A trio of West Midlands companies have been selected for a £1.3 million pilot programme aimed at transferring their skills and expertise into business opportunities in new markets. The so-called 'Pivot' programme is designed to help unlock cross-sector innovation in the region by offering R&D grants and other support so businesses can use their knowledge to solve challenges faced by industries outside of their own.
The pilot will help the three companies grow and improve their ideas so they can meet urgent aerospace and aviation requirements for lighter aircraft that consume less fuel and more sustainable aviation fuels based on recycled waste. PyroGenesys, based in Birmingham, is developing reactors and processes required to transform waste wood and food processor waste into energy and fuels.
The reactors will be the size of shipping containers which means fuel could be created close to waste sources in both developed and developing countries. It will use the new funding for development work needed to transform bio-oils into more sustainable jet fuel.
