Carbon Negative Household Energy through Pyrolysis-2

This project will enable the completion of Severn Wye Energy Agency’s existing Round 8 Innovation project which looks to demonstrate the viability of generating carbon-negative electricity and supplying it to Bromford Housing – their partner social housing provider - at below market rates, tackling both climate change and fuel poverty.

Pyrolysis allows carbon in organic feedstocks (such as woody biomass, sewage sludge or arboreal risings) to be sequestered, thereby resulting in carbon negative heat. This project will be a first-of-a-kind system in the UK and will demonstrate how waste heat energy can be converted to electricity and supplied to fuel poor households in a cost-effective manner. 

The Round 12 funding will cover the additional capital costs associated with the innovative FeTu Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology identified during the feasibility process completed with the original Redress Innovation funding. 

This project offers benefits that positively impact both people and the environment by supporting the UK's transition toward carbon negative energy sources and reducing energy costs for fuel poor households.