Innovation
A trusted partner to clients with innovative and sustainable engineering solutions
At Glanua, innovation Is more than a value- it’s a founding principle that shapes how we think, act, and grow. Our innovation Partnerships function is dedicated to identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships with forward-thinking technology providers. By brokering these partnerships, we bring world-class innovations into the markets where Glanua operates, unlocking new possibilities and enhancing outcomes across our projects.
We currently act as a channel partner for five pioneering companies, with each alliance chosen to align with our mission to deliver sustainable, high-impact solutions to clients and communities alike
Our Innovation Manager, Fabio Bacci and Innovation Partnership Specialist, Ava O’Brien collaborate with leading companies around the world to bring cutting-edge and transformative technologies to Glanua’s customers. By staying at the forefront of technological advancements in the water industry, we ensure that our customers benefit from the most innovative solutions, designed to enhance performance, drive growth and sustainability.
Innovation Partnerships Strategy
Our approach to innovation management at Glanua involves four key stages:
Discovery, delineation, development, and deployment. This method follows a step-by-step process, starting with gathering intelligence to understand market needs. This information then guides our efforts in introducing the appropriate innovations our product offerings.
Discovery
We scout for technology providers across the globe.
Development
Our innovation team assesses the technical feasibility and commercial viability of a
selected solution.
Delineation
We match the right technology to a market need.
Deployment
Bring a technology to market by integrating it into our bespoke designs.
Our Partners
To learn more about our partners or to become a partner connect with us at Innovationpartnerships@glanua.com
HPNow
GOgen, by Danish company HPNow, is a “green oxidation technology”. The novel GOgen solution offers the option to generate hydrogen peroxide in situ, thus eliminating transport and storage of bulk chemicals. Simultaneously, the GOgen displaces traditional oxidation-based disinfection methods associated with harmful toxicants, eliminating the possibility of byproduct formation.
Variolytics
Variolytics is a German company leading the market in real-time monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment plants. Process emissions, namely nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) gases, can contribute to over 60% of the carbon footprint in wastewater treatment plants. The EmiCo. lite by Variolytics offers smart real-time monitoring of N2O and CH4 gases generated from wastewater treatment plants’ biological processes.
Easy Hydro
Irish company Easy Hydro brings innovation to the water industry by making hydropower generation achievable with limited capital investment. Specialised water turbines are substituted with conventional water pumps adapted into modular Pump as Turbine (PAT) technology. These solutions can generate up to 1 MW of nominal power. The use of standard pump equipment lowers the capital cost relative to a turbine, thus warranting rapid return on investment and simpler operation and maintenance of the assets.
Headworks International
Headworks International is an American manufacturer of coarse separation technology from Houston, Texas. Other offerings from Headworks International include MBBR and IFAS technologies, for which Glanua is the channel partner for the Irish market. These solutions are ideal candidates to increase the plant capacity of existing wastewater treatment assets.
Blue Foot Membranes
The unique selling point of Blue Foot Membranes is based on the company’s patented Integrated Permeate Channel (IPC®) technology. The offering features exceptionally robust membrane material encasing a flat 3D textile, making the submersible sheets the only truly backwashable MBR system on the market. Additionally, the technology is fully modularised in standard unit sizes, so demand is rapidly satisfied by the inherent scalability of the systems.