRI can help you to:

• Produce new high value materials from your organisation's waste, which can be commercialised.
• Develop new opportunities in growing, low carbon marketplaces, such as biochar. 
• Explore new ways to meet your company's environmental, social and governance goals.
• Adopt new technologies to help you become more resource and energy efficient.
• Decarbonise your business model.

West Midlands Innovation Accelerator
Aston University has been awarded funding for this Biochar CleanTech Accelerator project as part of the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator to bolster the region’s innovation and R&D capability and capacity to spark commercial growth and investment.

Led by Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation, the pilot Innovation Accelerators programme invested £100m in 26 transformative R&D projects to accelerate the growth of three high-potential innovation clusters – Glasgow City Region, Greater Manchester and West Midlands. This is a new model of R&D decision making that empowers local leaders to harness innovation to drive regional economic growth, help attract private investment, and develop future technologies.