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Munich, 26.11.2021 - Global building materials supplier CEMEX has made a further advancement in its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality at its Rüdersdorf cement plant by 2030.

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Munich/ Aalborg, Denmark, 25.11.2021 - Alfa Laval and Orcan Energy have signed a cooperation agreement regarding sales of marine energy efficiency solutions based on Orcan’s Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology.

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Munich, 22.09.2021 - Waste heat specialist Orcan Energy is now a partner of the Engimmonia consortium and will develop an optimized waste heat solution for the maritime sector in the project.

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Munich, July 27, 2021 - The long-established family-owned Portlandzementwerk Wittekind Hugo Miebach Söhne KG from Erwitte in southern Westphalia has now signed a contract for six energy efficiency modules from Munich-based waste heat specialist Orcan Energy.

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Munich, 16.07.2021 - Marine contractor Van Oord has now chosen to install efficiency PACKs, an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) from leading cleantech company Orcan Energy on two of its new hybrid water injection dredgers.

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Munich, 25.5.2021 - The waste heat specialist Orcan Energy has won a new major customer: The CleanTech company is now installing its waste heat solutions at Nordenhamer Zinkhütte GmbH, a subsidiary of the raw materials group Glencore and a company with a long tradition in zinc production.

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Munich, April 13, 2021 - Orcan Energy, leading manufacturer of solutions for the utilization of waste heat, has now implemented a first geothermal project in record time together with its cooperation partner E.ON.

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Startup Info talked to Dr. Andreas Sichert, founder and CEO at Orcan Energy, about the conversion of industrial heat into useful energy, and effects of the global pandemic.

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Munich and Gütersloh, December 14, 2020 - Mohn Media, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Printing Group, has successfully commissioned a waste heat module from Orcan Energy at its site in Gütersloh.

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CleanTech company, Orcan Energy, has signed a contract with CDWE for the supply of eight efficiency PACKs for the recovery of waste heat on board a vast floating offshore installation vessel.

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E.ON and Orcan Energy are now offering innovative second-generation ORC solutions (efficiency PACKs) as an all-round package. Specifically, this means that E.ON can deliver carbon-free and cost-effective electricity to its customers obtained from the customer's waste heat, through solutions by Orcan Energy.

 

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Munich, October 28, 2020  - CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering has decided to install eight efficiency PACKs on board the "Green Jade", one of the largest offshore installation vessels in the world.

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Munich, October 20, 2020 - Energy group E.ON has increased its stake in leading cleantech company Orcan Energy through its E.ON Business Solutions division.

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Munich, 5 October 2020 – The CleanTech company Orcan Energy, leading manufacturer of waste heat recovery solutions, will be supplying its technology to the Swedish tanker operator Donsötank.

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Munich, August 28, 2020 - Orcan Energy, a leading provider of energy efficiency solutions based on ORC technology, appoints Hermann Röhm (50) as Global Head of Power Applications.

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Munich, 19.08.2020 – Orcan Energy, leading manufacturer of solutions for the use of waste heat, is now expanding its area of application and, together with its cooperation partner E.ON, is installing six efficiency PACKs for the first time at a geothermal energy plant of FG Geothermie GmbH in Kirchweidach in Bavaria.

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Das Unternehmen Orcan Energy hat die Leistung seiner Abwärmelösungerhöht. Der „efficiency PACK 150.200“ ist im Nieder- sowie im Hochtemperaturniveau einsetzbar.

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Der Münchener Anlagenbauer Orcan Energy hat einen neuen Großkunden gewonnen. Das Cleantech-Unternehmen hat im Nienburger Standort (Niedersachsen) der BASF zwei seiner Abwärmemodule verbaut. Die von Orcan Energy entwickelten "efficiency PACKs" wandeln dort die bisher ungenutzte Abwärme der Abgasbehandlung in elektrische Energie und produzieren so vor Ort ...

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Industriebetriebe können Abwärme geringer Temperatur mit Minikraftwerken günstig in CO2-neutralen Strom umwandeln. Dies senkt Energiekosten und schützt das Klima. Die Kraftwerke stammen von Orcan Energy aus München.

