Concord Blue
LEADING THERMOLYSIS-BASED, WASTE TO ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AVAILABLE TODAY
Concord Blue was founded in 2002 and has developed a turnkey, steam thermolysis-based waste reforming system – the Concord Blue Reformer© (CBR©). Due to its ability to accept a wide range of input materials, sustainability, high efficiency as well as the ability to produce wide range of high demand output products, the CBR© is regarded as the world’s most advanced waste reforming technology.
Our company is also a developer of waste-to-hydrogen (W2H2) and waste-to-energy (W2E) projects, in which we use our proprietary, patented and industry-leading technology to locally convert almost any form of waste into a variety of renewable fuels including hydrogen, syngas, electricity, heat and biofuels. The conversion process utilized by our technology is predominantly pollutant-free.
Unlike other existing processes for generating energy from waste, Concord Blue uses steam thermolysis to ensure waste is efficiently converted into a hydrogen-rich, syngas of the highest quality. This is achieved by deploying a system that relies on heat transfer from carrier materials (ceramic beads) instead of through incineration and therefore avoids a number of negative consequences, which result from burning waste. Concord Blue operates worldwide and has offices in the USA, Germany, India and Taiwan.
Concord Blue – Germany
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION ACROSS EUROPE
Concord Blue has adopted Germany as our European hub locating our headquarters in Düsseldorf. We also operate another branch in Herten, Germany, which will soon produce hydrogen commercially using our proprietary CBR© process technology.
We see tremendous potential in Germany to begin the roll out of our CBR© technology throughout Europe and thus make our contribution to the European Union’s energy transition initiatives. This first phase has begun with the current development of five CBR© waste to hydrogen facilities in Northwest Germany to produce CO2-free, climate neutral hydrogen with best-in-class efficiency.
CBR© plant in Herten
The ground of the former coal mining area “Zeche Ewald” in Herten is an especially notable location for our first commercial Concord Blue Reformer© in Germany. Where once this city was known for mining coal, which is one of the world’s dirtiest sources of energy, the hydrogen city of Herten is now at the forefront leading the transition away from fossil fuels towards green hydrogen—the energy source of tomorrow and key pillar in the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 initiative. Concord Blue is proud to be part of this project with the deployment of our CBR© W2H2 technology.
Hydrogen – Already a tradition in Herten
With the building of a new Concord Blue CBR© Waste to Hydrogen facility, Concord Blue is continuing a tradition that began in 2002. By way of our technology and engineering headquarters located in Herten, we are laying the foundations for our first commercial W2H2 project in Germany and are finally putting a long-cherished promise into practice.
Figures and data on the Herten Waste to Hydrogen project
- The CBR© waste to hydrogen facility will process 28,000 tons of biomass and waste per year
- The reformer will produce 2,624 tons of CO2-free hydrogen annually
- This represents approximately 262 million emission-free kilometers by car
- Long-term supply contracts with local waste companies have already been executed
- On-site hydrogen filling station is now operational
- Facility will supply hydrogen filling stations in Duisburg, Dortmund, Essen and Mülheim a. d. Ruhr
Concord Blue© – Team
COMBINED OVER 80 YEARS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE, EXPERIENCE AND VISION
Charlie Thannhäuser
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Sebastian Flahs
Lead Business Development
Frank Gilliam
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial OfficerDr. Dominik Höhner
Technical DirectorHans-Joachim Thewes
Lead Process EngineeringStefan Burmester
Business Development
Monika Becker
Lead AdministrationLuciano van Essen
Business Development10 plants in 4 countries
CONCORD BLUE’S SCALABLE MODULAR SOLUTION –
20 MW TO 4,000 MW
HERTEN I, GERMANY
Operated: 2002 – 2005
Scale: 1 MWth
340 m3 syngas / hour
Feedstock: Various
Flowrate: 0.35 tons / hour
HERTEN II, GERMANY
Operated: 2010 – 2012
Scale: 0.06 MWth
0.60 kg H2 / hour
Feedstock: Waste mix
Flowrate: 0.01 tons / hour
OWEGO, USA
Operated: 2016 – 2020
Scale: 750 kWth
250 kWe
Feedstock: Biomass, MSW
Flowrate: 300 kg / hour
ANAN, JAPAN
Operated: 2006 – 2009
Scale: 0.15 MWth
0.038 Mwe
Flowrate: 1 tons / day
Feedstock: Woodchips
IZUMO, JAPAN
Operated: 2005 – heute
Scale: 1 MWth
8.92 kg H2 / hour
Feedstock: Woodchips
Flowrate: 1 tons / hour
OMUTA, JAPAN
Operated: 2011 – present
Scale: 2.5 MWth
24.6 kg of H2 / hour
Flowrate: 15 dry tons / day
Feedstock: Dry Sewage
MAHAD, INDIA
Operated: 2011 – 2016
Scale: 3 MWth
1,200 m3 syngas / hour
Feedstock: Toxic waste effluent
Flowrate: 1 ton / hour
PUNE, INDIA
Operated: 2012 – present
Scale: 10 MWth
3 MWe
Feedstock: MSW
Flowrate: 300 – 900 tons / day
VASAI, INDIA
Operated: 2009 – present
Scale: 0.18 MWth
0.063 MWe
Feedstock: Various
Flowrate: 40 kg / hour
HYDERABAD, INDIA
Operated: 2022 – present
Scale: 0.4 MWth
600 m3 syngas / hour
Feedstock: Pharmaceutical waste
Flowrate: 0.15 ton / hour
With full commitment
AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE – TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS
GERMANY
NORTH AMERICA
Asia
Together
TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE
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