Baden-based Crosstown H2R AG closed an additional €3.2 million in Seed funding to speed up the deployment of Crosstown’s H2R Burner know-how, which reportedly permits gasoline generators to transform to zero-carbon operation and run on 100% renewable fuels like hydrogen.
Collaborating on this spherical had been 2100 Ventures, Local weather Insiders, and Unruly Capital and SDAC. Present traders and supporters embody CiRi, Voyagers and the Swiss Federal Workplace of Power (SFoE).
“We’re grateful for the visionary assist of European ClimateTech traders who share our mission: eliminating CO₂ emissions from the gasoline turbine sector whereas unlocking new worth for present infrastructure,” stated S. Manoj Harasgama, Founder and Co-CEO of Crosstown. “By repurposing billions of {dollars} in gasoline infrastructure and stopping them from changing into expensive stranded property, we’re not solely driving decarbonisation – we’re additionally reinforcing Europe’s power sovereignty, resilience, and long-term competitiveness. This funding permits us to speed up our go-to-market through our gross sales partnerships and broaden our product portfolio to be relevant for 1000s of generators globally.”
Crosstown H2R AG is a ClimateTech firm established in 2022 by S. Manoj Harasgama and Prith Harasgama, mixed with international trade veterans within the gasoline turbine sector. Its mission is to “quick monitor humanity’s evolution to sustainable energy technology by delivering disruptive vacation spot applied sciences with transitional capabilities” that may be utilized immediately.
Manoj has constructed, scaled and exited a number of high-growth startups (e.g. Treatwell.com, JOIN.com, Movu.ch), whereas Prith and the technical group member’s involvement have developed dozens of gasoline generators (at ABB, Alstom, GE, MANTurbo, Doosan, and so forth.) globally and throughout the complete worth chain of the trade during the last 3 a long time.
Crosstown’s key product delivers proprietary burner know-how for gasoline turbine decarbonisation and NOx discount, the tech is patented by the EPO as of 2025.
The contemporary funding will speed up the deployment of Crosstown’s H2R Burner know-how, which allegedly permits gasoline generators to transform to zero-carbon operation and run on 100% renewable fuels like hydrogen. Only one single 100MW turbine retrofitted with Crosstown’s burner can reportedly get rid of over 300,000+ tons of CO₂ emissions yearly.
This know-how additionally provides operators the transitional multi-fuel functionality to run on any stage of the spectrum from 100% pure gasoline to 100% zero carbon fuels. No matter fuel-mix the corporate says their know-how instantly reduces NOx emissions by as much as 85% and finally gives the tech to get rid of 100% of CO₂ emissions giving operators an end-game zero-carbon resolution with transitional capabilities all-in-one know-how.
With the contemporary funding, Crosstown will adapt its multi-platform know-how to broaden its product portfolio to assist much more turbine sorts and extra turbine platforms, together with Rolls-Royce, GE, Siemens, ABB and extra.
The corporate can also be establishing additional sales-partnerships with Unbiased Service Suppliers (ISPs) and Unique Tools Producers (OEMs).
“Crosstown has the main know-how to ascertain itself additional because the main choice for the decarbonisation of gasoline generators throughout all OEMs. With gigatons of CO₂ emitted yearly, gasoline generators belong to the largest offenders of CO₂ emissions globally”, stated Andrea Casasco, Founding Companion and investor at 2100Ventures. “The 2100 group is worked up to be backing this skilled group who, have outlined the gasoline turbine panorama with dozens of patents over 3 a long time and subsequently is pre-destined to scrub it up now.”
With Europe in search of to cut back its dependence on fossil fuels, Crosstown’s know-how extends the lifespan of present gasoline generators and gasoline energy crops and future proofs them, wanting to make sure dependable, low-carbon power for many years.
By enabling gasoline generators to be zero carbon succesful, it enhances intermittent renewables like wind and photo voltaic with a real baseload resolution, offering grid stability and probably saving hundreds of gasoline generators and supporting infrastructure from changing into ineffective and dear stranded property.
