Biorenewables Development Centre

We are an open-access research, development and demonstration biorefining centre and a subsidiary company of the University of York. We are part of the BioPilotsUK - a collaboration created by four established biorefining open-access centres who recognise the importance of partnerships to develop UK bio-based value chains. We develop methods at the laboratory scale, and scale-up processes to demonstrate their commercial potential, typically at the 1-100 litre or 1-100 kg scale. We are a partner in the BioYorkshire initiative. We are involved in a research project which aims to help UK farmers and growers to target Net Zero and increase crop resilience. The Biorenewables Development Centre are pleased to share that they have joined the BBIA. We were founded from a unique partnership between two well-established research centres at the University of York: the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence and the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products. With biologists, chemists, and innovation advisors we offer a unique combination of multi-disciplinary expertise coupled with pilot-scale processing capabilities in one coordinated centre.