Electrochaea has been chosen as the recipient of two independent grants to further develop its novel power-to-gas technology.

The first grant was awarded by the Danish electricity and gas grid operator Energinet.dk through the ForskEL technology demonstration program. Electrochaea will receive up to DKK 3 million (approx. $500,000) in matching support toward the cost of further developing its power-to-gas technology for the Danish market. As part of the grant, Electrochaea will fund laboratory and engineering work as well as a feasibility study for the realization of a MW-scale power-to-gas facility to be built in Denmark starting in 2014. Insero Business Services will provide project administration and reporting services to the project.

Steen Vestervang, R&D Coordinator at Energinet.dk, remarks: "As the transmission system operator of the Danish electricity and gas grid, we see power-to-gas as an enabling technology for Denmark's future low-carbon energy system with a high penetration of wind energy. We believe Electrochaea has a highly interesting solution and hope that our support will help the company bring its technology to the next stage of development." Mich Hein, CEO of Electrochaea, adds: "Energinet.dk has been promoting power-to-gas as part of their long term strategy to integrate their electrical power and gas grids for storage and reliable delivery of renewable energy. We are excited about their continued support and are confident that this grant will allow us to quickly scale our technology to megawatt size."

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