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  • LUCRA project meeting December 2025

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    In December 2025, the LUCRA project partners gathered in Ghent for the 6thconsortium meeting, hosted by the University of Ghent, HYDROHM, and Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP). Site visits were organised to CAPTURE and BBEPP, where HYDROHM’s lab-scale electrochemical extraction unit is installed.  

  • LUCRA – Installation of HYDROHMs electrochemical extraction unit at BBEPP

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    The LUCRA project is entering its scale-up phase, in which all technologies will be integrated and validated at demo-scale. The electrochemical extraction unit developed by HYDROHM has now been installed at the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP). The system was successfully integrated and connected to the 150 L bioreactor and the ceramic cell recycle…

  • We are hiring: Project Engineer – Water Technologies

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    Are you passionate about developing sustainable solutions to one of the world’s most pressing challenges – water? We’re looking for a Project Engineer to join our team and help drive innovation in water technologies. Please check here our job offer.

  • SOLRESS kick-off meeting September 2025

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    HYDROHM is proud to partner in the European SOLRESS project, funded under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). This ambitious initiative aims to develop an innovative biorefinery system that transforms coffee waste and wood residues into widely used, sustainable solvents. The project officially launched in September with a kick-off meeting hosted by AIMPLAS…

  • SOLRESS – bio-based solvents from coffee and woody waste 

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    Millions of tonnes of industrial solvents are produced every year from fossil fuels and are a major environmental and health concern due to their toxicity. The SOLRESS project develops an integrated biorefinery to convert post-consumer coffee grounds and lignocellulosic materials into bio-based solvents. HYDROHM is developing an electrochemical extraction unit, which is a key process…

  • LUCRA project meeting June 2025

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    The LUCRA consortium got together in Chania on the wonderful island of Crete for their 5th project meeting. To kick things off, we participated in a workshop hosted by the local waste management company DEDISA and the Chania municipality. This was followed by detailed discussions between the project partners to report on the progress made…

  • LUCRA project meeting January 2025

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    In the middle of January, the EU Project LUCRA partners gathered in Birmingham for the 4th consortium meeting, hosted by project partner iNeuvo Ltd. The meeting served as a platform to update partners on the progress of the different work packages and to discuss the next steps.

  • URINIT – intensified and robust water and nutrient recovery from urine for space exploration

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    The URINIT project is a collaboration between Cranfield University and HYDROHM and focuses on establishing the feasibility of an intensified and robust process for water and nutrient recovery from urine for space exploration, by combining innovative technologies.  The integrated process includes our URIDIS technology, combined with novel technologies aimed at ammonia conversions (nitrification with biocatalysts), phosphorus (biostruvite…

  • New demonstration container commissioned in Imperia, Italy

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    We commissioned a mobile URIDIS unit in a demonstration container that includes a toilet, urinal and shower. Next to our system that will process the collected urine, a greywater recycling technology will provide treated water as flush water for the toilets. The demonstration system will be showcased on regattas across Italy and France. 

  • HYDROHM joins CAPTURE

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    HYDROHM is proud to join the CAPTURE initiative, a multidisciplinary platform that wants to deliver a disruptive contribution to the circular economy by bridging academia and industry. Within CAPTURE we find likeminded partners to accelerate technology development and be at the forefront of innovation.