Green methanol is needed for shipping, aviation and chemicals, but established production routes carry a high green premium and are difficult to operate flexibly.
R&D Focus
Homogeneous C1 catalysis, containerized reactors and integrated green-methanol process chains.
Innovative Solution
A low-temperature catalytic methanol process integrated with renewable syngas generation in a modular reactor system.
Solution Effectiveness
The Leuna100 pilot produces a few hundred liters of methanol per day and raised the technology readiness level from 4 to 6 within two years.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Venture - Series Unknown
Total Funding Amount
27.37M
Last Funding Amount
16.41M
Last Funding Date
19-03-2025
Lead Investors
Planet A Ventures, SquareOne Venture Capital, Maersk Growth, Denkapparat, Wolfgang Reitzle
People
Founders
Christian Vollmann
Marek Checinski
About
Circular Carbon Chemistry is a chemical production company. They offer services that include e-fuels, quantum chemistry, circular economy, CO2 recycling, catalysis, green methanol, C1 chemistry, and carbon chemistry.
Products
Product
C1 catalyst and containerized reactor for cost-efficient green methanol production.
Star Product
Leuna100 process platform, because it validates the complete renewable syngas-to-methanol chain under industrial conditions.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Industrial-grade pilot plant operating in Leuna; the next stage is a commercial demonstration plant with industrial partners.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
Seeking industrial partners for a commercial demonstration plant and later market rollout of e-methanol production systems.
Investment Funding
Leuna100 received €10.4 million in public project funding; the company has also announced private growth capital for scale-up.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Fraunhofer IWES, DBI and TU Berlin: Leuna100 pilot development.
Collab
German Federal Ministry of Transport: €10.4 million support for the Leuna100 project.
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