Converts wet sludge into clean bio-coal

Jobs created

Clean energy generated 450TWh

Challenge To Be Solved

Emissions avoided tCO2e 238.2M

Globally, hundreds of millions of tons of wet organic waste are produced each year – which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Wet waste is also a major source of environmental pollution and a great loss of useful resources. Despite the €20 billion spent annually on wet waste handling, most of it ends up in the environment, untreated.

The Solution

C-Green is a Swedish cleantech company offering an innovative technology that in a cost-effective and climate-smart way converts organic wet waste into hydrochar. Hydrochar is a dry, sterile, carbon-enriched product that can be used as biofuel or as soil improvement. Compared to current methods of sludge management, as much as 80% of greenhouse gas emissions from sludge handling can be avoided with C-Green’s technology.

The Opportunity

C-Green’s OxyPower HTC™ biorefinery offers waste recyclers, industries, municipalities, and food producers a cost-efficient, safe and sustainable wet waste management solution while at the same time enabling nitrogen and phosphorus recovery and increasing biogas production.

Michael Sjöberg CEO of C-GREEN

“We offer a sustainable solution to the global wet waste problem that not only has a significant positive climate impact but also produces biofuel that can replace fossil fuels. Our goal is to become the global leader in wet waste biorefining. We are proud to have InnoEnergy as our largest shareholder. They have been a key strategic partner from the start, opening doors and providing access to their strong business networks all over the world.”

Ingvar Eriksson

“C-Green addresses a global environmental challenge. We have supported the company since 2015, taking a global perspective. It is exciting to see that their solution is now attracting interest from different quarters - not least from the USA.”