Maritime
Our analysis makes the case that e-LNG is the cheapest way to decarbonise shipping.
Read the maritime analysisRenewable natural gas for the pipelines Europe already has
TURN2X builds modular plants that combine green hydrogen with biogenic CO2 in a honeycomb reactor. The result is e-methane, chemically identical to fossil natural gas, produced to RFNBO rules and sold through long-term offtake contracts.
A €20 million Series A for the next plants
Antwerpen Ventures leads the round, joined by existing investors LEA Partners, First Momentum Ventures and Verve Ventures.
Industry angels take part as well, among them Tilman Weide (formerly Linde Engineering), Christoph Zinsser (former Head of Project Finance at Stegra) and Marcelino Oreja (former CEO of Enagás). The capital goes into new commercial plants in Spain and further markets, lower production costs and a larger team.
Inside the honeycomb reactor
Instead of a fixed bed of loose pellets, the reactor is a metal body with many narrow channels, each coated with catalyst. Heat leaves through the metal quickly, so the plant can ramp up when wind and sun are plentiful and slow down when they are not.
CO2 + 4 H2 → CH4 + 2 H2O
Move the slider to change the load. Illustration, not to scale.
From electricity and water to gas in the grid
Electrolysis
Renewable electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. Plants sit next to wind and solar parks, so the power comes straight from the source.
Methanation
Biogenic CO2, for example from biogas plants, joins the green hydrogen in the honeycomb reactor and becomes methane.
Grid delivery
The gas is chemically identical to fossil natural gas. It travels through existing pipelines to factories, utilities and shipping without new equipment at the customer.
Miajadas, the first commercial plant
In Extremadura, TURN2X went from site selection to inauguration in under six months. Every cubic metre the plant produces is already sold through long-term offtake contracts.
<6months from site selection to inauguration
1 MWelectrolyser capacity
350 tCO2 saved per year
100 %of volumes sold via long-term offtake
Where renewable natural gas replaces fossil gas
Utilities
How utilities can use renewable natural gas to decarbonise supply through the networks they already run.
Read the utilities analysis
Energy intensive industry
Factories with high energy consumption receive renewable gas through their existing grid connection.
Read the industry analysis“Energie 360° set the goal to fully switch to renewable energies by 2040. We see our collaboration with TURN2X as a promising option to achieve the transformation of the energy system from fossil based to renewable.”
Jörg Wild, CEO, Energie 360° AG
Built by three friends from KIT
Philip Kessler, Benedikt Stolz and Dr. Dominik Schollenberger met at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where Dominik spent more than a decade on methanation research. Today more than 20 people work on the mission from Munich's Werksviertel.
Talk to us about offtake, sites or partnerships
Utilities, industrial buyers, shipping companies and biogas operators can reach the team directly.