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BEACON Conference 2017
Thursday, 25th May 2017
The BEACON Conference 2017 was held on 24th & 25th May at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
Titled "Developing a Sustainable Bioeconomy for Wales: A Future Roadmap", the conference featured a wide range of presentations under the themes of Strategy, Funding and Incubating Businesses, with a...read on
Vice Chancellor visits BEACON facility
Thursday, 20th April 2017
The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, Professor Elizabeth Treasure, visited the BEACON facility at Gogerddan today. Accompanied by Professor Iain Donnison, Director of BEACON, she was given a brief introduction to the plot scale projects undertaken by BEACON...read on
Waste stream valorisation: online training for the biotech industry
Wednesday, 19th April 2017
Waste crab shells
One of the emerging concepts behind sustainability is ‘waste stream’ valorisation. Waste biomass is produced by any industry making a commodity from biomass. Landfill is one fate for such waste material, but clearly this is not only wasteful but also polluting due to...read on
Visit by Baroness Eluned Morgan AM
Thursday, 02nd March 2017
Baroness Eluned Morgan, Assembly Member for Mid & West Wales, visited IBERS on 2nd March, ahead of her keynote speech on Brexit at Aberystwyth University.
As part of her visit to Gogerddan campus, the Baroness visited the BEACON laboratory, where much of the secondary processing...read on
BEACON features in the February issue of Labmate UK & Ireland!
Wednesday, 01st March 2017
An article featuring BEACON has been published in the February issue of Labmate UK & Ireland 42.1, pp.30-32. It highlights the contribution BEACON makes to the Welsh bioeconomy, and how Welsh companies can benefit from working with BEACON, through access to scientific research,...read on
At the National Botanic Garden of Wales
Wednesday, 22nd February 2017
Energy crop scientist Dr Elaine Jensen returned to the National Botanic Garden of Wales today to continue working on "The Power of Grasses" display, which will highlight the immportance of a number of species she is working with, including miscanthus. Once completed, the display will...read on
Welsh Soils Discussion Group
Thursday, 02nd February 2017
The Welsh Soils Discussion Group, which is affiliated to the British Society of Soil Science, held their winter meeting at IBERS on 1st February and BEACON energy crop scientist Dr Elaine Jensen was in attendance. One of the topics discussed was carbon storage in Welsh soils and...read on
Scientific paper on biochar in contaminated groundwater remediation published
Wednesday, 25th January 2017
BEACON scientists have recently published the results of trials with various feedstocks and pyrolysis process conditions to produce a biochar which can adsorb metals from contaminated groundwater. The paper, published in Bioresource Technology, can be read here:...read on
Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales visit
Thursday, 19th January 2017
MSc students on the Renewable Energy and the Built Environment (REBE) programme from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Powys, Wales made their annual visit to the BEACON facility at IBERS to learn about the valuable research into renewable energy forms undertaken by BEACON...read on
BEACON welcomes delegation of scientists from China and Poland
Tuesday, 10th January 2017
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BEACON welcomed a delegation of scientists from the Institute of Botany, Jiangsu province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (JIB-CAS) and the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice, Poland to its pilot scale processing facilities as part of a visit to the Institute of...read on