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YEAR-IN-REVIEW 2022
by PureteQ
ESTECH A/S and PureteQ A/S, that form part of the holding company PureteQ Group, are two Greentech companies that develop sustainable technologies to minimize human-induced climate changes and production of green fuel
Estech
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A/S has invented, developed, and patented a combined technology for carbon capture and production of green hydrogen in one and the same process (Power-to-X).
The technology is named CAPPOW (a contraction of Carbon Capture and Power). An application for trademark protection of the name was submitted to the Danish Patent and Trademark Office in 2022.
A patent on the basic technology has been taken out in USA and Europe and plan to expand to Asia.
In 2022 ESTECH received a grant from the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) of approx. DKK 21 mill.
Along with additional independent funding these funds are earmarked for designing, developing, and constructing a larger plant to demonstrate the scalability of the technology.
With offices in Europe and Asia, and in-depth knowledge and expertise within exhaust gas cleaning, we are the world’s largest service provider for all brands of scrubbers assisting shipowners and operators in safeguarding continuous operation, reliability, and MARPOL compliance of scrubbers.
The market for scrubbers has been surprisingly slow in 2022, despite the high price span between HFO and low sulfur fuel oil determining the potential low payback time.
Politicians and NGOs opose the use of scrubbers from a precautionary view, despite the fact that scientifc studies examining the effect of scrubber wash water on maritime organisms show no damage to the envrionment and that scrubbers have a lower carbon footprint than compliant fuel.
PureteQ
A/S supplies built-to-fit maritime scrubber systems to shipowners aiming to save money on fuel by continuing use of heavy fuel oil (HFO).
On these grounds, the primary operation in 2022 was based on PureteQ’s service and spare parts department ‘PureServ’ that today is regarded as the largest specialized scrubber service provider in the industry and is expected to grow even further.
