{"id":76352,"date":"2021-10-05T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=76352"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:08:22","slug":"electrochaea-brings-us-company-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/76352\/electrochaea-brings-us-company-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Electrochaea brings US company on board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Electrochaea uses microorganisms called archaea to produce synthetic natural gas from electricity. The technology allows green electricity to be stored and carbon dioxide to be captured simultaneously. By participating in the <a href=\"\/en\/startups\/electrochaea-gmbh\/\">Munich company<\/a> The American company Baker Hughes plans to expand its carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology portfolio. Existing investors MVP, Storengy, KfW, Caliza, Focus First, Energie 360\u00b0, and Btov are also participating in the latest financing round. Baker Hughes will hold a stake of approximately 15 percent in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electrochaea.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electrochaea<\/a> and take a seat on the Board of Directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe combination of these technologies offers an integrated solution to significantly improve the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as road transport and heating,\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>said <strong>Rod Christie<\/strong>, Executive Vice President of Turbomachinery &amp; Process Solutions at Baker Hughes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;This agreement is a deliberate continuation of our strategy to position Baker Hughes for new energy sectors like CCU by investing in new technologies and combining them with our own proven capabilities. 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