Concord Blue is a renewable energy company founded in Germany in 2002, which has built waste-to-energy plants in Germany, India, Japan, and the United States, often in partnerships with governments or other companies. With headquarters, the company has developed a steam thermolysis-based production of CO2-free hydrogen and bioenergy from waste and biomass technology.[1][2] The patented process is called the Concord Blue Reformer.[3][4]

History

Concord Blue was founded by Charlie Thannhaeuser in Germany in 2002,[5] with its first pilot plant as part of an innovation center initiative focused on renewable energy. Following the success of this pilot plant, the company received government support.[1] It then established a subsidiary in India, where it also built three research and development plants, in partnership with regional engineering and wastewater treatment company Rochem India.[1] By 2009, it had plants in India and Japan,[6] with its Japan facility in Omuta being the first biomass-to-hydrogen facility in the world.[7]

In 2016, Concord Blue partnered with Lockheed Martin to open a 250-kilowatt bioenergy plant in Owego, New York.[8][9]

As of 2025, company founder Charlie Thannhaeuser continues to serve as CEO and CTO. As part of the German Finance Ministers Dr. Joerg Kukies Delegates trip to the Gulf Region, Concord Blue has signed with the PIF subsidiary SIRC for the first phase of a sewage sludge to hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Graeme Rodden, "Concord Blue Can See The Forest", Pulp & Paper International (Feb. 2014), p. 13-14.
  2. ^ Brian McLaughlin, "Why naysayers on hydrogen might be right", The Daily Gleaner (12 July 2023), p. B-2.
  3. ^ "How One Green Technology Solves Three Environmental Challenges". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Concord Blue Plans Hydrogen Plants in Germany Amid Gas Crisis". Bloomberg.
  5. ^ Schallenberger, Luca (9 August 2022). "Grüner Wasserstoff aus Müll: So will dieser Deutsch-Amerikaner das hiesige Energieproblem lösen". Business Insider (in German).
  6. ^ Stephanie Tavares, "Energy plant aims to turn California waste into energy", The Las Vegas Sun (10 Nov. 2009).
  7. ^ Kolodziejczyk, Bart (29 October 2019). Unsettled Issues Concerning the Use of Fuel Cells in Electric Ground Vehicles. SAE International. ISBN 978-1-4686-0101-5. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  8. ^ Matt Steecker, "Lockheed Martin Opens Waste-to-Energy Plant", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (25 Sep. 2016), page A23, A-29.
  9. ^ Vivienne Machi, "Lockheed martin plugs into energy security market", National Defense (1 June 2017).
  10. ^ Walid, Reem (6 February 2025). "PIF's SIRC, Germany's Concord Blue to launch first phase of sewage to renewable hydrogen station". Arab News.
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