A patented new Solid Bio ethanol based fuel called FireDragon which could dramatically improve health and safety in cooking and camping.

A patented new Solid Bio ethanol based fuel called FireDragon which could dramatically improve health and safety in cooking and camping.  Firedragon conserves the advantages of Ethanol but in a safer solid form. Solid ethanol has never previously been available.  This has potentially globally significant ramifications.

This product has many benefits:

• Proven and currently in production.
• Low/no noxious fumes given off; so good for indoor cooking.
• Not a fossil fuel.
• Made from dissolving & fermenting waste plant biomass material a 100% renewable fuel.
• Will work when wet and in the wet.
• Safer to use, store, transport & handle solid.
• Simple to use.
• Easy and quick to light & use a flint. Matches are expensive to use and transport, they get wet & are wasteful.
• Improved health and safety in the camps and refugee households. Non-toxic and safe to handle.
• FireDragon can be used as an antibacterial hand cleanser, improving hygiene before cooking and eating.
• FireDragon gives off very little soot, smell or smoke.
• Low risk of fire or explosion.
• Easy, quick & initially low cost for early stages for refugee camps.
• Low cost

Firedragon is based on truly sustainable bio ethanol and could improve health and safety during camping or outdoor/indoor activities.  Indeed, the provision of clean, efficient cooking solutions should be seen as a basic humanitarian necessity.  The innovation also has huge potential to assist in a move to carbon neutrality.

Mynydd y Gwair onshore windfarm – contributing to Wales’ clean energy future while benefiting local communities.

Mynydd y Gwair is a 16 turbine wind farm with an installed capacity of 32.8MW. It is estimated that the wind farm can generate enough clean energy to power the equivalent needs of approximately 22,600 average homes and offset 46,200 tonnes of CO2 per year.

The construction has supported green jobs and will help bolster local communities for years to come through its £240,000 per annum community benefit fund.

Sustainability was at the heart of the project with the wind farm offsetting at least 46,200 tonnes of CO2 per year. Whilst the reinstatement works onsite continue, the turbines are already turning and playing an important part in helping Wales decarbonise.

Further, the associated community benefit fund is also operational. This offers grants to organisations providing services, facilities or activities that benefit the communities within the Community or Town Council areas of Llangyfelach, Pontlliw and Tircoed, Pontarddulais, Mawr, Penllergaer, Clydach and Morriston.

The fund is worth approximately £6million over the lifetime of the project and is long term sustainable funding for the community.