Will dynaCERT save German industry?

HydraGEN™ makes diesel engines greener

In an interview with Lyndsay Malchuk from Stockhouse, Kevin Unrath, COO of dynaCERT and managing director of the German subsidiary dynaCERT GmbH, provided insight into the Company's current activities. According to Unrath, despite its long experience, dynaCERT is a kind of start-up – the technology is suitable for various areas and opens up further growth potential. To leverage this potential, dynaCERT is promoting itself at numerous trade fairs and has switched to industrial production. In addition to Bauma, the dynaCERT team will travel to the Sydney Build Expo in mid-May and to Transport Logistic in Munich at the beginning of June. But which industries are actually relevant for dynaCERT's technology?

Years ago, dynaCERT set out on a mission to deliver a transitional technology for diesel engines. With HydraGEN™, the Company offers an exciting solution. A small add-on unit is installed in the engine, where it produces small amounts of hydrogen that are added to the combustion process. This has several advantages: In addition to lower fuel consumption, emissions are also reduced, engine performance is improved, and service life is increased. These benefits have been confirmed in various certification processes, including by Continental EMITEC, TÜV Nord and Süd in Europe, iCAT in India, and the PIT Group in Canada. HydraGEN™ technology is market-ready and is already being used successfully in various pilot projects.

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A pilot project with Alectra Utilities Corporation, Canada's largest municipal power utility, provides a particularly telling example of the effectiveness of HydraGEN™ technology. In this project, 13 vehicles were equipped with the HydraGEN™ technology and subjected to rigorous monitoring. The results: over 8,000 kg of CO2 equivalents were saved and diesel consumption was reduced in every vehicle used. But which other industries could benefit from dynaCERT's technology besides transport and logistics?

With its activities in Germany, dynaCERT is pursuing, among other things, the goal of supporting the green transformation of industry. The use of HydraGEN™ in motor vehicles has already demonstrated that investments pay for themselves after about a year. HydraGEN™ could therefore be an alternative for industry to prepare for 2027, when the CO2 price within the European Union will be determined by supply and demand. Studies predict prices of between EUR 200 and 300 per ton of CO2 – in 2025, the price is set at EUR 55.

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Diesel generators are often used in industry for power generation or to operate various machines. Implementing HydraGEN™ technology here could lead to significant emissions reductions. Another area of application could be combined heat and power plants (CHP). Many new construction projects and residential complexes still rely on this technology today. A study by DBI – Gas Technology Institute gGmbH Freiberg shows that adding hydrogen to natural gas in CHP plants leads to a reduction in CO, HC, and CO2 emissions, while increasing efficiency. If this area were to become a target market for dynaCERT, the opportunities would be substantial: The think tank Agora Energiewende has calculated that between 2021 and 2030, investments of EUR 460 billion will be necessary in real estate in Germany alone to achieve climate targets. Although combined heat and power plants account for only a small portion of this, HydraGEN™ will likely have an advantage over other energy-saving measures due to its rapid payback period.

However, dynaCERT's primary focus is likely to remain on the use of HydraGEN™ in vehicles. A cooperation agreement is already in place with the European workshop network Alltrucks. Integration into the Alltrucks network will enable commercial vehicle workshops to become important multipliers for dynaCERT. If decision-makers from industrial companies, utilities, or other medium-sized businesses see the positive effects of HydraGEN™ in their own fleets, further investments in machinery or power plants are conceivable. Since HydraGEN™ is known for its ability to be quickly retrofitted to any diesel engine, this represents a major opportunity for the Canadian company.

dynaCERT: Share price does not yet indicate a trend reversal

The coming weeks will be exciting for dynaCERT: Further industry trade fairs are coming up, and contacts that have already been established need to be intensified. In a market phase in which many industrial companies have to make the right decisions between ailing businesses and the impending consequences of CO2 prices, dynaCERT's flexible and cost-effective solutions can be an alternative. The share price does not yet reflect this future option for the Company – investors should closely monitor the Company's further development.