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Promethean Particles was recently named as one of CEMEX Ventures' Top 25 cleantech startups in their Cleantech Construction Map 2024. Five startups/scaleups were identified in each of five verticals - Carbon Capture, Utilisation & Storage, Decarbonisation Alternatives, Circularity & Waste...

Promethean Particles (“Promethean” or the “Company”), the UK-based, leading global provider of industrial scale, cost-effective advanced materials, is pleased to announce it has been awarded €2,415,767 from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator, as part of its third 2023 cut-off in...

Promethean Particles announces the appointment of Owen Cartmell as Engineering Manager. Owen has more than 10 years’ experience working in the chemical industry. Prior to joining Promethean, he worked in the fast-moving consumer goods (“FMCG”) and speciality chemicals sectors for both Reckitt...

Our CEO, James Stephenson, wrote an opinion piece for Decarbonisation Technology discussing “Metal-organic frameworks for Carbon Capture”. The article explores how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have the potential to make carbon capture and storage accessible to a larger number of industries in...

We are excited to announce a new collaboration with Captivate Technology (“Captivate”) to scale-up the production of a steam-stable metal-organic framework (“MOF”) named MUF-16. Developed by Captivate, a spin-out from Massey University in New Zealand, MUF-16 is an exciting new MOF structure that...

Promethean Particles (“Promethean” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a £445,848 grant by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) for a ground-breaking carbon capture project. Project MONET (“MOF-based Negative Emissions Technology”) has been chosen by...

Promethean Particles is excited to announce that it has received and installed a new, cutting-edge piece of gas analysis equipment, termed a Breakthrough Analyser (BTA), at its site in Nottingham, UK. The Breakthrough Analyser has been manufactured and patented by Micromeritics and has a number of...

Promethean and the University of Nottingham are pleased to annouce the completion of a first demonstration project of a metal-organic framework (MOF)-based carbon capture system at Drax's incubation facility. The PICASSO project (Pilot-scale Carbon Capture using Solid Sorbents) was funded by the...

Dr Selina Ambrose, Product Market Manager of Promethean Particles, has been reconfirmed as an Advisory Board member for The Advanced Materials Show (ASM) 2023, which will be held in Birmingham, UK on the 28-29 June 2023. The ASM is an annual high-performance materials technology conference...

Promethean Particles announces the appointment of Dr Paul Kirkman as Research and Development Manager. With overall responsibility for Promethean’s R&D team, Paul will lead the Company’s team of scientists in the continued synthesis and application development of our materials technology,...

After connecting with members of the AZO Materials Network at the 2022 Advanced Materials show, Chief Executive Officer, James Stephenson, and Technical Manger, Selina Ambrose, recently sat down with Skyla Baily to discuss Promethean's recent progress and how Promethean's proprietary manufacturing...

Promethean Particles is sponsoring a further PhD studentship under the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Decarbonised Fuel Energy Systems led by The University at Nottingham. The studentship was awarded to Nicholas Landon, who began his four-year PhD in October 2022. Nicholas will be...