What BRIO does
BRIO delivers the technology to anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
Modular, containerised units that easily retrofit to commercial-scale anaerobic digesters, applying our platform to control the biology and deliver higher energy output.
Each BRIO system stands beside the digester and connects to existing pipework. The plant keeps operating as normal and gains four additional benefits.
Microbial community retained.
Cellular retention is decoupled from hydraulic retention, retaining a larger arsenal of the microbes that convert carbon into methane. This enables greater resilience to feedstock fluctuations and higher loading rates.
Faster and more carbon conversion.
The stimulation accelerates the rate-limiting transfer between acid-forming bacteria and methanogens, so more carbon becomes methane.
Increased CO2 conversion.
Carbon dioxide in the standard biogas is converted into additional methane inside the digester, producing 5 to 10% richer methane content and reducing upgrading costs per MWh delivered.
Healthier digesters.
By utilising the existing microbial consortium, we facilitate a healthier digestion environment without the need for additives.
The energy balance
Coulombic efficiency measures far above 100%. Electrical stimulation pushes the biology to do the carbon conversion work.
Intelligent control
A proprietary real-time AI biological control system directs the stimulation, monitors process health through continuous biological telemetry, and optimises performance across every deployment.
Pilot data
Real customer feedstock on a customer site: agricultural waste and residues.
net energy increase after removing electrode consumption, A/B tested against a paired control reactor
continuous operating hours from one system
Reference commercial-scale plant
| Baseline production | 800 Nm3/hr of biomethane |
| Baseline volume | 73,900 MWh/yr |
| Gross BRIO increase | 31,800 MWh/yr |
| BRIO system consumption | less than 5% of increased energy, up to 1,600 MWh/yr |
| Net increase | +30,200 MWh/yr |
| Net value of increase | €2.1 to 3.9mn/yr (realised biomethane prices across European markets, €70 to 130/MWh) |
| Indicative payback period | 2 to 5 years (system cost is based on primary digester working volume and site conditions) |
The product is BRIO. The platform is Vertus.