Celtic Renewables (interest)
- 15→9% a year
- 7 years
Edinburgh-based company Celtic Renewables is using a decades-old fermentation process to extract valuable chemical products from reject potatoes and whisky industry residues. This investment helped fund a new biochemical and biofuel production plant in Grangemouth, Scotland, which has the patents to turn low value residues of the whisky industry into higher value sustainable chemicals and biofuels.
Total funded
£6,319,746
Investors
1,602
Closed
Dec 2017
Funding a new biofuel plant
Scaling up their technology to a commercial scaleReusing waste products
Processing waste potatoes and whisky residuesReducing demand for fossil fuels
Biofuels like Biobutanol displace conventional fuels