1. Dr Steve Fish Director of Enterprise Dr Mike Morris Business Development Manager Dr Elaine Jensen Research Scientist Biorefining at Aberystwyth University

3. What is BEACON £20M biorefining initiative Aberystwyth, Swansea and Bangor University collaboration on innovation R&D Aberystwyth University is the lead partner

4. Sustainably Petro-chemical Industry Renewable feed stocks

6. Aims and Objectives Establish links between the business community and academia within Wales Develop new products and processes that will support bio-economic growth and mitigate climate change Creation of highly skilled jobs in the area of green biotech Supporting inward investment Promoting science excellence

7. Feasibility study to assess the potential for biorefining in Wales

8. Sector Analysis £8billion per year

9. What is the supply chain

10. BEACON entrepreneurial outputs Enterprises assisted 202 May 2015 Collaborative R&D25 May 2015 Gross jobs created67 May 2017 Enterprises created3 May 2017 Profit benefit£1,680,000 May 2017 Investment induced£3,360,000 May 2017 Products registered7 May 2017 Products launched16 May 2017

11. Primary processing facility at Aberystwyth

12. Secondary processing and fermentation

13. High pressure boiler (to 35 bar) Collection point Flash tank 30 L reaction vessel Pre-treated biomass from the flash tank SE is common scalable pre- treatment for lignocellulosic biomass. Above material will liquefy in under 1 hour with standard cellulosic enzymes.

14. Biochar Rig

15. Market sectors of companies interacting with BEACON (based on SIC codes) 56 Different companies 44 different SIC codes (some companies >1 SIC)

18. Quoats

19. GIANT

20. The Aberystwyth team Entrepreneurial/ Business Development Team Steve Fish Mike Morris Selwyn Owen Melissa Mason Nia George Ruth Rowbotham Education 6 Ph.D. students Innovation Team Iain Donnison Joe Gallagher David Bryant Ed Hodgson Colin Jackson Trish Toop David Thomas Paul Wyn Jones Sian Jones Thomas Ana Winters Athole Marshall Gordon Alison John Norris Elaine Jensen

21. Low Carbon Energy and the Environment KEP What does this grand challenge mean and how can we innovate associated with it

22. Education Innovation Pathfinder Entrepreneurs Integration of the Knowledge Triangle: The link between all three sides and the effective transmission and sharing of knowledge, information and skills for joint exploitation is crucial to delivering the jobs and growth opportunities that Europe is seeking Climate KIC

23. End Questions?