Nova Pangea Industry News
Nova Pangaea Technologies reaches operational milestone and looks to expand
N
ova Pangaea Technologies, the Redcar-based cleantech company, has reached a significant milestone in the
technological validation of its first of a kind process to sustainably convert forestry and agricultural residues into sustainable biochemicals and biopolymers and drop-in products for advanced biofuels. The company received a £4.6m
grant from the Department of Transport in 2015 through the
12 Forest Bioenergy Review Spring 2021
Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition (ABDC) and following construction of the plant has now achieved 100 hours of operation on its proprietary SARP (steam assisted rapid pyrolysis) technology, in addition to a continuous 24-hour operation in February. CEO Sarah Ellerby said: “SARP
is our proprietary technology and phase three of the REFNOVA process. This demonstrates the robustness of our technology which we will now
accelerate on to modular design for scale and customer delivery. SARP produces valuable sugars for downstream product outputs for advanced biofuels and its lignin converts to biocarbons such as biochar.”
Simon Crabtree from the Northern
Powerhouse Investment Fund said: “This is a significant milestone for the company. They have demonstrated that the technology is robust, reliable and economically
feasible without gate fees. The Northern Powerhouse is proud to be part of the syndicate that is taking this step change technology forwards.” Sarah continues: “With the
validation of our technology and the recent breakthrough, we are seeing significant global interest. Since January, 2020, we have increased our headcount by 45% and continue to expand the operations and engineering team. We are fortunate
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