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Celtic Renewables

Scottish sustainable biofuel producer

Celtic Renewables Ltd. is the first company to produce biofuel from the by-products of the scotch whisky industry. It has been estimated that annually the whisky industry produces 1.6 billion litres of pot ale and 500,000 tonnes of draff which has historically been used for animal feed. Celtic Renewables has utilised these resources and adapted the traditional Weizmann Fermentation process (also known as ABE fermentation) to produce Biobutanol.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2012Founded1
  • Industrybiofuel1
  • HeadquartersEdinburgh1
  • Websitewww.celtic-renewables.com
  • Legal formOther4
  • LEI9845003BDFVAC05403824
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered addressSuite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House, EH4 2HS Edinburgh, United Kingdom4
  • Registered withCompanies House, SC3945714

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Celtic Renewables Ltd. is the first company to produce biofuel from the by-products of the scotch whisky industry.3

The story

Celtic Renewables was created by Professor Martin Tangney OBE, who is also the Director of the Biofuel Research Centre at Edinburgh Napier University. It was launched on 25 January 2012, at the University’s Sighthill Campus by Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism and Lena Wilson, Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise. Dr. Doug Ward, founder of Argent Energy, was appointed as its inaugural Chairman. Mark Simmers, fellow from The Saltire Foundation, is CEO.

From Wikipedia’s article on Celtic Renewables, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Named in SEC Form D filings

People the company listed in its private-offering notices.

  • DirectorChristopher John Nash named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorClaire Gordon Treacy named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorDonald Francis Irwin Houston named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorDonald Irwin MacLeod named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorIan Evans named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorJohn Gordon Stevenson named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorMark William Simmers named Nov 16, 20216
  • DirectorMartin Gerard Tangney named Nov 16, 20216

Products and brands

  • butanol fuel

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2012Founded Founded1

Filings

1 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 private raises. The latest 1:

  1. Nov 16, 2021D EDGAR

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$605.0K 2021–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2021–2021: $605.0K in all. Private raises (Form D) $605.0K.$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2021 · Private raises (Form D): $605.0K2021
Figures by year
YearPrivate raises (Form D)Total
2021$605.0K$605.0K

Private raises

Private offerings the company reported to the SEC on Form D. The amount is what the latest filing says was sold so far, charted in the year of the first sale. Covers filings since Oct 1, 2021.

  1. Nov 1, 2021Raised $605,000 in a private offering of equity6 Form D: $875,000 offered in all Form D

SEC filer profile

How Celtic Renewables is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARCeltic Renewables Ltd2
  • CIK0001804062
  • Incorporated inUnited Kingdom2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 202
  • Business addressFifth Floor, 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh, X0 EH2 4AD2
  • Mailing address2.B.46 Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, X0 EH11 4BN2
  • Phone0114413145533132
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 11, 20202
  • Filings4 in all: D (4)2

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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