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BERG organises 'Bioten', the leading UK bioenergy conference - September 2010
This three-day conference aims to bring together national and international experts on biomass, bioenergy, biofuels and biorefineries.

Aston's Bioenergy Research Group developing new bio-oil technology in £1.4m project - August 2010
BERG takes part in a project aimed at developing new technologies to transform bio-oil into a more efficient source of renewable energy, potentially capable of replacing fuels such as diesel. 

BERG awarded €736,000 research project - October 2009
Aston University Bioenergy Research Group is involved in a €3.73m (£3.4 million) research project, which will transform organic residues from biofuel production processes into a renewable biofuel that can reduce reliance on fossil diesel imports.

BERG Founder wins prestigious award - September 2009
Professor Bridgwater awarded the Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science. September 2009.

BERG Seminar - January 2008
BERG members attended a seminar at which Prof. Bridgwater gave an overview of BERG activities and researchers presented to the group about their work.

Wolfson funding drives forward a new era of Bioenergy Research at Aston University
Aston University has recently been awarded a £400,000 grant for the renovation and modernisation of a research laboratory for the reduction of carbon emissions.

New Professor of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Appointed at Aston University
Leading Bioenergy expert Andreas Hornung, has been appointed as a new professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (CEAC).

Biorefinery Building Blocks
Aston University is contributing to optimising the use of biomass as a partner in a new €13 million European biorefinery project.

Aston University Professor Awarded Europe's Top Bioenergy Prize
Professor Tony Bridgwater of Aston University received the Johannes Linneborn Prize for his outstanding contribution to developing energy from biomass at the world's largest bioenergy conference today in Berlin.

Research Group at Aston's BERG Secures £6.4 Million Continuation
SUPERGEN Bioenergy, of which Aston University is one of the partners, has secured £6.4 funding for the continuation of the consortium and its activities.

BERG Joins Dutch Lignocellulose Biorefinery Project
Aston University's Bioenergy Research Group is the only UK partner in a Dutch project to develop technology for a lignocellulose biorefinery.

 

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