Crosstown and partners pioneer zero-carbon energy production

Crosstown H2R (“Crosstown”)  is on the mission to fast-track the evolution to sustainable energy, with a solution that enables new turbines to operate at zero-carbon from the offset whilst repurposing and future-proofing the existing infrastructure and turbines across Europe. Based on the teams’ decades of experience and years of specific low emission and zero-carbon research, the company developed the first Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) compliant zero-carbon burner for the gas turbine industry, providing a technology for carbon-free turbines in power generation. NOx acts as an indirect greenhouse gas by producing the tropospheric greenhouse gas 'ozone' by photochemical reactions in the atmosphere. 

Incorporated in 2022 with a team of eight people, the startup has come out of stealth after securing €2 million in subsidies and grants from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) and further investors. The funds will be predominantly used to advance its proprietary technology and to fast track its market launch with its onboarded early-adopters. 

The startup has recently signed go-market partnerships with global players such as independent service provider (ISP), Sulzer, enabling the startup to quickly access a market of 3500+ new and existing gas fired turbines in Europe and tens of thousands more worldwide. The company has also won a collaboration agreement with Fortum, a Finnish state energy company operating power plants in 11 countries with over €1.5 billion in operating profit and 5000 employees. Fortum’s customers will be able to operate with Crosstown's Hydrogen Renewal (H2R) multi-fuel burner to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030. 

“We have closely followed Crosstown's progress over the last two years and know they have the only ultra-low NOx and zero-carbon capable burner. Therefore, we are excited to work with Crosstown and offer the best solutions to our customers. With our landmark agreement, Fortum TGS intends to offer conversion options for all gas turbine asset operators in our market and customer portfolio”, said Vesa Kylmälä, Managing Director of Fortum TGS.

“Both Sulzer and Fortum are dominant players in the industry as multi-billion dollar corporations”, said Manoj Harasgama, founder and co-CEO of Crosstown. “We will be installing into 100s of gas turbines with “just” these two agreements over the next decade. The first installations of our burner technology are already planned”.