{"id":149957,"date":"2024-09-05T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=149957"},"modified":"2024-09-02T12:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:58:20","slug":"electrochaea-successfully-scales-up-to-10mwe-with-eic-accelerator-program-support-and-applies-new-plant-design-for-first-commercial-project-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/electrochaea-successfully-scales-up-to-10mwe-with-eic-accelerator-program-support-and-applies-new-plant-design-for-first-commercial-project-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrochaea successfully scales up to 10MWe with EIC Accelerator Program support and applies new plant design for first commercial project in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Electrochaea\u00b4s bioreactor at a pilot plant in Denmark \u00a9 Electrochaea<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

After three years,\u00a0Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea<\/a>, a\u00a0lead\u00ading power-to-gas com\u00adpany, has suc\u00adcess\u00adfully com\u00adpleted the\u00a0EIC\u00a0Acceler\u00adat\u00ador pro\u00adgram<\/a>, which is co-fun\u00added by the European Innov\u00ada\u00adtion Coun\u00adcil (EIC) and sup\u00adports innov\u00adat\u00adive com\u00adpan\u00adies in bring\u00ading their products and ser\u00advices to mar\u00adket. In\u00a02021, more than\u00a02,000\u00a0European com\u00adpan\u00adies applied for fund\u00ading. Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea has been one of only\u00a064\u00a0start-ups and SMEs selec\u00adted based on their impress\u00adive projects.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The com\u00adpany has developed a\u00a0tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to pro\u00adduce syn\u00adthet\u00adic meth\u00adane. As an energy source, syn\u00adthet\u00adic meth\u00adane is vir\u00adtu\u00adally CO2<\/sub>-neut\u00adral, can replace fossil nat\u00adur\u00adal gas and can be stored and trans\u00adpor\u00adted in the existing gas grid. To pro\u00adduce it, Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea uses archaea, bil\u00adlion-year-old microor\u00adgan\u00adisms, that con\u00advert green hydro\u00adgen and recycled\u00a0CO2<\/sub>\u00a0into syn\u00adthet\u00adic meth\u00adane in bioreactors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the fund\u00ading provided, a\u00a0grant of \u20ac2.485\u00a0mil\u00adlion and an equity invest\u00adment of \u20ac14.975\u00a0mil\u00adlion, Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea has been able to scale up its bio\u00admeth\u00adana\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to indus\u00adtri\u00adal scale with an arche\u00adtype design of\u00a010\u00a0MWe. The imple\u00adment\u00ada\u00adtion will take place dir\u00adectly with\u00adin the BioCat-Roslev pro\u00adject<\/a> in Den\u00admark. There, the new arche\u00adtype design will be integ\u00adrated into the exist\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtion of a\u00a0bio\u00adgas upgrad\u00ading and grid-injec\u00adtion plant. The Dan\u00adish Energy Agency also sub\u00adsid\u00adized the pro\u00adject with \u20ac9.5\u00a0mil\u00adlion to expand hydro\u00adgen production.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With fund\u00ading from the\u00a0EIC\u00a0Accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00ador pro\u00adgram, Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea has been able to optim\u00adize the plant design making it more effi\u00adcient and cost-effect\u00adive. Cus\u00adtom\u00aders will bene\u00adfit from sig\u00adni\u00adfic\u00adantly reduced\u00a0CAPEX\u00a0and\u00a0OPEX\u00a0of the bio\u00admeth\u00adana\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. Dur\u00ading the fund\u00ading peri\u00adod, Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea also made sig\u00adni\u00adfic\u00adant over\u00adall progress in the approv\u00adal pro\u00adcess, tech\u00adno\u00adlogy integ\u00adra\u00adtion and busi\u00adness mod\u00adel optim\u00adiz\u00ada\u00adtion for the BioCat Roslev project.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe\u00a0EIC\u00a0Accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00ador pro\u00adgram has been a\u00a0fantastic oppor\u00adtun\u00adity for Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea to scale up our tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to a\u00a0com\u00admer\u00adcially rel\u00adev\u00adant size and to devel\u00adop the BioCat Roslev pro\u00adject based on a\u00a0new and more effi\u00adcient design,\u201d said Dr Dor\u00adis Hafen\u00adbradl,\u00a0CTO\u00a0and Man\u00adaging Dir\u00adect\u00ador of Electro\u00adchaea<\/strong>.\u00a0\u200b\u201cIn addi\u00adtion to oth\u00ader bene\u00adfits such as net\u00adwork\u00ading and investor events, we bene\u00adfit most from the\u00a0EIC\u00a0Fun\u00add\u2019s long-term invest\u00adment in Electro\u00adchaea. Our par\u00adti\u00adcip\u00ada\u00adtion in the\u00a0EIC\u00a0Acceler\u00adat\u00ador and the pro\u00adgress we have made through this fund\u00ading demon\u00adstrates Electrochaea\u2019s strong ability to devel\u00adop innovative and sus\u00adtain\u00adable solu\u00adtions for the energy sector.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

With the com\u00adple\u00adtion of the pro\u00adgram, Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea is well posi\u00adtioned to com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adize its tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and sig\u00adni\u00adfic\u00adantly advance the much-needed pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of renew\u00adable methane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea provides tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to pro\u00adduce syn\u00adthet\u00adic meth\u00adane, a renew\u00adable fuel that replaces fossil nat\u00adur\u00adal gas and can be stored and trans\u00adpor\u00adted in the exist\u00ading gas grid. Elec\u00adtro\u00adchae\u00ada\u2019s pat\u00aden\u00adted pro\u00adcess helps com\u00adbat cli\u00admate change by using CO2<\/sub> to gen\u00ader\u00adate a renew\u00adable energy source and provides a solu\u00adtion for long-term stor\u00adage of inter\u00admit\u00adtent renew\u00adable energy. Indus\u00adtri\u00adal-scale pilot plants have already been com\u00admis\u00adsioned in the U.S., Switzer\u00adland, and Den\u00admark. Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea is headquartered in Munich, Ger\u00admany, with offices in Den\u00admark and the United States. Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea is one of the Glob\u00adal Cleantech 100 List companies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After three years,\u00a0Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea, a\u00a0lead\u00ading power-to-gas com\u00adpany, has suc\u00adcess\u00adfully com\u00adpleted the\u00a0EIC\u00a0Acceler\u00adat\u00ador pro\u00adgram, which is co-fun\u00added by the European Innov\u00ada\u00adtion Coun\u00adcil (EIC) and sup\u00adports innov\u00adat\u00adive com\u00adpan\u00adies in bring\u00ading their products and ser\u00advices to mar\u00adket. In\u00a02021, more than\u00a02,000\u00a0European com\u00adpan\u00adies applied for fund\u00ading. Elec\u00adtro\u00adchaea has been one of only\u00a064\u00a0start-ups and SMEs selec\u00adted based on their impress\u00adive projects.\u00a0 The com\u00adpany […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":149969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The new arche\u00adtype design shall be integ\u00adrated into the exist\u00ading oper\u00ada\u00adtion of a\u00a0bio\u00adgas upgrad\u00ading and grid-injec\u00adtion plant","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[11833,5714,14263,22843,10630],"supplier":[11764,13550,24721],"class_list":["post-149957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biocatalysis","tag-biofuels","tag-biomethane","tag-carbonrecycling","tag-hydrogen","supplier-electrochaea-gmbh","supplier-european-innovation-council","supplier-the-danish-energy-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149957"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=149957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}