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Replace coal in your power plant with waste-derived fuel

Our pellets and powder fuels co-fire with coal or fully replace it, with less than half the CO₂.

How it works

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An alternative fuel for your coal or wood pellet boiler.
Our pellets are milled or co-milled in existing coal mills.
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With three decades of experience, we know how fuel properties affect your boiler.
Use our fuel for co-firing or as 100% of your fuel mix.
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Subcoal® pellets match bituminous coal in heating value and still contain around 50% biogenic content.
In 2020, with partners, we achieved the first unsupported waste-derived flame on a 24 MWt burner.

Every tonne you replace is CO₂ you don’t emit.

We handle sourcing, quality control, permits and daily logistics by truck, rail or sea, so you can focus on your process.

Impact

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Less CO₂ per tonne of product
Our fuels match coal's properties with less than half the CO₂.
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Tonnes less fossil fuel purchased per year
PAF can replace up to 100% of fossil fuels in existing burners.
CSRD & ETS
Demonstrable in your reporting
Subcoal® contains around 50% biogenic content, cutting emissions.

Portfolio

These fuels suit pulverised coal boilers and boilers converted to burn wood pellets.

Pulverized Alternative Fuel

Powder fuel replacing up to 100% fossil fuel.

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Subcoal®

Pellets that can replace up to 100% of coal.

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Solid Recovered Fuel

Replaces at least 70% of primary fuels in kilns or boilers.

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Wood

Wood for generating renewable energy.

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How we keep to that specification

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Grip on the source

We source from several countries, so you never depend on one stream.
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Our own sorting

Our own MRFs in the UK and the Netherlands sort the waste we work with.
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Thirty years of measurement data

Three decades of data on how waste quality affects process parameters.

Doesn't fit? Then we make it fit.

Does your process need something different? We develop bespoke fuels with you, based on both the physical feeding requirements and the chemical product and emission requirements of your process.
Shape
Pellets, powder or loose fuel
Size
Particle size matched to your burner or mill
Composition
Calorific value and composition to your specification

Q&A

Answers to common questions from power plant operators. Read the full articles in Perspectives.

Yes. Our fuel can fully replace coal, and it still contains around 50% biogenic content.
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Fuel quality is guaranteed, independent of the season.
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Our fuel emits less than half the CO₂ of the coal it replaces.
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We deliver by truck, rail, sea or container, on time.
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30+
Years of process experience
26
Countries in our network
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Industrial buyers we supply
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Kilotonnes of fuel per year

Here's how it went for others

Power plants that replaced coal with alternative fuels from N+P.

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Tell us about your boiler and fuel needs, and we'll get back to you.