Our pilot-scale electrochemical extraction unit was recently delivered to Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, marking an important milestone in the development of LUCRA’s innovative fermentation process. The pilot unit will now be integrated with a 150L fermenter at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, where its performance will be further evaluated under relevant operating conditions.

We’re proud to share the LUCRA press release “From Organic Waste Streams and Woody Residues to Succinic Acid: LUCRA Tackles Fermentation Bottlenecks with Electrochemistry“. It deep dives into the challenges of conventional fermentation processes and explains how these bottlenecks are tackled with electrochemistry. Find the press release here.

Sanitation that works for everyone isn’t built behind closed doors.

This week, we opened ours.

We welcomed the International Water Association and the Gates Foundation on site to see HYDROHM’s contribution to the Next Generation Sanitation System. A technology taking real shape through the work of multiple partners, each building their piece of the puzzle.

We are thrilled to announce that HYDROHM has been awarded a project by the International Water Association and the Gates Foundation to further develop our dynamic electrochemical post-treatment system. Working alongside fellow awardees Noah Water Solutions and Recovered Potential, we are taking on a bold challenge: developing a full wastewater treatment solution for single households. Why our system is a game-changer:

• Fully Electrical: No chemical supply needed.
• Smart & Dynamic: It doesn’t just disinfect and remove color; it monitors incoming water quality in real-time.
• Adaptive Output: The system adjusts treatment levels based on the intended end-use of the water.

In 2026, we are taking a definitive step toward global access to safe water. Our next system (already 2 out there and 5 more underway) is being assembled by the HYDROHM team already.

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We are very happy to welcome our new colleague, Dorothee Göttert. Dorothee holds a PhD in bioscience engineering at the University of Antwerp. At HYDROHM, she will work as project engineer.

In December 2025, the LUCRA project partners gathered in Ghent for the 6th
consortium 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.  

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 unit.

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.

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 in Valencia, bringing together all 17 consortium partners to align on goals and set the stage for collaboration.