Quadrise expands JDA with Vertoro to include testing at sea

In the UK, Quadrise Plc provided an update on its Joint Development Agreement with biofuel specialists, Vertoro BV. Quadrise has been collaborating with Vertoro since September 2022 to incorporate their novel and cost-effective sustainable biofuels in bioMSAR.

Following the successful production and testing of stable blends of bioMSAR containing up to 40% of Vertoro’s crude sugar oil (CSO) at pilot scale, the Company and Vertoro have now agreed to extend the scope of the JDA to include the development of bioMSAR Zero incorporating CSO for testing at sea on-board a newly-designed prototype motor yacht.

The motor yacht will be built for Vertoro by Focus Motor Yachts under a recently announced collaboration between the two parties to develop a new sustainable fuel for luxury yachts. The yacht’s fuel system and engines will be designed to run on fuels produced using the Company’s bioMSAR Zero technology to combine CSO and other biofuels. Under the JDA, a land based testing programme to investigate the performance of both premixed and blend-on-board bioMSAR™ Zero solutions will be carried out prior to testing on board the yacht.