GASKATEL GESELLSCHAFT FUER GASSYSTEME DURCH KATALYSE UND ELEKTROCHEMIEMIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG

Their core work

GASKATEL GmbH is a German specialist SME focused on electrochemical systems for gas processing, catalysis, and CO2 conversion — as their own name describes. In practice, they design and apply electrochemical cells and processes that transform CO2 into valuable chemicals such as syngas, formic acid, methanol, and oxalic acid. Their technical contribution sits at the intersection of electrochemistry hardware and gas-phase chemistry, making them the kind of partner who can take a lab-proven electrochemical reaction and help translate it into a functioning reactor system. They have participated in multi-partner EU consortia tackling carbon utilization, bringing electrochemical engineering expertise rather than fundamental chemistry research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their earliest H2020 work (CELBICON, 2016–2019), GASKATEL engaged with a broad portfolio of CO2-derived products — syngas, formic acid, methanol, isoprene, PHA — combining electrochemical reduction with microbial fermentation in a highly integrated, multi-product approach. By the time OCEAN began (2017–2022), the focus narrowed sharply to a single electrochemical pathway: CO2 to oxalic acid, targeting polymer precursors at demonstration scale. This suggests a maturation from broad exploratory participation toward deeper, demonstration-ready electrochemistry for specific chemical products.

GASKATEL appears to be moving toward fewer, deeper electrochemical pathways at larger scale, consistent with an SME maturing from R&D participation toward process demonstration and potential commercialization of CO2 conversion technology.

How they like to work

GASKATEL participates exclusively as a consortium partner — they have never led an H2020 project — which positions them as a technical specialist brought in to handle electrochemical system design and gas engineering within larger, multi-partner efforts. Their two projects involved 19 unique partners across 8 countries, indicating they are comfortable operating in large, multi-disciplinary international consortia rather than tight bilateral collaborations. This profile suits an SME that provides focused, well-defined technical inputs rather than one that manages project coordination or work package leadership.

GASKATEL has worked with 19 distinct consortium partners spanning 8 countries across just two projects, reflecting broad European connectivity for an SME of their size. No single repeated partner cluster is detectable from the data, suggesting they enter consortia on technical merit rather than through a fixed network of recurring allies.

What sets them apart

GASKATEL occupies a rare position as a private-sector electrochemistry SME that specializes specifically in gas systems and CO2 conversion — a combination that is more common among university groups than commercial companies. For a consortium building a carbon utilization project, they bring hands-on electrochemical engineering capability that bridges academic chemistry and industrial process reality. Their scale-up experience through the OCEAN demonstration project adds credibility that most research-only partners cannot offer.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CELBICON
  The largest funded project for GASKATEL (EUR 380,645), combining electrochemical CO2 reduction with biotechnology to co-produce a remarkably diverse set of chemicals including PHA bioplastics, methanol, isoprene, and lactic acid — one of the more ambitious CO2 valorization concepts in the H2020 portfolio.
• OCEAN
  Targeted demonstration-scale production of oxalic acid from CO2 via electrochemistry, a specific and commercially relevant carbon utilization pathway that feeds into the polymer and specialty chemicals industry.