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We are three former TNO employees who started a spin-off company to bring TORWASH® technology to the market. All three of us worked at ECN (later TNO) for many years on the energy transition. We have long considered TORWASH® technology to be so promising that we decided to develop it ourselves. The technology is not just a more cost-effective alternative to an existing solution, no, we are convinced that with this technology we can solve major problems in the field of environment and energy. And this is why we worked towards a spin-off company, which was founded in early 2020 to make the problems with the environment and climate a little smaller.

“At TNO you have all the facilities for research, but at some point technology needs to go out into the wider world. TNO can help with that, but will not take the lead. That is why we decided to do this ourselves.”

Meet the team

Jan Pels

Inventor of TORWASH

Jan is a chemist, but primarily a researcher. He initiated the TORWASH® technology in 2004 to convert wet grass into a fuel with the same quality as clean, dry wood pellets. Over the years, many other raw materials have been investigated… Read more ↓

We’ll see which one is ripe for scaling up first, but once we have the demo for sludge up and running, I want the next demo installation on the drawing board.

E-mail: jan@torwash.nl

Pavlina Nanou

Project leader of the RHEA project

Pavlina is a chemical engineer, but above all, a project leader. She has led about ten TORWASH projects at TNO from proposal phase to execution and completion. Projects include the construction of the mobile reactor for sludge processing… Read more ↓

My goal is to get all parties to work together as well as possible in the scaling-up process, so that after a series of successful duration tests, we can set steps towards a commercial installation.

E-mail: pavlina.nanou@torwash.com

Levien de Legé

CEO

Levien is a chemical engineer by training, but primarily a business developer. He manages the finances of the company and the acquisition of new capital. He is commercially responsible and stays in contact with all relevant… Read more ↓

This TORWASH® technology is so beautiful and unknown that I don’t want to miss any opportunity to tell everyone about it. I hope my enthusiasm will infect the customer and potential investors.

E-mail: levien.delege@torwash.com

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