ADBA’s third Scottish conference takes place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, 9:00 – 17:00, February 28th.   The conference aims to drive forward the growing commercial opportunities for Scottish Anaerobic Digestion (AD), providing a platform to discuss challenges and policy changes that specifically affect the industry in Scotland.   Clearfleau’s Richard Gueterbock will […]

Even a smooth Brexit will be a challenge for many in the UK for whom dealing with friends, business partners or colleagues located across Europe is part of everyday life. So how do we prevent the increasingly haphazard exit from the EU undermining the food industry’s efforts not only to remain competitive, but also to […]

As 2019 gets underway, what are the prospects for the continuing development of a circular economy and the improved use of natural resources? At Clearfleau, working with our partners at EnviroChemie GmbH, we are anticipating an exciting year ahead, with some challenging new projects in the UK and in export markets. Policy Evolution Policymakers want […]

Clearfleau has appointed Dr Stephen Pickin as a Technical Associate, specialising in the design and operation of our industrial wastewater treatment plants. Stephen has particular expertise in activated sludge plants and Membrane Bioreactors with associated primary treatment. He brings to Clearfleau over 20 years’ experience in biological treatment process design. He has worked with dairy groups […]

This Christmas, it seems appropriate to be sharing a festive dram with the team, toasting the success of one of our projects which is making Scotland’s malt whisky industry greener and more sustainable. In 2015 we completed an on-site biogas plant for Diageo at its Glendullan distillery on Speyside, demonstrating how the whisky sector can […]

In August 2015, Clearfleau completed a new on-site biogas plant for Diageo at its Glendullan distillery on Speyside, demonstrating how Scotland’s whisky industry can embrace the circular economy. The project, which has been operating successfully for over three years, was featured in the December issues of UK Power News and Worldwide Independent Power.

Food “waste” should be recognised as a valuable resource which can be used to create value and help combat climate change. Clearfleau was featured in this article, part of a Raconteur report on “The Future of Food and Beverage” published with the Times on December 12th. “We avoid using the word ‘waste’. Everything in the food […]

Clearfleau’s Richard Gueterbock has been leading an exercise to raise the profile of the on-site AD sector as part of the emerging BEIS Clean Growth Strategy. This comes at the same time as the Government publishes its Waste and Resources Strategy, which includes the delivery of a more circular economy. Recently, Clearfleau and a number […]

This event has been postponed. Please check back here for a new date. Clearfleau’s Richard Gueterbock will be speaking on ‘Developing the on-site Digestion sector’ at this event to explore the potential for future subsidy-free Anaerobic Digestion in the UK. The one-day event hosted by Aqua Enviro is being held at the America Square Conference […]

The November issue of Materials Recycling World (MRW) has a feature co-authored by Clearfleau’s Richard Gueterbock alongside members of the University of Exeter Business School looking at future prospects for AD in smaller, more localised plants.   Presenting the findings of the University’s recent research into the potential for bakeries and dairy processors in the […]