What Altaca Enerji does

Altaca Enerji is a privately held Turkish renewable-energy engineering, contracting, and investment company founded in 2009 as part of the Altaca Group of Companies and headquartered in Kadıköy, Istanbul. It designs, builds, and operates integrated facilities that convert agricultural and industrial organic waste into three revenue streams: renewable electricity via anaerobic digestion (biogas), bio-crude oil via its proprietary CatLiq catalytic-liquefaction process, and a portfolio of dry, liquid, organomineral, and humic-acid organic fertilizers derived from biogas digestate. Its two flagship assets are the operational Gönen Renewable Energy Complex (3.7 MWe, 85,000 m², ~400 tons/day organic-waste throughput) in Balıkesir Province and the Meram Renewable Energy Complex (6 MWe, 100,000 m²) under construction in Konya Province, supplemented by R&D operations at GOSB Teknopark in Gebze and a commercial office in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

The company's core technology moat rests on the 2011 acquisition of all international patents and know-how for CatLiq from Denmark's SCF Technologies, combined with proprietary homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts co-developed with TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center and Boğaziçi University. This process — claimed as the first industrial application of catalytic liquefaction worldwide — operates at supercritical conditions to convert wet biomass (>50% water content) into bio-crude oil with a calorific value of 35 MJ/l at a reported 7:1 energy-return ratio, in under 30 minutes. Anaerobic-digestion know-how developed with TÜBİTAK achieves a 95% capacity factor at Gönen, the highest reported in Turkey.

Commercially, Altaca monetizes through (i) grid-supplied electricity under long-term arrangements, (ii) direct fertilizer sales (including to the Turkish Presidential Palace Gardens), (iii) bio-crude oil output for refining or blending, (iv) licensed waste-disposal services under a Ministry of Environment and Urbanization permit, and (v) planned technology licensing and turnkey plant construction through its sister company Altaca Construction. Revenue figures and funding rounds are not disclosed, but the management bench includes former BP Group CEO Tony Hayward, former Schlumberger EVP Chakib Sbiti, former Corus Chairman Jim Leng, and former Enterprise Oil Chairman Sir Graham Hearne.

Name

Altaca Enerji

Legal name

Altaca Energy

Website

https://altacaenergy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Altaca Enerji is a privately held Turkish renewable-energy company that designs, builds, and operates integrated facilities converting organic waste into biogas electricity, bio-crude oil via its proprietary CatLiq process, and organic fertilizers, serving agricultural, food-processing, and slaughterhouse customers across Turkey and Central Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Energy Waste Processing Equipment

NAICS

Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311), Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (3241)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Digestate Processing, Nutrient Recovery & Fertilizer Products (Struvite, Ammonia, Compost) (EUAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Anaerobic Digestion Biogas Power (Agricultural & Industrial AD) (EUACAIAD), Biomass & Waste-to-Energy Plant EPC (EUAEAAAI), Biorefinery Technology & Contract Processing (fractionation, tolling, scale-up) (IMAMALAL)

Keywords

• Biogas production
• Organic fertilizer manufacturing
• Biomass processing equipment
• Bio-crude oil production
• Waste-to-energy solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Kadikoy

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electricity Generation: Biogas plants generate electricity from organic waste, with 3.7 MW capacity at Gönen and 6 MW at Meram facilities. Electricity is supplied to the grid while some power is used to operate facility equipment.
2. Organic Fertilizer Sales: Production and sale of dry, liquid, and organomineral fertilizers as well as humic acid products. Annual production capacity of 55,000 tons for organic fertilizer and 70,000 metric tons per year.
3. Bio-Crude Oil Production: CatLiq technology converts organic waste into bio-crude oil that can be refined or mixed with fossil oils using existing facilities.
4. Technology Licensing: Company plans to enter into license agreements for CatLiq technology with investors in other parts of the world. Technology developed with TÜBİTAK support is available for other biogas investors through group company Altaca Construction.
5. Waste Disposal Services: Licensed by Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization to provide disposal services for agricultural waste and organic industrial waste using anaerobic digestion method.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Altaca Enerji is an engineering, contracting and investment company that designs, manufactures and operates wet biomass and organic waste processing facilities. It converts agricultural and industrial organic waste into bio-crude oil via its proprietary CatLiq (Catalytic Liquefaction) nanotechnology, generates electricity through anaerobic digestion biogas plants, and produces dry, liquid and organomineral organic fertilizers as well as humic acid products. The company also licenses its technologies and provides licensed waste disposal services through integrated turnkey facilities such as the Gönen and Meram Renewable Energy Complexes.

