Year: <span>2025</span>

Supergen Bioenergy: Flexible Funding

Closing date: 20 June 2025 Total funding available: £200k Maximum award for one project: £100k Supergen Bioenery is inviting new entrants to the Energy Networks Community from UK Higher Education Institutions (UKHEIs) for innovative projects that explore novel applications of mathematics, data science, and artificial intelligence within the context of …

Green Fuels summer school – biomethanation and electromethanogenesis

Date: 27-29 August 2025 Venue: Hersonissos, Crete Organised by the CarbonNeutralLNG project, this course looks at green fuels, including synthesis of methane from green H2 and biogenic CO, and innovative processes to convert biomass residues into bioLNG. Through lectures and interactive workshops participants will explore the role of green fuels …

Anaerobic Fermentation publications

Some interesting new publications this month in the field of Anaerobic Fermentation and biorefineries. Recent developments and future perspectives of marine macroalgae biorefinery in a circular bioeconomy approach. Lawrence, J., Oliva, A., Murphy, J.D. and Lens, P.N., 2025. Research Handbook of Innovation in the Circular Bioeconomy, pp.260-271. Critical factors influencing biohythane …

Sustainable Chemicals – speakers invited for Virtual Café Series

The Sustainable Chemicals Innovation Network is seeking speakers for a virtual Café Series. Are you driving innovation in sustainable chemicals, green manufacturing, or carbon-efficient technologies? This is your chance to share insights, showcase your work, and collaborate with like-minded peers across industry, academia, and government. Each café will feature a …

European Biosolids conference – abstracts

Abstracts deadline:  6 June 2025 Conference: 11-12 November 2025, Manchester The organisers of the European Biosolids & Bioresources Conference (EBBC) are inviting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations on the following themes: Advanced Thermal Conversion & landbank challenges The Circular Economy (From Source to Land & Sea) The Industrial Emissions …

Workshop: Environmental Biotechnology for PFAS management

Date: 6 June 2025 Venue: Cranfield University The PFAS WG, led by Dr Tao Lyu, is organising a workshop on ‘Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond‘.  Keynote speakers Prof Peter Jaffé, and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University, USA will give talks on natural bacterial strains for …

Modelling complex fluids – what do we need to know?

A 2-day workshop led by Prof John Bridgeman of the University of Liverpool brought together specialists in fluid mechanics with microbiologists and water industry end users to discuss best practice and new opportunities in hydrodynamic modelling of anaerobic digestion of wastewater biosolids. These complex multi-phase non-Newtonian fluids present a range …

On-farm AD and methane capture: IFEAA reports

The International Fugitive Emissions Abatement Association IFEAA has carried out a review of factors enabling on-farm anaerobic digestion and methane capture. The IFEAA team, including EBNet’s Network Co-Manager Angela Bywater, worked with system developers to understand policy, regulatory, skills and technology aspects, as part of the Cornwall-based Net Zero Methane …