Washfold is on the news
Washfold Farm Biogas, one of Iona’s investments, has recently been on the national news. You can read more in the Daily Mail or watch the BBC video about how farmers can generate returns from the farm waste: Where there’s muck there’s brass on Daily Mail website.
Iona Capital establishes £60m renewable infrastructure fund
Greater Manchester Pensions Fund (GMPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) today announced they have jointly committed £60m towards funding the construction and operation of British renewable energy assets. The funds will work with Iona Capital who will be responsible for sourcing and management of the individual projects. The investment, which is the first […]
Advantage Biogas acquisition
Iona Capital Ltd, a leading investor in the UK bioenergy sector, is pleased to announce that it has acquired MT Energie’s UK Service business from MT Energie’s German administrator. Following the acquisition, the business has been renamed Advantage Biogas (“Advantage”) and is targeting the growing demand from operators of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants for quality, […]
Iona Capital became a member of REA
We are happy to announce that Iona Capital became a member of REA – Renewable Energy Association. The REA was established in 2001 as a not-for-profit trade association, representing British renewable energy producers and promoting the use of renewable energy in the UK. The REA undertakes policy development and provides feedback to government departments and […]
Iona delivers on two more biomethane plants
Iona Capital Ltd, an established investor in the bioenergy sector, is pleased to announce that two of its current AD (Anaerobic Digestion) developments, Leeming Biogas and St Boswells Biogas, both achieved initial biomethane injection into the UK gas distribution network in June. This is a significant milestone in the development of a project as it […]
Watch Keithick Biogas plant aerial video
Iona’s first fund, Iona Environmental Infrastructure (IEILP), has financed the design and construction of first commercial gas to grid Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant in in Scotland in 2014. Keithick Biogas, an AD bio-methane grid injection plant, processing over 36,000 tonnes per annum of whole crop rye, maize, sugar beet off-cuts, raw silage and chicken litter […]
Biogen Waen awarded industry standard for fertiliser
Iona Capital Ltd is pleased to confirm that Biogen Waen, an anaerobic digestion facility located in Wales, has been awarded the PAS 110 specification for its biofertiliser. Iona’s first fund, IEILP, has provided financing to Biogen Waen in October 2012. The plant processes 22,500 tonnes of food waste and generates 1.5MW of electricity p.a. To […]
Watch a time-lapse video of an AD plant construction
Construction of an Anaerobic Digestion plant takes from 9 to 12 months depending on the size of the plant. Watch this time-lapse video to see different stages of construction from ground works to tanks and roofs installation.
First Scottish gas to grid AD plant is now live
Iona’s first fund, IEILP, has financed the design and construction of first commercial gas to grid Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant in in Scotland in 2014. The construction of a 36,000 tonnes facility is finished and first gas injection was registered before Christmas 2014. For further news on Scotland’s waste prevention programme read the article “Much […]
Two new biogas plants to be funded by Iona
Iona Capital (“Iona”), a leading environmental investor, has committed a further £20m to construct two new Anaerobic Digestion plants in the North of England. Gravel Pit Biogas, is a gas to grid plant located near Sand Hutton, York. The plant will process circa 35,000 tonnes of cattle manures and silage from the local farm and […]
