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September 2025 - WF Recycle-Tech contract
FuturEnergy is delighted to announce a contracted project with WF Recycle-Tech for the delivery of a new tyre pyrolysis facility based on WF Recycle-Tech’s advanced technology.
The plant will feature the first in a series of WFRT PS1490 1.5 t/hr continuous reactors designed to convert end-of-life tyres into high-quality recovered carbon black (rCB), pyrolysis oil, and syngas.
This milestone project introduces a commercially viable and scalable technology for sustainable tyre recycling to the industry. Its modular design enables phased expansion to meet growing market demand.
By efficiently transforming waste tyres into valuable resources, the WFRT PS1490 system delivers significant carbon reductions and supports key industries including petrochemicals, automotive, and energy.
FuturEnergy is proud to partner with WF Recycle-Tech in delivering environmentally positive technology that advances the circular economy and contributes to global carbon reduction.
September 2025 - Environmental Services & Solutions Expo
FuturEnergy attended the Environmental Services & Solutions Expo (ESS Expo) at the NEC in Birmingham on 17–18 September, where the Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University exhibited in Hall 20. The event, one of the UK’s largest showcases for environmental technologies and sustainability, brought together industry leaders and innovators. FuturEnergy supported EBRI at the show, engaging with prospective customers to discuss relevant projects, explore opportunities to decarbonise operations, create new revenue streams from organic byproducts, and access low-carbon energy solutions.
July 2025 - West Midlands Growth Plan Launch
FuturEnergy was honoured to be one of only six companies invited to exhibit at the official launch of the West Midlands Growth Plan, hosted by Mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker. The event brought together a select group of business leaders, policymakers, and innovators to shape a bold vision for inclusive, sustainable economic growth across the region.
As a pioneer in low-carbon technologies, FuturEnergy welcomed the opportunity to contribute to discussions on clean industry, innovation, and the transition to net zero. The invitation reflects FuturEnergy’s growing role in helping drive the West Midlands’ ambitions for green investment and industrial resilience.
June 2025 - Impact Rankings
FuturEnergy’s partner, Aston University, has been ranked No. 1 in the UK and joint 22nd globally in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for Sustainable Development Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
This recognition highlights how effectively Aston University collaborates with other institutions and organisations to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The ranking reflects the university’s extensive global network of partnerships across sectors, demonstrating a strong commitment to creating positive, lasting change.
October 2024 - NFU Energy interview
Discover how organic waste - such as straw, sawdust, or chicken manure - becomes clean energy and biochar. In this on-site interview, NFU Energy’s Eirinn Rusbridge and EBRI’s Tim Miller explain the PyroFlex™ pyrolysis process, converting waste into biochar, gases, and heat. Learn about the unique properties and diverse uses of the outputs, supporting the UK’s Net Zero ambitions.
July 2024 - Product market opportunities
Discover how FuturEnergy and Aston University’s Energy & Bioproducts Research Institute are engaging with local businesses. Explore the market opportunities of a range of products produced by PyroFlex™ technology.
May 2024 - FuturEnergy interview with West Midlands Combind Authority
Chief Commercial Officer, Steve Harrison and the team at FuturEnergy showcase their advanced pyrolysis system, PyroFlex™, developed in collaboration with EBRI at Aston University. Discover how this cutting edge solution can be implemented in industrial environments.
March 2024 - Organic Pyrolysis funding awarded
Aston University has been awarded £1.8 million to develop innovative technology that converts organic materials—such as sawdust, fallen and diseased trees, dried chicken manure, and agricultural straw—into commercially valuable bioproducts. This eco-friendly initiative focuses on producing low-carbon outputs including gas, liquids, and biochar, that can enhance soil and plant growth. By establishing a regional industrial cluster to produce these goods, the project could generate £200 million in commercial opportunities and create hundreds of new jobs in the West Midlands.
December 2023 - Tim Miller interview
Hear from Tim Miller, on the PyroFlex™ process—heating organic material without oxygen to create a product that can sequester carbon, improve plant growth, restore soils, and filter and capture contaminants.
This effort is part of the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator, backed by Innovate UK’s £100 million fund. It aims to boost R&D, attract investment, and cement the West Midlands region as a leading force in UK innovation.
August 2023 - BAPL Innovate UK Project
British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL), the UK top fruit grower association, has announced an expansion of its existing Farming Innovation Pathways feasibility project to analyse the impact of British apples on the environment. The project is called: Supporting top fruits journey to Net Zero.
FuturEnergy has supported the project as a subcontractor under its subsidiary Combind Industries Ltd, providing processing of Apple & Pears wood via its PyroFlex™ technology.
December 2021 - Urban Biochar Demonstrator
FuturEnergy and EBRI (Aston University) are actively combatting climate change and its effects in Birmingham and beyond with PyroFlex™ technology. This brief video highlights the ‘Urban Biochar & Sustainable Materials Demonstrator’ project, showing how biochar benefits city environments and local economies, enriches urban soils and captures carbon.