Even those who think about the future like to look back at everything that was before: that which electrified and triggered, which crackled and created tension. Our future began in 2008 with the strongest of all impulses: a question.
Shifting in one’s mind
Solutions arise from problems. When EXYTRON’s founder was on the high seas, one question stayed with him: Instead of using diesel, can I power a ship with an energy source that releases similar forces but does not harm the environment? The idea matured into a concrete idea with global potential. EXYTRON developed the energy supply system from this to the patent application stage.
We measure ideas
We carry out comprehensive studies and investigate the technical implementation. We are also making progress under laboratory conditions. We assess the economic and technical risk of promising technologies.
Our activity becomes official
EXYTRON GmbH is registered in the commercial register of Germany’s cosmopolitan capital city, Berlin, under the number HRB148856. The company’s headquarters were relocated to Rostock, in close proximity to the project partner Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V.
Encouraging a pioneering spirit
We’ve got it in black and white: EXYTRON contributes to research, development and innovation in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is, therefore, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The name of our joint project: ‘Chemischer Energiespeicher zur dezentralen Energieversorgung’ [Chemical energy storage for decentralised energy supply].
The key to more performance
We open our company headquarters in Schonenfahrerstraße in Rostock and now have the right basis to prepare our market entry.
Electrifying ideas
Finally, the time has come: We set up our own development centre at ITC Bentwisch just outside Rostock. Here we now have enough space to implement and test our power-to-gas system/power-to-X system. A small laboratory for experimental development has also been set up. In this way, methanation for the production of regenerative natural gas can always be optimised.
A revolution you can touch
EXYTRON opens its showroom in Rostock’s city harbour. This means that our SmartEnergyTechnology is already within reach. For the first time, our guests can experience live how regenerative natural gas is used to boil water by means of our power-to-gas system.
GreenTec Award
We are electrified! We stormed the winner’s podium in the application for the GreenTec Award 2016. At a glamorous gala in Munich with many celebrities, we were awarded Europe’s largest business and environmental prize in the category “Start-Up Special Prize”.
Expo 2017
At the invitation of the German Federal Government, EXYTRON presents the innovative emission-free energy storage and decentralised energy supply from renewable energies by means of Power-to-Gas/ Power-to-X internationally at the German Pavilion in Astana / Kazakhstan as part of the World EXPO 2017.
Commissioning project – Augsburg
On 19.02.2019, Augsburg Mayor Dr. Kurt Gribl commissions the world’s first power-to-gas system in existing buildings with EXYTRON’s energy supply system. Stadtwerke Augsburg, the operator of the system, now supplies 70 apartments with climate-friendly energy from its own PV system in the form of electricity and heat, even when the sun is not shining – thanks to EXYTRON’s patented technology.
Project planning “Energy Village Lübesse” starts
Following a positive feasibility study in 2018, planning work will begin on the flagship project in the field of sector coupling – the Lübesse Energy Village. EXYTRON systems are to be built on an area of around 57,000m2 in order to supply the community of Lübesse and the adjacent industrial area with electricity and heat.
Corona Crisis
Despite the worldwide corona pandemic, EXYTRON continues to expand and has a high order backlog.
New office and laboratory space in Rostock
In October, EXYTRON moves into new premises at Rostock’s first address with office and laboratory space spanning more than 1,400m². There is room for more than 100 qualified workers.
EXYTRON’s technology is in high demand
Demand for EXYTRON technology is “exploding” due to the German government’s CO2 pricing and the European Union’s Green Deal. Although the workforce has doubled in 2020, processing bottlenecks are occurring and further expansion is required.
The second energy factory in Plate takes off
A feasibility study is started. A world-first here is that biomass is integrated into the system. For the first time, a new wind farm is being built for this purpose, which will exclusively supply the energy factory and will not feed directly into the public grid.