Product overview

Altaca Energy operates as an integrated renewable energy company offering a portfolio of interconnected technologies and facilities. The core offerings include CatLiq Bio-Crude Oil Technology (a proprietary nanotechnology for converting wet organic waste into bio-crude oil) and domestic Biogas Production technology for electricity generation. These technologies are deployed within two major integrated facilities: the Gönen Renewable Energy Facilities (85,000 m²) and the Meram Renewable Energy Facilities (100,000 m²). The biogas process generates electricity while producing digestate that feeds into Dry and Liquid Organic Fertilizer Plants, Humic Acid Factory, and Compost Units, creating a zero-waste integrated system. All facilities are designed and built by Altaca Energy with engineering, contracting, and investment services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CatLiq Bio-Crude Oil Technology A proprietary nanotechnology application that converts wet organic waste and biomass (more than 50% water content) into high-quality bio-crude oil under supercritical conditions using Altaca's homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts in an alkaline environment. Reaction completes in under 30 minutes with a 7:1 energy output-to-input ratio. Sold/licensed to waste-to-energy investors and operators globally.
• Biogas Production (Anaerobic Digestion) Domestic Turkish-developed biogas technology using thermophilic anaerobic digestion with bacteriological desulphurization to generate electricity from organic waste (poultry, cattle, agricultural residues, industrial organic waste) and produce organic fertilizer. Achieves 95% capacity factor at the Gönen plant. Designed for biogas investors and agricultural enterprises.
• Dry Organic Fertilizer Plant Processes the solid phase of biogas plant digestate into dry, pelleted, granulated and powdered hygienic organic and organomineral fertilizers using hot air heated by biogas engine exhaust and jacket cooling water. Sold to Turkish farmers and agricultural buyers.
• Liquid Organic Fertilizer Plant Processes the liquid phase of biogas digestate into hygienic, stabilized organic liquid fertilizers at 30-40% dry matter content, and produces vinasse-based liquid fertilizers. Targeted at agricultural fertilizer distributors and farmers.
• Humic Acid Factory Produces liquid humic acid from Leonardite (oxidized lignite coal) combined with biogas digestate liquid and potassium hydroxide, providing long-lasting effect and high cation exchange capacity for agricultural use. Sold to fertilizer distributors and farmers.
• Gönen Renewable Energy Facilities Integrated 85,000 m² renewable energy complex combining CatLiq plant, 3.7 MW biogas plant with 3 reactors and 3 gas engines, dry and liquid organic fertilizer plants, humic acid factory, compost unit and waste water treatment with zero liquid discharge. Operated by Altaca Energy to process organic waste and produce electricity, fertilizers and bio-crude oil.
• Meram Renewable Energy Facilities Integrated 100,000 m² biogas (6 MW capacity with 5 reactors and 4 gas engines) and organic fertilizer complex in Konya Province producing dry and liquid organic and organomineral fertilizers. Operated by Altaca Energy for agricultural waste processing and renewable power generation.
• Waste Disposal Services Licensed organic waste disposal services using anaerobic digestion, processing agricultural, industrial and household organic waste at the Gönen facility with capacity of 1,000 metric tons/day. Provided to food factories, slaughterhouses and agricultural enterprises under Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization license.
• CatLiq Technology Licensing

Quantifiable outcome

• Produces 7 units of energy for every 1 unit of energy used in the CatLiq process
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center collaborated with Altaca Energy engineers on CatLiq technology development. TÜBİTAK's Technology and Innovation Support Programs Department officially supports the CatLiq Technology Development Project.
• Boğaziçi UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAltaca Energy engineers worked together with Boğaziçi University (Marmara Research Center) in development of CatLiq Technology for converting organic waste to bio-crude oil.
• SCF Technologies (Denmark)coreTechnology or IntegrationAltaca Energy acquired all international patents and know-how for CatLiq technology, plus the pilot plant in Harlev near Copenhagen, from SCF Technologies in 2011. SCF originally founded in 2003 by 4 scientists and listed on Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange in 2007.
• Altaca ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAltaca Construction, a group company, built the Gönen facilities and makes Altaca Energy's proprietary technologies available to other biogas investors through turnkey plant construction.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Enerkem: Canadian waste-to-fuels company converting non-recyclable waste into methanol and ethanol using thermochemical processes. Comparable as a waste-to-energy/fuels technology developer targeting industrial waste streams, though focused on gasification rather than Altaca's catalytic liquefaction route.
• PlanET Biogas Global GmbH: German provider of standardized and customized biogas plant technology with strong agricultural-customer base. Comparable as an AD technology and plant provider competing in the agricultural waste-to-biogas segment Altaca targets.
• Aemetis, Inc. US renewable fuels and biogas company producing cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, and biogas from agricultural and forest waste. Comparable in combining biogas generation with low-carbon fuel outputs from waste, though at materially larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Neste Oyj: Finnish global leader in renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residues. Comparable as a downstream off-taker / competitor in advanced bio-crude and renewable fuels produced from organic feedstocks, relevant to Altaca's CatLiq bio-crude roadmap.
• Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) / Schmack Biogas: Swiss-German EPC incumbent for anaerobic digestion, biogas upgrading, and waste-to-energy plants globally, including the Schmack Biogas AD technology portfolio. Competes with Altaca Construction on biogas plant EPC and with Altaca's broader AD technology offering.

Others

• Novonesis (formerly Novozymes / Chr. Hansen): Global enzymes and microbial solutions supplier whose products enable biogas yield optimization in anaerobic digestion plants. Comparable as an ecosystem participant whose offerings materially affect AD plant economics similar to Altaca's Gönen facility.

Direct peers

• Nature Energy: Denmark-based, one of Europe's largest operators of large-scale anaerobic digestion biogas plants processing organic industrial and agricultural waste into RNG and biofertilizer. Directly comparable to Altaca on the integrated biogas + organic fertilizer model and on handling high-volume industrial waste streams.
• Anaergia Inc. Canada/US-based provider of anaerobic digestion technology, biogas upgrading, and organic fertilizer recovery systems serving municipalities and industrial waste generators. Closely comparable in the AD-plus-digestate-fertilizer value chain and in the EPC-plus-license commercial model.
• Brightmark Energy: US-based waste-to-energy developer operating biogas and RNG projects from agricultural and organic waste with downstream renewable natural gas and soil product offtake. Comparable integrated waste-to-energy and fertilizer business with similar target customers in agriculture and food processing.
• Xergi: Danish-headquartered EPC and technology provider for medium-to-large biogas plants, with extensive references in agricultural and industrial AD projects. Directly comparable as a turnkey biogas EPC competitor to Altaca Construction in international markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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