Setting the standard

Concord Blue was founded in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2002. The U.S. and worldwide headquarters was established in 2012 in Los Angeles.

Concord Blue specializes in an oxygen-free, staged reforming gasification technology. The Concord Blue Reformer is designed to process feedstock without incinerating it, resulting in a higher quality syngas and minimizing emissions. The company has two facilities operating in Japan and three in India, with a fourth being constructed in Chennai, India. Facilities in Herten, Germany; Eagar, Arizona; and Owego, New York, are in late stage development and are scheduled to break ground in 2015.

In 2013 Concord Blue signed an agreement with global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Maryland, to develop an advanced waste conversion system to address waste disposal, energy security and climate control issues through clean energy production. In October 2014, Lockheed Martin was selected as the exclusive manufacturing provider of the Concord Blue Reformer. Since then, the two companies have teamed up to build a power generation facility in Herten, Germany. And that isn’t all the company is up to these days. Gregory Bilson, chief development officer, shares more on Concord Blue’s developing projects and future plans.
 

Q: What new projects have you been focusing on this year?

A: We have a 5-megawatt (MW) system being constructed in Herten, Germany, with Lockheed Martin as our EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor and another facility in Eagar, Arizona, which will produce 1 MW base-load electricity and high-quality biochar as a byproduct of the wood waste that we will be utilizing as feedstock.
 

Q: What makes you different from your competitors?

A: Our system produces superior, versatile syngas while running a self-sustaining operation and minimizing our carbon footprint for waste disposal. The syngas can be processed into electricity, purified hydrogen, liquid fuels and specialty chemicals. We process nearly every kind of feedstock and our technology is scalable anywhere from 125 kilowatt-electric (kWe) (enough to power 125 homes) all the way to 20 megawatt-electric (MWe) (enough for 20,000 homes) within a single module. Given the project needs and space, clients can add as many modules as needed, resulting in a limitless configuration for waste conversion.