About us
Redefining our energy economy
Kvasir was built on a vision that we can eliminate carbon emissions from heavy transportation, by harnessing natural and abundant sources of biomass that do not compete with food.
Locations
Scandinavian roots and global impact
Kvasir is head quartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a US office in San Fransisco, California.
1 – Copenhagen (DENMARK)
Maskinvej 5
2860 Søborg
2 – San Fransisco, CA (USA)
1749 Kilowatt Way #402
Fremont, CA 94539
About us
Experienced inventors with a strong passion
Our team includes the inventor of the proprietary liquefaction technology and strong competencies in sustainable development and oil and shipping.
Meet the team
A visionary team
Kvasir Technologies is governed by a professional board of directors and managed by experienced and qualified leaders
Joachim Bachmann Nielsen
CEO & Co-founder
Anders Bak Kristoffersen
COO & Co-founder
Christian Kjeldgaard Andersen
Head of Engineering
Birgitte Bjerregaard
HR & Internal Communication Director
Anders Holmen Pedersen
Senior Research Chemist
Susanne Tolstrup
Head of Communications and Public Affairs
Nikolaos Montesantos
Senior Chemical Engineer
Anne Sophie K. Overgaard
Digital Marketing Manager
Ayo Nelson Fury
Research & Development Chemist
Simone Victoria Franken
Assistant Chemical Engineer
Carlos Ramirez Mas
Student Assistant for Environmental Engineering
Lars Clausen
Chairman of the board
Lars is the former CEO & country chair of Dansk Shell A/S with an annual turnover >US$5B and held CEO positions in both Ørsted and IBM Denmark. Lars has extensive board experience including his current position in the board of Energinet the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas.
Mikala Grubb
Board Member
Mikala is Director of Clean Fuel Technology at Haldor Topsoe and a specialist on hydroprecessing of renewable feedstocks. She has a PhD from the Technical University of denmark and hosts the Topsoe podcast Fuel for Thought.
Our story
Background and history
Kvasir Technologies has brought together a team with decades of relevant industrial experience, and with 10 years of intensive research backing up our technology we are ready to scale.
Our history is outlined in the illustration below:
2012-2017: Academic research
Proof of concept work at the Technical University of Denmark
- Proof of concept
- Kvasir’s process invented and patent applied for (later granted)
- Industrywide research participation from Maersk, MAN Energy Solutions, Haldor Topsoe, and Ørsted
- Production scale: Milliliters
2018-2019: Kvasir is founded
R&D, process optimization and preparing for scale-up
- Kvasir incorporated as a univeristy spin-out: 2018
- Multiple research grants secured
- Partnership with future customer DS Norden in ShippingLab
- Process optimization and securing IP agreement with university
2020-2021: Piloting and scalability
Continuous pilot studies
- Proof of scalability
- Pilot studies in Iowa, USA
- Seed funding and new patents applied for
- Colaboration with Alfa Laval and part of Innovation House.
- MoU signed with Spanish EPC Duro Felguera for the construction of a demo plant.
- Production scale: Liters
2022: Demonstration plant
Scale-up and commercialization
- 2 ton oil per day demonstration plant based on converting agricultural waste residues
- Ship trials scheduled with Kvasir’s bio fuel
- Production scale: 500 – 1000 ton p.a.