In Scotland, The Herald reports Western laird Donald Houston of Ardnamurchan Estates who has substantial investments in Ardnamurchan Distillery, Woodlands Renewables and Celtic Renewables is bringing the three companies together to ensure the success of Celtic’s new biorefinery. The one million liter per year facility is the first of five that are planned to produce […]
In the UK, family-owned Muir Construction has completed the build of Scotland’s first multi-million-pound biorefinery, Celtic Renewables, at Caledon Green in Grangemouth with the capacity to produce 1 million liters of sustainable biochemicals annually. The multi-million-pound plant will use Celtic Renewables’ patented technology to convert 50,000 metric tons of unwanted and low-value biological material into […]
In Scotland, Celtic Renewables has announced the launch of its Crowdcube funding campaign on the back of investor appetite to fund companies with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. With commissioning of Celtic Renewables’ biorefinery in Scotland – the first of its kind in the UK – on track for Spring 2021, and on the […]
In Scotland, the Falkirk Herald newspaper reports that Celtic Renewables has set a goal of hiring 80% local talent for its isobutanol from whiskey residue facility that is set to come online early next year. Although the company expects that it will be difficult to achieve the goal it first, it has committed to working […]
In Scotland, the construction of Celtic Renewables’ new biorefinery plant in Grangemouth, Scotland’s first biorefinery, took a significant step forward with the arrival of six purpose-built 130,000 litre fermentation vessels from the Netherlands. The implementation of Covid-19 restrictions in March prevented the arrival and installation of the vessels at Celtic Renewables’ new biorefinery plant in […]
In the UK, the Falkirk Herald reports Celtic Renewables has been granted permission by the Falkirk Council to continue building its whiskey byproduct-based biobutanol demonstration facility after several minor design changes in forced a second application. All of the changes had to do with building design and nothing to do with the chemical operations of […]
In India, Celtic Renewables has signed an MOU with Dross Energy to produce biobutanol from brewery and distillery waste in an effort to clean up the Ganges River. Those industrial waste streams are currently discharged into the holy river that is a source of drinking water for 400 million people. The details of the project […]
In the United Kingdom, Celtic Renewables Founder and Edinburgh Napier University scientist, Professor Martin Tangney, was awarded an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to engineering and energy, and more specificially for developing a process to convert the residues of the whisky industry into advanced sustainable biofuel, […]
“Eat everything on your plate.” “You can’t leave the table until that plate is clean.” “You know, there are starving kids that would love to have that food on your plate.” Maybe you grew up hearing that many times. Maybe you snuck some of those yucky veggies to your dog. Maybe you even remember the […]
In the UK, Professor Martin Tangney – founder of Celtic Renewables – has been awarded an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE). The Queen makes honorary awards to non-British citizens on the advice of the UK Foreign Office. The Edinburgh based scientist hails from County Cork in Ireland, and […]
