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Dr Steve Fish Director of Enterprise Dr Mike Morris Business Development Manager Dr Elaine Jensen Research Scientist

Dr Steve Fish Director of Enterprise Dr Mike Morris Business Development Manager Dr Elaine Jensen Research Scientist. Biorefining at Aberystwyth University. What is BEACON. £20M biorefining initiative Aberystwyth, Swansea and Bangor University collaboration on innovation R&D

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Dr Steve Fish Director of Enterprise Dr Mike Morris Business Development Manager Dr Elaine Jensen Research Scientist

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  1. Dr Steve Fish Director of EnterpriseDr Mike Morris Business Development ManagerDr Elaine Jensen Research Scientist Biorefining at Aberystwyth University

  2. What is BEACON • £20M biorefining initiative • Aberystwyth, Swansea and Bangor University collaboration on innovation R&D • Aberystwyth University is the lead partner

  3. Petro-chemical Industry Renewable feed stocks Sustainably

  4. Aims and Objectives • Establish links between the business community and academia within Wales • Develop new products and processes that will support bio-economic growth and mitigate climate change • Creation of highly skilled jobs in the area of green biotech • Supporting inward investment • Promoting science excellence

  5. Feasibility study to assess the potential for biorefining in Wales

  6. Sector Analysis £8billion per year

  7. What is the supply chain

  8. BEACON entrepreneurial outputs • Enterprises assisted 202 May 2015 • Collaborative R&D 25 May 2015 • Gross jobs created 67 May 2017 • Enterprises created 3 May 2017 • Profit benefit £1,680,000 May 2017 • Investment induced £3,360,000 May 2017 • Products registered 7 May 2017 • Products launched 16 May 2017

  9. Primary processing facility at Aberystwyth

  10. Secondary processing and fermentation

  11. Pre-treated biomass from the flash tank 30 L reaction vessel High pressure boiler (to 35 bar) SE is common scalable pre-treatment for lignocellulosic biomass. Above material will liquefy in under 1 hour with standard cellulosic enzymes. Flash tank Collection point

  12. Biochar Rig

  13. Market sectors of companies interacting with BEACON (based on SIC codes) • 56 Different companies • 44 different SIC codes (some companies >1 SIC)

  14. Quoats

  15. GIANT

  16. The Aberystwyth team Entrepreneurial/ Business Development Team Innovation Team Iain Donnison Joe Gallagher David Bryant Ed Hodgson Colin Jackson Trish Toop David Thomas Paul Wyn Jones Sian Jones Thomas Ana Winters Athole Marshall Gordon Alison John Norris Elaine Jensen • Steve Fish • Mike Morris • Selwyn Owen • Melissa Mason • Nia George • Ruth Rowbotham Education • 6 Ph.D. students

  17. Low Carbon Energy and the Environment KEP • What does this grand challenge mean and how can we innovate associated with it

  18. Climate KIC • Education • Innovation • Pathfinder • Entrepreneurs Integration of the Knowledge Triangle: The link between all three sides and the effective transmission and sharing of knowledge, information and skills for joint exploitation is crucial to delivering the jobs and growth opportunities that Europe is seeking

  19. End Questions?

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