Enabling immediate industrial decarbonisation

Introducing our solution

About ecoke

ecoke offers a sustainable, hybrid alternative that reduces dependency on solid fossil carbons within industrial processes. With decarbonisation becoming an imperative, ecoke allows our customers to meet stakeholder expectations, comply with regulations and reduce the cost of carbon emissions. ecoke is driving decarbonisation in various hard-to-abate industries, offering a gradual, scalable shift towards a more sustainable future.

About us

What we do

Market-leading fossil replacement

If your hard-to-abate industry uses solid fuels or commonly known ‘carbon’, ecoke has the solution. Each briquette can be tailored to your industrial requirements, without the need for adjustments to processes or capital investment.

Our five-pillar approach to decarbonisation

01

Collaborative sourcing

ecoke is built on decades of experience in carbon, charcoal, biomass and biocarbon sourcing, supported by global supply chains, deep expertise and long standing relationships.

02

In-house biocarbon production

Alongside our global biocarbon procurement network, we operate the UK’s largest biocarbon plant, producing high purity biocarbon from waste and agricultural residues.

03

Material conditioning capability

Our Immingham site has advanced wash and material conditioning facilities. We can utilise customers’ off-spec material, unusable and difficult raw materials and transform them into usable products.

04

Advanced briquetting technology

With decades of proven experience in briquetting technology, our operation is distinguished by its ability to produce high quality premium products, using both hot and cold binding processes.

05

Certified sustainability

Our biocarbon aligns with standards such as FSC or PEFC and where required ecoke can be supplied as RED compliant and SURE-certified. This provides independent assurance for responsible, low emission industrial use.

Why choose us?

We offer a solution that can decarbonise tomorrow, today.

ecoke briquettes offer a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional fossil carbons, formulated and produced to meet your industrial needs, while promoting environmental responsibility. Made from responsibly sourced biomass, our briquettes provide lower emissions without compromise on process requirements.

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Key benefits

Instant CO₂ saving

For every tonne of ecoke used, at least an equal amount of CO₂ is saved. This delivers an immediate and effective solution for reducing emissions.

Low-emission

ecoke provides a low-emission, sustainable alternative to traditional fossil carbons like metallurgical coke, coal and anthracite, helping hard-to-abate industries reduce their carbon footprint and advance their decarbonisation efforts.

Seamless integration

ecoke seamlessly integrates into existing production and industrial processes without the need for costly capital investment or modifications, ensuring a smooth and efficient transition.

Immediate capacity

With an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes, we’re well positioned to support large scale decarbonisation efforts, with the flexibility to scale production to meet our customer needs.

Our reviews

Don’t just take our word for it

“The success of LIBERTY’s ecoke trials is a major step forward for our GREENSTEEL strategy. The major reductions in CO₂ emissions ecoke enables, without any downside to the production process, can help to further decarbonise our production and the wider steel industry”.

Scott Jackson, Plant Manager

ACP of LIBERTY Speciality Steel

“At the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, we’re committed to supporting industrial decarbonisation and defosillisation. Collaborations like this are key to unlocking sustainable pathways for hard-to-abate sectors”.

Charlotte Powell, Head of Bioenergy and Carbon Removals

"ecoke is proof that steelmakers can be truly green if we think differently and accept new ways of working in the future."

Ed Heath-Whyte, Head of Environment and Sustainability

LIBERTY Steel UK

“The metals industry’s path to decarbonisation is tough - but innovations like ecoke show it’s not only possible, it’s happening! Leadership like this is exactly the kind of bold, scalable action our sector needs”.

Rob Cooper, Managing Director

British Stainless Steel Association

“ecoke has been thoroughly tested to ensure compatibility with our process and speciality steel products. Through over 20 laboratory scale trials and 8 months of industrial integration no detrimental impact has been observed from replacing traditional fossil anthracite with the bio based ecoke briquette”.

Asier Zubero, Climate Change Manager

Sidenor

“We have been studying ecoke because it is showing real promise as a sustainable fossil fuel replacement to decarbonise energy intensive foundation industries. This includes for blast furnace sinter making and in electric arc furnaces”.

Professor Peter Holliman, Chemistry Engineering Materials Environment Group (CEMEG)

Swansea University

“Our industry is moving towards replacing fossil carbon with biocarbon as far as possible. This is a long way off and will only be partially successful. The carbon flows are simply too large. So consumers are mixing in a certain percentage of biocarbon. And this is where Invica's approach, which could even be described as ingenious, comes in. They relieve consumers of the effort and risks involved in mixing and deliver a pre-mixed product that integrates so seamlessly into existing processes that even engineers cannot tell the difference at first glance. Ideal for many sectors, from steelmakers to kitchen stoves. In this way, the coal replacement can happen even more quickly”.

Michael Wild

IBTC President

“Ingelia is developing biocarbon materials made by HTC process for the Steel manufacturing sector (BioReSteel.eu). The incorporation of HTC carbon-products into INVICA's ecoke concept might be a technically and economically feasible pathway for decarbonising the steel industry, replacing step-by-step fossil carbon by HTC-upgraded biomass residues”.

Marisa Hernandez

CEO of Ingelia

Industry membership

We’re proud to be a part of the British Stainless Steel Association

Our membership with the BSSA highlights our commitment to quality, sustainability and ongoing improvement in our products and services. It also aligns with our dedication to fostering growth and development within the UK stainless steel hard-to-abate industry, strengthening our reputation as a reliable and responsible market player.

Industry membership

Aligned with Bioenergy Europe

As active members of Bioenergy Europe, we strive to contribute to the advancement of bioenergy practices, supporting the growth of renewable energy across Europe. This partnership underlines our ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility, hard to abate industry collaboration and supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy future.

Industry membership

Supporting Innovation with IBTC

Our membership with the International Biomass Torrefaction Council (IBTC) supports our global effort to drive innovation, standardisation and adoption of torrefied biomass as an alternative to fossil fuel. This affiliation reflects our journey towards technological progress, strengthening a decarbonised future through advanced biomass solutions.

Our partnerships

The power of partnerships

We work in close partnership with suppliers, customers and academic institutions to support responsible innovation and continuous improvement. By combining operational insight, technical expertise and research-led collaboration, we develop solutions that are practical, credible and grounded in real industrial environments.

Alongside those featured, many other valued partners play an equally important role in shaping our work, contributing insight, expertise and collaboration across our projects.

Our reach

Material distributed internationally

‘Associated’ awards & accreditations

Proudly recognised for innovation, sustainability and service excellence

Our commitment

Journey to 100%

Decarbonising industrial processes is a journey, not a single step. Moving away from fossil carbon doesn’t need to happen all at once. Using ecoke allows many customers to begin by introducing biocarbon alongside existing inputs, building confidence and experience over time. Other customers have already progressed to fully fossil-free solutions. This flexible approach allows each operation to transition at a pace that reflects its technical, commercial and operational realities, with support at every stage as biocarbon content increases and long-term decarbonisation goals are achieved together.

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