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Energy efficiency measures are not only good for the climate; they help to save energy costs and are a suitableinstrument for successful ISO 50001 certification. With the certification of the energy management system, industrialoperators can prove that their company is managing its energy in a sensible way.

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Munich, 01.07.2020 - Leading CleanTech company Orcan Energy has once again successfully installed its energy efficiency technology on board of two vessels: The high-efficiency catamarans „MS Willem Barentsz“ and „MS Willem de Vlamingh“, owned by the Dutch shipping company Rederij Doeksen which has its office in the Frisian village of Harlingen, combine several innovative and environmentally-friendly technologies and materials to make the ferry service as sustainable as possible.

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The efficiency PACK 150.200 is suitable for every industry, any waste heat from 80 to 800 degrees and creates climate-relevant CO2 savings

Munich, 30.6.2020 - The declared target of the German government is to reduce primary energy consumption by 50 % until 2050 compared with 2008. A key factor in reducing energy consumption is increasing energy efficiency.

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Munich and Nienburg - In the first quarter of 2020, BASF Catalysts Germany GmbH installed two waste heat modules from energy service provider Orcan Energy at its Nienburg site. This plant modernization will enable the automotive supplier to produce additional electricity and improve its ecobalance through sustainable energy production.

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Our CEO Andreas Sichert is currently not only working on energy efficiency solutions, but also on the repercussions of the corona virus. Together with our CFO Wolfgang Brand, he has adapted Orcan over the last few weeks and has taken the following steps to organize the virtual company.

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Technologiepreis 2020 : Die Deutsche Physikalischen Gesellschaft zeichnet die TU München und Orcan Energy für ihr Konzept zur effektiven Abwärmenutzung aus.

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MAN Energy  Solutions  und  Orcan  Energy  haben  eine  Kooperationsvereinbarung  abgeschlossen. Die  Unternehmen wollen vor allem bei Technologien zur Abwärmerückgewinnung zusammenarbeiten, schreibt das Fachmagazin Schiff & Hafen.

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Über die Hälfte des Energieverbrauchs in der Industrie geht auf das Konto der Prozesswärme. Bis zu 50 % davon bleiben allerdings ungenutzt. Eine deutsche Erfindung hilft Ihnen dabei, dieses Potenzial auszuschöpfen und Stromkosten zu senken.

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Orcan Energy's waste heat recovery technologies are now available to MAN customers for retrofitting their engines

MAN Energy Solutions has signed a cooperation agreement with CleanTech company Orcan Energy. Above all, the companies want to collaborate when it comes to technologies for waste heat recovery.

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Orcan Energy, the leading CleanTech Company, which develops solutions for the use of industrial waste heat, and Adolf Gottfried Tonwerke GmbH were awarded with a prestigious industry prize for their innovative waste heat utilization project in the energy-intensive extraction of raw materials for the ceramic industry. The project received the Energy Efficiency Award in the "Energiewende 2.0" category, which the German Energy Agency (Dena) presented yesterday evening at its Energiewende-Kongress in Berlin.

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The leading CleanTech company Orcan Energy has once again successfully installed its energy efficiency solution on a ship. The 5,000-tonne pusher-barge combination "Maranta", owned by the Dutch shipping company Maranta Shipping based in Alblasserdam uses an efficiency PACK to convert its waste heat from the exhaust gases and jacket cooling water into mechanical power.

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Today, around half of the heat used in industry is lost. It is released into the air, even though it is very valuable. If industrial waste heat were used optimally, more than 23 terawatt hours of carbon-free, clean electricity could be generated per year in Germany alone. This in turn could supply 7.3 million, or 18 percent, of all German households.

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Shipping companies around the world are currently under pressure to get their ships afloat under the new regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Thousands of water boilers that have been used to heat heavy oil have become redundant - although steam could still be used efficiently.

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Lässt sich die Abwärme bei der Stahlumformung zur Stromerzeugung nutzen?

Seit einer innovativen Anlagenmodernisierung lassen sich aus Abwärme jährlich bis zu 100 MWh Strom für weitere Prozessschritte erzeugen. Gleichzeitig werden Einsparungen bei der Kühlung sowie ein geringerer CO2-Ausstoß erzielt.

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Wolfgang Brand, Finanzvorstand bei Orcan Energy, über die Schwierigkeit, die Abwärmepotenziale von Unternehmen zu nutzen.

