PathwayBiochar
Secondary pathwaysBECCS
CountryGermany
Websitehttps://www.terranova-energy.com/
LinkedInterranova-energy
Status🟢 Active (score: 75/100)
Company sizeSmall (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published)
CDR Focussupplier

About

TerraNova Energy is a Düsseldorf-based technology provider and licensor that builds Hydrothermal Carbonization (HTC) and Thermal Hydrolysis (THP) plants, converting wet organic waste streams such as sewage sludge and biowaste into stable hydrochar. The company markets its TerraNova®ultra “wet pyrolysis” process as a permanent carbon removal pathway under EU Regulation 2024/3012 (CRCF), with industrial installations in Jining (China), Pau-Lescar (France, with Suez), Mexico City, and a plant under construction in Turkey.

TerraNova Energy website

History

  • 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
  • 2026-08-31 — news mention: TerraNova Energy: TerraNova®ultra HTC plant receives Japanese JS certification 📃 for sewage slud (source)
  • 2026-08-31 — news mention: TerraNova Energy: Sewage sludge reaches End-of-Waste status in Poland after TerraNova®ultra process (source)
  • 2026-08-16 — news mention: TerraNova Energy: How can we transform the waste from one of the world’s largest landfills - from an (source)
  • 2026-08-15 — liveliness: 🟠 Suspect → 🟢 Active (source)
  • 2026-08-01 — news mention: TerraNova Energy: Sewage sludge reaches End-of-Waste status in Poland after TerraNova®ultra process (source)
  • 2026-07-25 — news mention: TerraNova Energy: TerraNova®ultra HTC plant receives Japanese JS certification 📃 for sewage sludge t (source)
  • 2026-05-11 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟠 Suspect (source)
  • 2026-05-01 — refresh: screenshot
  • 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
  • 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
  • 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
  • 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
  • 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate (source)
  • 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
  • 2026-04-18 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
  • 2026-04-18 — backfilled from V1 (source)

AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.