A Scottish clean energy entrepreneur has landed a £147,407 boost for a revolutionary new project to develop bioenergy from wetlands.
AMW IBERS, together with English firms Natural Synergies and AB Systems, has received a share of a £1.3million green energy fund from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, after a competition aimed at supporting new energy technologies.
The three companies, which specialise in turning plant-based material from harvesting wetlands into renewable heat and electricity, are to use the funding to test project designs in three British sites – Somerset, Suffolk and Inverness .
“I am really excited to be able to trial the innovative technology in Scotland, in particular Speyside with DECC funding,” said Jonathan Walker, director of AMW IBERS.
“The project will help deliver positive conservation benefits to wetland sites, in particular Insh Marshes”.
The Wetland Biomass to Bioenergy competition was launched in October 2012 and is set to run until March next year.
“The ability to turn plant material – that would otherwise have been burned or left to decompose – into a sustainable energy source is an important part of the move towards a low carbon economy,” said Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker who announced the latest winners.
“I wish the winning organisations every success with their projects. These valuable initiatives will help to bring down the costs of this clean, green technology”.
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