{"id":86744,"date":"2021-04-01T07:41:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bio-based.eu\/?p=86744"},"modified":"2021-06-18T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:48:43","slug":"electrochaea-expands-business-development-team-in-north-america-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/electrochaea-expands-business-development-team-in-north-america-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrochaea Expands Business Development Team in North America and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March 18, 2021 &#8211; Electrochaea, a leading provider of renewable natural gas technology, is continuing its growth trajectory and appointing Joseph Feldman as Executive Vice President for North American Business Development and Peter Plesner as Business Development Director with a European focus. These new appointments reflect the growing opportunities for Electrochaea\u2019s technology to\u00a0 enable\u00a0 large-scale\u00a0 availability\u00a0 of\u00a0 renewable\u00a0 natural\u00a0 gas\u00a0 (RNG)\u00a0 as\u00a0 an\u00a0 essential\u00a0 component\u00a0 to\u00a0 the transition to a green economy worldwide. Electrochaea\u2019s proprietary biomethanation technology allows replacement of fossil natural gas with renewable natural gas while providing storage solutions for renewable energy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feldman\u00a0 is focusing\u00a0 on\u00a0 securing\u00a0 large-scale\u00a0 projects\u00a0 in\u00a0 North America that will\u00a0 provide RNG\u00a0 to\u00a0 the customer, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make use of otherwise curtailed power. Feldman brings over thirty years\u2019 experience with new market entry, strategic partnering, technology-enabled businesses and cross-border transactions. Feldman has led the growth efforts for multiple venture-stage technology firms including First Genetic Trust, Chromatin, and Sandbox Industries, as well as working with technology development groups at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.\u00a0 Feldman has worked in a wide range of international markets, including as Deputy General Manager for the European operations of The NutraSweet Company.\u00a0 As President of Feldman Associates, Feldman has worked with growing companies on acquisitions, new market entry and a range of strategic initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Plesner is accelerating Electrochaea\u2019s development of business opportunities in Europe. Through Plesner\u2019s diplomatic experience, his appointment adds an additional dimension to Electrochaea\u2019s expertise in the regulatory and international environment. As the Clean Tech Team Leader of Invest in Denmark, a branch of the Danish Foreign Ministry, Plesner provided political advice to companies and cooperation with Danish authorities on framework conditions for energy investments in Denmark. Plesner was instrumental in bringing Electrochaea to Europe and de-risking the technology in Denmark. His interest in supporting businesses as they interact with the energy framework continued in his work with Copenhagen Capacity.<\/p>\n<p>As owner of Mr Cleantech.dk, Plesner provided consulting support to Danish and international companies in their effort to understand energy framework conditions and establish business cases. &#8220;The benefit to Electrochaea is immeasurable to have engaged two great individuals who have substantial knowledge\u00a0 about\u00a0 the\u00a0 energy\u00a0 markets,\u00a0 and\u00a0 are\u00a0 eager\u00a0 to\u00a0 meet\u00a0 the\u00a0 increasing\u00a0 demand\u00a0 for\u00a0 green\u00a0 energy\u00a0 technology\u201d says Mich\u00a0 Hein,\u00a0 CEO\u00a0 and\u00a0 Managing\u00a0 Director\u00a0 of\u00a0 Electrochaea. \u201cBoth\u00a0 have\u00a0 had\u00a0 a\u00a0 long-standing interest in Electrochaea, adding an even greater value to having them on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Electrochaea\u2019s grid-scale energy storage solution converts renewable energy and carbon dioxide into grid-quality renewable methane for storage and distribution. Based on biological methanation, this power-to-gas system uses a selectively evolved microorganism \u2013 a methanogenic archaea \u2013 to synthesize methane from only hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The technical advantages of this biocatalyst enable Electrochaea\u2019s methanation technology to operate at lower capital and operating costs and with greater flexibility than conventional\u00a0 thermochemical\u00a0 methanation\u00a0 processes.\u00a0 Electrochaea\u2019s\u00a0 plants\u00a0 have\u00a0 injected\u00a0 renewable natural gas into commercial gas grids in Switzerland and Denmark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electrochaea\u2019s grid-scale energy storage solution converts renewable energy and carbon dioxide into grid-quality renewable methane for storage and distribution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838],"supplier":[11764],"class_list":["post-86744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","supplier-electrochaea-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86744","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86744"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=86744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}