RE: RNS29 Sep 2025 08:38
• Gross margin lifted to ~82%
• Losses narrowed: EBITDA loss €1.1 m (vs €1.6 m); finance costs halved to ~€0.6 m.
• Strengthened funding: £1.5 m equity from CWTL plus an option for a further £1.5 m (partly drawn with £0.25 m).
• Lean operations: ~60 % planned payroll reduction in Spain and tighter overhead control.
• Greece – AgriGas (Larissa): cold & hot commissioning complete, pellet line upgraded, maintenance contract signed, investor visits held.
• France – Grand Combe & new projects: working with landlord and GRDF after Idex exit; secured ~€175 k GRDF funding for two new gasification projects (5 t/day & 4 t/day); preparing new waste-to-liquid project (~€300 k potential 2025 revenue).
• Italy – Italia MDC: agreed Quainstone controlling investment and debt restructuring; EQTEC retains ~27 % stake with €2 m carrying value; removed need for unilateral funding.
• USA – Blue Mountain Electric Company (BMEC): secured USDA sponsorship and in-principle $39 m debt financing plus $1.2 m community equity raise, preserving California BioMAT eligibility and enabling EQTEC technology supply contract.
• USA – North Fork Community Power (NFCP): exited Chapter 11 and targeting commercial operation by end-2025, reducing legal/reputational risk despite only 28% nominal EQTEC
• Synthetic fuels breakthrough: 10 % stake in CompactGTL pilot plant; successful August 2025 production of synthetic crude validates waste-to-liquid pathway.
• Next steps for GTL: pilot relocating to France (LERMAB) for extended trials; discussions underway with UAE investors for a demonstration plant.