RIVCircular Matchmaking Platform

1 Feb 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

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Manuel Lopera Huertas

Head of Business Development & Marketing

Planck Technologies

Oslo, Norway

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We turn local waste into circular, long-duration energy storage using AI-driven advanced material selection and gas capture, purification and storage systems.

My organisation

Planck Technologies

Planck Technologies

SME / Start-Up / Spin-Off

Lysaker, Norway

Planck Technologies is a Norwegian deep-tech startup developing advanced materials and optimized gas capture, purification and storage systems to unlock circular, long-duration energy storage. By combining computational chemistry, AI-driven screening, and system modeling, we select the most promising porous materials candidates from families like MOFs and COFs tailored for hydrogen, biogas, and CO₂ capture, purification and storage.​ Our core mission is to make renewable energy competitive by transforming underused local waste streams into efficient, dispatchable energy carriers. We focus on “circular energy integration: valorising local waste streams for industrial efficiency” by:​ Upgrading biogas and industrial off-gases using advanced sorbents to recover energy-rich components (e.g. methane, hydrogen) and capture CO₂ for reuse.​ Designing gas handling systems that operate at milder pressures and temperatures, reducing energy demand and infrastructure needs for industrial users.​ Co-optimizing materials, tank design, and system integration to maximize lifecycle efficiency, safety, and economic viability for local energy ecosystems.​ We collaborate with leading research institutes and industrial partners to test our materials in real adsorption and gas handling systems. As an early-stage company with strong industry experience, we are actively seeking:​ Industrial partners with local waste streams (biogas plants, process industries, hydrogen producers) interested in valorization and energy storage.​ Regional stakeholders and innovation hubs working on circular energy projects who need expertise within advanced materials, modeling, and techno-economic assessment.​ Consortia for RIVCircular cascade funding focused on circular energy integration, where we can contribute deep-tech gas capture, purification and storage solutions.​ Through RIVCircular, we aim to co-develop demonstrators that prove how smart gas handling can turn local waste streams into flexible, low-carbon energy for industry, strengthening regional innovation valleys and accelerating the circular economy.
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Interests

  • Advanced Materials
  • Hydrogen
  • Biogás
  • MOF
  • COF
  • Adsorption
  • gas storage
  • CCUS
  • waste-to-energy
  • Power-to-X
  • Long-duration energy storage
  • AI
  • gas capture
  • Gas purification
  • computational chemistry

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Region

Innlandet (NO)

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