Patent Awarded for CoalSwitch™
Active Energy, the London quoted international biomass based renewable energy and forestry management business, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a new U.S. patent for its CoalSwitch™ process and the beneficiation of biomass. The patent, number 10,858,607, was awarded on 8 December 2020 and will ensure Active Energy holds the legal rights to exclude any other company from producing, selling or using the claimed CoalSwitch™ process for over 17 years. The proprietary CoalSwitch™ process includes subjecting steam-exploded biomass to a second washing step to remove additional salts and light volatile compounds derived from the biomass.
This new patent combines with the U.S. process patent, number 10,647,935, which was awarded for AEG s PeatSwitch™ technology on 12 May 2020. AEG s PeatSwitch™ patent gives AEG the exclusive rights over the process of producing an engineered soil from raw biomass in AEG s unique reactor.