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Almost 18 percent of all German households could already be supplied with clean electricity if we were to make the best possible use of the entire waste heat from our industry. How can this be achieved?

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Making LNG-fuelled catamarans more efficient by using waste heat

How do you make lightweight LNG-fuelled catamarans even more efficient? One shipowner is looking to waste heat to answer the burning question.

The result is that using the two efficiency PACKs means an annual CO2 reduction of 318 tonnes for each – a saving of 260,000 litres of fuel and 462,600 kWh a year.

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Orcan Energy, a leading manufacturer of energy efficiency solutions based on the proven Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology, and its joint venture partner VPower have reached a major milestone: In Myanmar, Southeast Asia, the world’s first 90-megawatt power plant fleet with 70 second-generation ORC products has been built and put into operation. "For Orcan Energy, this installation represents a giant leap towards efficient and sustainable power generation with engines," says Dr. Andreas Sichert, founder and CEO of Orcan Energy AG.

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Marcel Flipse from Orcan Energy at the GREENTECH IN SHIPPING GLOBAL FORUM about waste heat recovery on ships.

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An energy-efficient cooling solution for engines and industrial processes - that's what the CleanTech company Orcan Energy now offers with its ORCAN cooler. The world's only dry-cooler that uses no electricity.

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Energy Efficiency Solutions are now available in KAEFER’s portfolio

Munich, 07/​11/​2018 – The in­ter­na­tional ser­vice pro­vider KAEFER, aim­ing to­wards an en­ergy ef­fi­cient fu­ture, and the lead­ing CleanTech Com­pany Or­can En­ergy have sealed their co­oper­a­tion. As of now, KAEFER cli­ents have dir­ect ac­cess to Or­can En­ergy’s products and can be­ne­fit from cus­tom­ised con­cepts to make use of their waste heat ef­fect­ively and prof­it­ably.

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More than 80 orders already in the first months

Munich/Hong Kong, October 1,2018–Clean tech company Orcan Energy AG, the leading supplier of efficient energy solutions for turning waste heat into power, today announced significant expansions to its Asian and African business. To drive rapid expansion in both markets, Orcan Energy AG has formed a joint venture with Tamar VPower Energy Fund*, a fund that is backed by two very strong Chinese partners offering outstanding market access and major financial backing.

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Successful launch in billion-euro market for process cooling

Munich, September 12, 2018 – Leading CleanTech company Orcan Energy AG today announced that it has gained the first customer for its electricity free dry cooling device. B:Power, an international engineering consulting firm that provides services in the renewable energy sector, was impressed with the innovative device and

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Join us on our journey from the docks to the sea: follow the integration of the first marine efficiency PACKs–the efficiency upgrade for vessels that uses waste heat. The Veerle, an inland push boat owned by the Dutch shipping company Ruijven, is the first inland waterway vessel that is outfitted with efficiency PACKs.

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Munich, 24 July 2018 – According to the latest investment report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)*, 2017 was the third consecutive year of decline in global energy investment. Year-on-year spending on energy efficiency alone fell by eight percent in 2017.

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Orcan Energy expands into another key market with a new efficiency solution for shipping: successful appraisal by Lloyd`s Register gives the green light for international rollout

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Orcan Energy AG at IFAT, the environmental technology industry’s platform for the future

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Peak power output from waste heat of 30.9 kWel

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Munich, 7. December 2017: Orcan Energy AG has new orders for efficiency PACKs from the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Lithuania.

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  • Second-generation ORC proves its durability
  • CO2 savings amounting to 3,800 tonnes

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Dr. Andreas Sichert
Gründer und CEO von Orcan Energy

Dr. Andreas Schuster
CTO und CO-Founder

Richard Aumann
Product-Architct CO-Founder

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Orcan Energy is the world’s leading provider of efficient energy solutions. Our products help companies protect the environment by converting unused waste heat into clean energy.

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Orcan Energy's Supervisory Board includes representatives of our long-term investors and independent economic experts, who together form a balanced and competent monitoring body.

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Munich, 17. August 2016 – Energy AG has won this year's TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award, presented by the President of the Technical University of Munich, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.Wolfgang A. Herrmann. .