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Five years ago I saw batteries as a cornerstone of the energy transition and co-founded Kyon Energy. Today I see e-Methane the same way and I will help TURN2X to build up a European e-Methane platform. Together with my co-founders, we built Kyon into Germany's leading battery developer, bringing more than 3 GW of battery storage projects across 40+ sites to ready-to-build status, with another 1.2 GW currently under construction. That journey ultimately led to Kyon becoming part of TotalEnergies. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who contributed along the way — our team, partners, customers, and supporters. What we achieved together would not have been possible without you. It was an incredible time! But the energy transition is far from finished. My past work was about electrons. I'm now convinced the next frontier is molecules, and, above all, the combination of the two. Electrons, stored in batteries, are unbeatable at balancing the grid over hours. But large parts of our industry, shipping and aviation can't run on electrons alone — they need fuels of high energy density. In addition there are many times over the course of the year where we have oversupply of electrons which we would need to store long-term. This is where e-Methane comes in — the molecule that completes the system. It's complementary to batteries, not competing: a storable, transportable form of energy that takes volatility out of the system over days, weeks and entire seasons. It can be produced flexibly wherever cheap renewable power is abundant and distributed through Europe's existing gas infrastructure without any changes. This helps us to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors and at the same time make us less dependent on fossil gas imports. There's one more lesson I'm carrying over from batteries. Early on, the technology looked expensive. But costs fell faster than almost anyone expected, and at some point the economics simply made sense. I'm convinced e-Methane is on the same trajectory and the steepest part of that cost curve is still ahead of us. But none of this happens on its own. It has to be built. TURN2X is one of the early movers in this space, with validated technology, existing customers, and a growing project pipeline. Combined with the regulatory and market developments we're seeing across Europe, I believe this is a unique moment to help build a category-defining company. So this is the challenge I'm taking on next, together with TURN2X. I'm investing in the company and will lead their development efforts across Europe hands-on. More details on this soon. Five years ago, I believed batteries would become a cornerstone of the energy transition. Today, I believe e-Methane will become another. I'm excited to help build it with TURN2X.