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Prometheus Fuels is an American energy startup developing tools to filter atmospheric CO 2 using water, electricity, and nanotube membranes to produce commercially viable fuels. When powered by renewable electricity sources, e-fuels produced by such direct air capture methods do not contribute further emissions, making them carbon neutral . [ 1 ]
As a scientist, McGinnis is known for his contributions in the domain of desalination and forward osmosis; [1] in particular he is credited as a co-inventor of the NH 3 /CO 2 draw solution for the forward osmosis (FO) desalination process. [6] [7] [8] McGinnis is CEO at Prometheus Fuels, an environmental technology startup company he founded in ...
Prometheus Fuels is a start-up company based in Santa Cruz which launched out of Y Combinator in 2019 to remove CO 2 from the air and turn it into zero-net-carbon gasoline and jet fuel. [98] [99] The company uses a DAC technology, adsorbing CO 2 from the air directly into process electrolytes, where it is converted into alcohols by ...
The company was part of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's first Cyclotron Road cohort, an incubator program that aids in the creation of environmentally beneficial companies. [ 11 ] [ 8 ] [ 12 ] Since then, it has won multiple awards including the Keeling Curve prize, [ 13 ] Ocean Exchange's WW Orcelle award, [ 14 ] the Roddenberry prize ...
Renewable Energy Group began in 1996 as the biodiesel division of West Central Cooperative [6] [7] with the construction of a plant in Ralston, Iowa.In 2006, the company separated from West Central and moved its headquarters to Ames.
Orbital Corporation Limited (ASX: OEC), formerly Orbital Engine Corporation Limited pioneered by Ralph Sarich, is an Australian company based in Balcatta, Western Australia, that aims to provide clean engine technologies and alternative fuel systems with reduced environmental impact from gas emissions and improved fuel economy.
Flaring a flow test, the first outward indication of a new oil or gas discovery, which has the potential to qualify for reserves assessment. Oil and gas reserves denote discovered quantities of crude oil and natural gas (oil or gas fields) that can be profitably produced/recovered from an approved development.
Prometheus is a backronym from the original French project designation PROMETHEE, standing for "Precursor Reusable Oxygen Methane cost Effective propulsion System", and for the Titan Prometheus, from Greek mythology, creator of humanity, and god of fire, known for giving fire to humanity in defiance of the gods.