Feedstock assessment and contracting

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Expert feedstock supply support

We specialise in feedstock markets, value chains, and creating fit-for-purpose feedstock supply contracts. Our team provides the commercial insight you need to:

  • Identify and engage with feedstock suppliers

  • Negotiate effective, risk-minimised contracts

  • Collaborate with suppliers to maximise plant performance

Comprehensive feedstock market expertise

Our knowledge spans a wide range of fuels and waste feedstocks, including:

  • Residual waste, refuse derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF)

  • Recycling streams

  • Prepared and unprepared feedstocks for chemical recycling and waste-to-X technologies e.g., Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), recycled and renewable fuels

  • Waste wood

  • Organic waste including food waste, biogenic commercial and industrial waste and prepared ‘soups’ for anaerobic digestion

Services for developers, operators and investors

We support project developers, operators and investors with the following:

  • Feedstock supplier identification and due diligence - our data expertise and commercial knowledge help you to identify potential feedstock providers and partnerships. We support negotiations and audit potential suppliers to give both parties confidence that contractual commitments can be delivered.

  • Feedstock supplier auditing and contract management - ensuring you are receiving the quality of feedstock or fuel specified, working with suppliers to improve quality and address any issues to maximise plant performance.

  • Input to contract/supply agreements - Our pricing, regulatory and contracting experience adds value to contract negotiations. Informed by our market insights and experience of supporting clients through contract issues, we can help parties minimise the risk of future disputes.

Why choose us?

  • Proven experience in feedstock supply chain management

  • Expertise in waste-to-energy, chemical recycling, and renewable fuels

  • Trusted by project developers, operators, and investors worldwide

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““Ceres and its directors have supported the board of a biomass energy investment for several years, providing expert market insight and analysis that has helped us to manage and update the feedstock contract for the benefit of the plant.  We appreciate their commercial insight and partnership approach.””

— Egan Archer, Managing Director Asset Management, Equitix

Selected track record

  • Plastics for chemical recycling

    Waste wood biomass energy plant

    Ceres and its Directors have provided a range of feedstock market and contracting support to the board of the biomass facility over several years. Support has included waste wood market assessment and updates, contract monitoring support and advice for renegotiation of the fuel supply contract.

  • Anaerobic digestion facility

    Fuel audits for a renewable energy company

    From 2024 - Ceres has expertise in RDF production and composition and provides regular RDF audits and compliance advice to the RDF customer.

  • Recycling bin

    Feedstock quality and compliance audits for a waste wood biomass energy facility

    Ceres Waste, Renewables & Environment undertakes monthly fuel quality audits of a large waste wood biomass facility operator in the South of England. This involves regular site visits, fuel and processing inspections, together with regulatory compliance checks. We ensure that the client is receiving the fuel quality they pay for and minimise the risk of permit breaches.

  • Feedstock Supplier Due Diligence

    We understand that the selection of a feedstock suppler to a project is an important decision and that getting it wrong can have a material impact on the performance of a plant. In this instance, we acted for a chemical recycling facility developer in providing detailed due diligence on their intended feedstock supplier. The approach combined data analysis, interviews and site visits to ensure they could meet both the specification and tonnage required.

  • Tier 2 waste management company

    From 2024 - Ceres provides contract monitoring support and has developed a carbon foot printing tool for the business to allow them to report on emissions and the impact of reduction measures.