Franziska Elmer, Scientific Project Manager at Seafields, said on Thursday night that much more can be done with the Sargassum seaweed that has inundated the region’s beaches.“Unfortunately, most of the Sargassum that we collect is put in a landfill to rot away and while we have found many uses for it, it’s still in a […]
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Barbados’ “Info Insight” interviews Dr. Legena Henry, CEO and Founder of Rum and Sargassum Inc, aired on CBC TV8, April 24, 2023.
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Sustainability is at the heart of what we do at Rum and Sargassum Inc.
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Barbados has a national goal of a 100% fossil-fuel-free transport sector by 2030.
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“…we need to be working with them […] so that there are more opportunities for people to fill up their cars with biodiesels and biofuels generally.” – Barbados PM Mia Mottley
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“Game-changing” is how Barbados Today describes Rum & Saragassum’s energy transition project.
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Chairman of the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) Roy Raphael said the organisation will reach out to Rum and Sargassum Inc. for talks on how to access biofuel produced in the company’s waste-to-energy project. More from Barbados Today
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“The Rum & Sargassum program in St. James, Barbados, is creating an inexpensive, alternative fuel source for vehicles using locally sourced waste products like rum distillery wastewater, sheep manure and sargassum,” says The Points Guy in this March 30, 2023 blog entry.
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Rum & Sargassum Inc won a €300,000 HIT RESET Grant towards scaling up Sargassum seaweed-based biogas production in their Barbados-based commercialisation activity. HIT RESET is the Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Support Resilient Settlements on the Coastal Zones of the Caribbean (HIT RESET) project. It aims to enhance the capacity of government entities, coastal development agencies
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Rum and Sargassum’s alternative automotive energy solution was featured at the recent Commonwealth Science Conference hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Royal Society. The startup is a spinoff from a Renewable Energy Lab at UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Its commercial product is a renewable compressed natural gas (RNG) produced