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12 June 20255 June 2025

Scotland’s bioeconomy boosted by launch of £850,000 scale-up technology

The installation of a new fermenter will provide a significant boost for Scotland’s bioeconomy, offering the vital scale-up infrastructure that many companies need to take the next step

7 April 20251 April 2025

Scottish bioeconomy secures £5 million boost for innovation

Research and development initiatives designed to accelerate bio-based manufacturing in Scotland have received a £5 million funding boost through Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme

17 February 202512 February 2025

Celtic Renewables’ Welcomes Deputy First Minister at Scotland’s First Biorefinery

The company takes by-products and waste from the food, drink and agriculture industries – including by-products from whisky distillation – and turns them into high-value green chemicals, bioacetone and biobutanol

17 June 202211 June 2022

Scotland’s industrial biotechnology sector anticipated to surpass £1 billion turnover milestone by 2025

Updated National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology outlines new ambitions for Scotland’s bioeconomy, including reaching a target of 220 companies operating in the sector and more than 4,000 employees by 2025

25 April 202219 April 2022

£5m fund launched to develop carbon dioxide utilisation technology

A new fund to help develop the emerging CO2 utilisation technology has been launched

30 November 202125 November 2021

Sugar beet re-introduction could create hundreds of jobs and support Scotland’s net zero goals, new report

Domestic bioethanol supply could reduce carbon emissions by more than 280,000 tonnes annually

21 June 202116 June 2021

Re-introduction of sugar beet to Scotland takes significant step forward

Crop harvested for first time in 50 years will support development of a bio-economy in Scotland

24 March 201523 March 2015

New investment takes Celtic Renewables Ltd’s valuation to £10million

Company to produce bio-butanol from waste residues of the whisky industry

19 February 201518 February 2015

Roadmap set for Scottish biorefining industry through to 2025

Industry-led initiative agrees key actions to increase turnover to £900m by 2025

27 June 201427 June 2014

NNFCC assists Celtic Renewables in partnership with Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Collaboration will allow company to develop its process turning whisky by-products into biofuel

2 April 201431 March 2014

Scotland aims at playing a leading role in the £360 bln global industrial biotechnology market

New Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) to become key element of the National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology

10 February 20147 February 2014

New industrial biotechnology innovation centre to create 1500 jobs

A new innovation centre for industrial biotechnology is forecast to increase IB related turnover to up to £3 billion by 2030, create 1500 jobs within five years and put Scotland at the forefront of a global transformation

26 November 201325 November 2013

New £900m turnover target for biotech sector

Scotland to set a new target of increasing IB-projects in Scotland

7 December 2012

Innovation award for pioneering biofuel firm

Celtic Renewables wins the much coveted Scottish Green Energy Best Innovation Award

16 November 2012

Marine Biopolymers looking to build pilot plant for sodium alginate production

Seaweed technology could create 40 news jobs for island community

6 February 2012