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Earthbound cases
Are all science inventions with planetary impact potential. They come from across technology disciplines each with their own contribution to a sustainable transition. Our mission is to find technologies that can help halt climate change. Cases on this list have the potential to do that. They have been cultivated within Earthbound and are now maturing into startups beyond DTU.
Impact themes
The cases are categorised into impact areas. Read more about our impact framework here
Decarbonising Hard-to-Abate Sectors
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2D is a startup with a vision to make the wonder-material graphene affordable and easily accessible to everyone. Their unique technology and product offering significantly lowers the technical, cost, and scale barriers to working with graphene, catalyzing widespread adoption across industries.
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The solution captures and transforms CO2 into a valuable resource by using it as the primary raw material for ethanol production. This is made possible by the development of a low-cost, durable catalyst that efficiently converts CO₂ into ethanol through its reaction with renewable hydrogen (H₂).
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Develops an innovative carbon capture technology to combat industrial CO2 emissions. The product, a CO2 Trap, captures carbon dioxide directly from factory flue gases or directly from the air (DAC), and convert it into a solid material that can replace cement in concrete production.
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Provides industries with high-precision tools for monitoring and managing greenhouse gas emissions. By enabling real-time data insights, it supports facilities in reducing their carbon footprint, helping to meet critical climate targets.
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Pioneering in developing potassium/sodium-sulfur (K/Na-S) batteries, offering a safer, more sustainable, and affordable alternative for grid-scale energy storage. Their batteries are made from earth-abundant and non-toxic materials, ensuring they are not only eco-friendly but also cost-efficient.
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Meat Tomorrow envisions a future where humans no longer depend on meat and ingredients derived from livestock in their daily lives, recognizing this dependency as a root cause of many environmental and climate-related issues.
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The solution is a compact, mechanically robust, regenerable, and modular Solid Oxide Cell (SOC) electrochemical converter—a reversible gas-to-power and power-to-gas device.
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A protein-based feed additive that cuts methane emissions from ruminants like cows. By using protein instead of small molecule enzyme inhibators, Methanogone hopes to create a solution which is both consistent, has a minimal effect on the yield, with a high degree of safety while reducing methane more effectively than existing solutions.
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Biological agriculture solutions balance counteracting climate issues – improving agricultural yield and resiliency against climate conditions, while reducing the agricultural use of synthetics.
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Conventional ammonia production is a highly energy-intensive process, contributing to 1.3% of global CO2 emissions. Nitrofix Solutions enables farmers to gain control of production, reducing transportation emissions, and enabling on-demand fertilizer production using air, water, and renewable electricity.
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Our technology is a low-temperature electrolyzer system that efficiently converts captured CO2 (CO derived from CO2), water, and renewable electricity into high-value chemicals like ethylene.
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Specialising in the development of advanced multi-element catalysts for clean energy conversion. Their groundbreaking multi-metallic nano-alloys are designed to enhance the performance, efficiency, and durability of hydrogen fuel cells, particularly proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM FCs).
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A company focused on enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of ammonia production through their innovative sorption technology. This breakthrough enables ammonia to be separated at room temperature, significantly improving production rates and lowering costs, especially for green ammonia derived from renewable energy sources.
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ZosteraGrids offers a transformative solution, where they install modular, stainless-steel grids in the seafloor, connected to corresponding grids in oxygen-rich surface waters.
Renewable Energy Integration and Grid Modernisation
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Transforming electric vehicles (EVs) into home battery systems. By integrating EV batteries as a source of renewable power, Gridlinx address the challenges of energy grid imbalance and high electricity costs during peak demand.
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Developing an advanced, compact electrochemical testing platform for P2X materials, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and reliability of low-temperature decarbonization technologies, with the potential to revolutionize research and scalability in green energy solutions.
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While thermoelectric conversion offers a promising path to reclaim waste energy, three key challenges limit its adoption: poor efficiency rates of 5-8%, reliance on temperature gradients, and sustainability concerns with current materials.
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The aim of company will be the production of redox active materials suitable for energy storage application via low cost and low CO2 emission processes. They work on utilizing microorganism to sustainably produce organic compounds that are suitable for redox flow battery materials.
Monolithic Transport Plate for PEM Electrolysers
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DTU Energy
Sector
Energy Systems, Transportation
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Renewable hydrogen production by introducing a monolithic transport plate for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysers. The single-plate design reduces costs and improves electrolyser efficiency, advancing hydrogen technology for a sustainable future.
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Aims to upscale and long-term test planar Proton Conducting Ceramic Cells (PCCs) as a technology platform for Power-to-X. PCCs feature a ceramic gas-tight layer that allows only hydrogen ions to pass, ensuring 100% selective hydrogen extraction from any hydrogen containing gas.
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Reformable is a technology company specialising in efficient CO2 reforming, turning carbon dioxide into renewable fuels and chemicals.
“Quick Wins” for Scaling Proven Solutions
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Sustainable, robust, and, most importantly, attainable disinfection of stored water on a household level. Using only electricity, our technology provides a high-throughput way of treating contaminated water sources, turning it into safe drinking water and maintaining its quality over time.
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Equipment development for the commercialization of Dulse seaweed. Seaweed offers numerous environmental benefits, including carbon sequestration, habitat provision, and water purification. By establishing the first Dulse container hatchery globally, the project allows low cost, sustainable and local seedling production.