Future Earth Composites

About Future Earth Composites

About

A British company, building a global category.

The circular economy division of Future Earth Energy

Future Earth Composites was founded as the circular economy division of Future Earth Energy - a UK clean-energy infrastructure developer with a track record of more than 500MW of renewable power projects delivered and over £3 billion in financing transactions across renewables, energy-from-waste and district heating.

Two decades of developing those assets gave our team a front-row view of an emerging liability: the first generation of wind, solar and clean-energy infrastructure is now reaching end of life, and the composites inside it have nowhere to go. We built FEC to close that loop - recovering decommissioned blades and difficult composite waste streams, and re-engineering them into specification-grade boards.

"Our vision is to develop UK renewable energy and circular economy projects which minimise the impact on the environment."
- Future Earth Energy

Same operators, same discipline, applied one layer deeper in the value chain: from generating clean power to keeping the materials that built it in circulation. Headquartered in Grimsby - the centre of UK offshore wind - and manufacturing at scale in Britain, using press technology supplied by a German engineering partner with more than a century of manufacturing heritage. Ultra-low carbon. Infinitely circular. Built from what would otherwise have been waste.

Advanced composite boards in production

Timeline

A defined path from development to full production.

A five-year build-out anchored in the Humber, with two further UK sites planned in Scotland and South Wales.

2026

Startup

Formal launch. Grid and planning applications submitted.

2027

FID

Development phase complete. Final investment decision.

2028

Build

First feedstock revenue. Factory construction begins.

2029

Commissioning

First machinery delivered. Factory commissioning underway.

2030

Full production

First board sales. Facility at full production.

Leadership

Built by operators of clean-energy infrastructure.

Our leadership team brings together decades of experience in clean energy, project development and financial structuring - now applied to the circular economy.

Martin Dronfield

Martin Dronfield

Chairman

Four years developing composite blade recycling, previously leading Continuum, a Danish blade-recovery venture. 42 years in energy overall - 30 in global upstream and midstream Oil & Gas, and the past 12 in offshore wind, wave and tidal - building high-performing teams and delivering growth without compromising sustainability.

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Dr Isabel Boira-Segarra

Dr Isabel Boira-Segarra

Chief Executive Officer

Over 25 years' experience in the clean energy infrastructure sector. PhD in Energy Policy from the University of Sussex. Previously held senior positions at major utilities and infrastructure funds, leading developments across renewables, waste-to-energy and district heating.

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Adrian Smith

Adrian Smith

Development Director

Chartered Surveyor with extensive experience in large-scale energy and infrastructure project development. Has led projects with a combined capital value exceeding £1 billion, specialising in site acquisition, planning and construction delivery.

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Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson

Commercial Director

Strong financial and commercial background in the clean infrastructure sector. UBS-trained with deep expertise in project finance, M&A and commercial structuring of complex infrastructure and real estate transactions totalling over £2 billion in value.

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