Erik Thun and Electrochaea in talks over e-methane offtake for inexperienced marine gasoline

Germany-based supplier of artificial methane know-how Electrochaea and Swedish delivery firm Erik Thun have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to provoke negotiations on the offtake of e-methane for inexperienced maritime gasoline.

The potential collaboration would see e-methane produced by Electrochaea’s subsidiary BioCAT Roslev Aps in Denmark used as maritime gasoline within the vessels operated by Erik Thun.

Electrochaea is at present engaged on organising a power-to-gas manufacturing within the Danish municipality of Skive. Renewable energy from wind will probably be used to supply inexperienced hydrogen which will probably be combined with the CO2 from biogas manufacturing at Rybjerg Biogas in a bioreactor to supply e-methane utilizing Electrochaea’s patented bio-methanation know-how.

The ensuing e-methane will probably be fed into the Danish gasoline grid, benefiting the decarbonization of gasoline customers all through Europe.

Erik Thun plans to make use of e-methane to interchange fossil-based LNG gasoline, permitting the corporate to function its current LNG fleet with out changing its propulsion programs to accommodate different renewable fuels.

Johan Källsson, Managing Director of Erik Thun AB, stated: “Strolling the trail to carbon neutrality poses huge challenges. At Erik Thun AB, we’re steadfast in our dedication to guide this transition by integrating renewable fuels into our operations. At the moment, we’re actively exploring completely different alternate options. For our vessels working on LNG, E-methane is rising as a cleaner choice.

“We’re happy with this collaboration and that we’re pioneering the substitute of fossil fuels with renewable e-methane, awaiting to be formally acknowledged by the federal government as a cleaner various. Our dedication extends to the development, upkeep and operation of vessels with superior designs and a minimal carbon footprint. To create sustainable choices that may move a correct life-cycle evaluation, a lot cleaner e-fuels are wanted.”

Doris Hafenbradl, Electrochaea’s CTO and Managing Director emphasised the advantages of utilizing Electrochaea’s patented bio-methanation know-how for offering low-carbon gasoline for the maritime business: “E-methane can play a significant function in decarbonizing the maritime business and each Electrochaea and Biocat Roslev ApS are happy to barter off-take of e-methane with probably the most sustainable and visionary delivery corporations. The maritime business is a crucial market for the e-methane produced with our bio-methanation know-how, which is additional supported by the curiosity from Erik Thun AB.”