Investor Spotlight

ALPS Ecoscience converts organic waste into biofuels, enhancing sustainable energy and reducing carbon emissions. We received £500k in DESNZ R&D grants (2022-23) and seek funding to commercialise SMASH, a technology that doubles biogas plant output, produces green hydrogen and ammonia, and increases asset efficiency for subsidy-free operation. We have a full-scale demonstrator at a UK biogas plant, a prospect pipeline, an NPD roadmap, and revenue from service contracts and chemical distribution. SMASH is applicable to over 1,000 biogas plants in the UK/Europe, with a business plan for 40 initial installations through existing business relationships.

Black Bull Biochar exists to rapidly scale biochar, a carbon removal technology that stabilises the carbon captured in biomass through a process called pyrolysis. We are on a mission to create the highest quality biochar carbon removal in the world by revolutionising the traceability and permanence monitoring of biochar carbon removal credits. For our industrial partners this means an approach that provides economic, renewable heat. For our agri-food customers, this means low-cost tailored biochar and high-quality carbon credits. For BBB this means building a hybrid hardware/software system that guarantees end-to-end supply chain credibility and scales biochar carbon removal globally.

Cage Technologies is a UK-based designer and manufacturer of practical, ultralow-emission power technologies. These include plug-and-play biogas engines powered from agricultural waste and multi-gas engines that can switch between fuels such as LPG, CNG and hydrogen. Its unique blend of low-emission, affordable gas engines can be used in domestic and industrial applications and have been trialled in construction, cruise ships, aquaculture systems, and off-grid farm businesses. The company is continuously innovating and recently launched a new range of CAGE generators that can be configured with waste heat recovery (CHP) to work at peak efficiency with battery hybrid systems. Targeting the wide global market for <50kW generators, Cage Technologies plans to capture a serviceable obtainable market worth £100M in its key operating markets. Cage Technologies is strategically positioned to close the clean energy gap, driving forward sustainable development with profound environmental and social impacts.