Pilot of Biofuel Cell to generate Electricity from Waste

Net Zero Electricity from Soft Drinks, Juices and Breweries: World’s First Industrial-Scale Biofuel Cell

We have already exceeded the 1.5° C global temperature increase limit specified by the Paris Accords, which has led to collapsing fisheries and wheat fields from Europe to India, mass displacement of peoples from Asia and the Middle East due to heatwaves and wars, and catastrophic mass extinctions from polar bears to coral reefs. It is only through a major push for Net Zero technology that we can halt and reverse the destruction we have caused to our planet, its peoples, economies and its natural habitats.

With this in mind, Pipeline Organics are developing the world's first biofuel cell that can generate industrial-scale electricity from food and beverage waste. We achieve this through published PhD expertise in biofuel cells, electrochemistry, bio-coatings, computational design and additive manufacturing. Our vision is to plug the clean energy gap left behind by wind, solar, anaerobic digesters and other mature technologies, in a world where industrial electricity consumption is growing by 3% annually and approximately 61% of global electricity production still comes from polluting sources. Dirty energy is one of the biggest threats that can destroy the climate – we are here to provide the energy solutions that industries need when existing technologies are not enough.

Cleaner, cheaper, zero-carbon electricity that’s easy to install – a hard-to-beat value proposition

·       A single unit will save €37m for every €9m of CapEx over a 20-year lifetime, with a 3-4 year payback period as per our technology development plans;

·       Save 3,144 million tonnes of carbon emissions per unit lifetime;

·       Requires no land and little infrastructure, providing a decentralised, user-controlled B2B energy solution to the food and beverage industry.

Piloting Biofuel Cells for Coca Cola and beyond

We are currently demonstrating our biofuel cell at a Coca Cola site in Scotland with project end predicted in Q4 2025. From Q1 2025 we will scale the fuel cell and improve its chemistry for more power output, and pursue paid pilots with smaller Food and Beverage customers. We are also looking to build powerful European consortia for R&D, piloting our technology in Europe, common intellectual property legacy, integrated value chains and common access to R&D and scaling funds and opportunities.

Circular Value Chains, Batteries and Process Engineering – opportunities for partnership

We are interested in leading or joining a consortium that addresses the needs of value chains which can integrate electricity from biofuel cells. Of particular interest are:

• Materials circularity and the circular economy, where the value of our electricity-from-waste processes can be enhanced by a co-offering with a materials-from-waste/biomass company;

• Batteries and green energy storage – we are excited about collaborating with innovative battery companies that can devise cleaner, cheaper means of energy storage as a co-offering with our electricity from waste proposition;

• Process and bioprocess engineering – we want to explore parts of the food and beverage process and value chain where we can apply biofuel cells and discover ways to further improve customer process efficiency, costs and ESG metrics together.