Analytik Jena and Thuringian partners develop innovative sensor technology for monitoring micropollutants in wastewater

Starting signal for "MikroGraph" research project

02-Sep-2025 - The launch of the "MikroGraph" research project marks the start of a new Thuringian research network. The aim is to improve the continuous monitoring of micropollutants in wastewater in accordance with the new EU Municipal Water Directive. To this end, Analytik Jena is working with the other ...

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

25-Mar-2025 - A pioneering innovation from Mannheim is setting new standards in the production of sustainable fuel. In a globally unique plant, sustainable marine fuel is being produced from wastewater and electricity for the first time. Behind it is a consortium consisting of the climate technology start-up ...

Start-up wants to decarbonise the wastewater sector - with advanced sensor technology and AI

Variolytics Secures Growth Financing Round with Nordic Alpha Partners

03-Feb-2025 - Variolytics is delighted to announce the successful closure of its growth financing round, a significant milestone in the company’s mission to decarbonize the wastewater sector. The financing round, led by Nordic Alpha Partners (NAP), also includes investments from the European Innovation Council ...

Wastewater treatment plants as drivers for the energy transition

Technical add-on module can, in principle, turn any wastewater treatment plant into a CO2 sink and decentralized methane production plant

21-Sep-2023 - By implementing an innovative technology, any wastewater treatment plant would be able to produce methane from carbon dioxide in an environmentally friendly way. If some microorganisms present in wastewater treatment plants are additionally supplied with hydrogen and carbon dioxide, they produce ...

Variolytics receives seven-figure seed funding for climate-neutral wastewater treatment plants

Proprietary measurement technology and AI-based process control to avoid greenhouse gases in wastewater treatment

13-Dec-2022 - Germany’s almost 10,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants consume around 4,400 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity per year, which makes them one of the largest electricity consumers. This is equivalent to the electricity needs of 900,000 four-person households. Moreover, the greenhouse gases ...

New research reveals wastewater treatment plants can catch a cold

02-Nov-2022 - Just like humans, wastewater treatment plants can get sick, due to viral attacks. Now, new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, reveals the implications for the surrounding environment in case the plant catches a cold. The efficient running of wastewater treatment plants is an ...

Taking the fight to microplastics with lasers

First laser-drilled filter for the filtration of microplastics from wastewater

05-Apr-2022 - Until now, wastewater treatment plants have not been able to sufficiently filter out tiny microplastics in wastewater, but this could soon change: The first laser-drilled microplastic filter is being tested in a wastewater treatment plant. It contains sheets with extremely small holes just 10 ...

Efficient removal of problem substances

Many wastewater treatment plants do not completely remove chemical substances from wastewater.

21-May-2019 - Microcontaminants place a considerable burden on our water courses, but removing them from wastewater requires considerable technical resources. Now, ETH researchers have developed an approach that allows the efficient removal of these problematic substances. In our everyday lives, we all use a ...

Here comes the long-sought-after iron-munching microbe

26-Oct-2016 - A microbe that ‘eats’ both methane and iron: microbiologists have long suspected its existence, but were not able to find it - until now. Researchers at Radboud University and the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen discovered a microorganism that couples the reduction of iron ...

Metals and minerals from waste

31-Mar-2014 - Scarcity of clean water is one of the most serious global challenges. In its spearhead programme, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed energy-efficient methods for reuse of water in industrial processes and means for recovering valuable minerals and materials from waste for ...