Refining Used Motor Oil (UMO)
The company re-refines UMO using a hydrotreater without producing hazardous waste streams and recovers an ultra-low sulfur fuel oil (ULSFO) with no contaminates. This reduces harmful pollutants from being emitted and allows diesel engines to work more efficiently. The resulting ULSFO is ideal for the ECA 1000 marine, locomotive, farming, home, and industrial heating markets. The distillate fuel economy is growing and global; current worldwide demand of 1.5 billion GPD will increase to 1.7 billion GPD by 2040.
Landfill Waste-to-Energy
This sustainable energy company generates clean, renewable energy and products from waste diverted from landfill, helping to create a zero-landfill world. As a worldwide licensee (ex-Americas) of the Entech Waste-to-Gas technology, they developed Australia’s first commercially-funded waste-to-energy project, which also required over $500M in complex financing. They've developed a strong local and international pipeline of projects and are eyeing the acquisition of operating or new technology-leading businesses and projects that generate sustainable cash flow from waste and recycling. Their services include procurement of site, approvals, EPC and O&M, debt & equity raising, and permitting.
Tire-to-Energy Conversion
The company developed a revolutionary technology solution that converts scrap tires into commodities such as oils (including marine diesel bunker grade oil), syngas, carbon, steel, and energy, through a non-toxic and zero-waste process. It involves cooking approximately 6,000 lbs of tires in each of the plant’s 16 reactors using a slight vacuum that allows for the separation of steel, carbon, oil, and syngas. They've already converted millions of scrap tires into valuable materials over the past four years, completing over 10,000 reactor cycles.
Electric Car-Based Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) Platform
The company is in the process of engineering, manufacturing, and launching a branded purpose-built electric car-based Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform targeting mass transportation in cities. Their rapid rollout strategy includes a three-step plan: (1) the production of vehicles optimized for urban delivery and (2) ride-hailing services followed by (3) a mainstream, four-seat vehicle. Their platform model will enable delivery services worldwide to scale faster at a lower cost, offer optimal cargo space, and incorporate build quality for high utilization on city streets. A distinctive competitive advantage is fully-equipped digital enhancements that allow monetization through digital advertising, an API offering access to vehicle sensor data, and smartphone-like driving experience. The company consists of highly experienced engineers and consultants that provide vehicles, engineering, sales, marketing, and PR solutions for some of the highest-profile makes in the world. Previous projects include manufacturing for a new generation supercar, an onboard system integration with charging network, motorsport, and extreme road product variants.
Developing Renewable Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Projects at Scale
This USA company provides “holistic” energy and infrastructure solutions for African nations, assisting them in leapfrogging the pitfalls that that has made much of the developed world’s outdated and expensive power grid vulnerable and susceptible to terrorism. They do this by delivering 21st-century power generation at a fraction of the current $1M/mile transmission rates, all without a grid connection. The company builds, owns, operates, and transfers (BOOT) energy and infrastructure projects and systems under unique long-term “negotiated” contracts. They find the opportunities, then arrange the power purchase agreements (PPA), permits, and funding. After that, the company hires the engineering procurement construction (EPC) firms to build and guarantee the projects’ operations, ranging from work on individual infrastructure components to stand-alone power plants to complete solutions involving energy, telecom, wastewater treatment, and roads. The company is currently engaged with a five-year project targeting 10,000 megawatts (MW) of power generation via negotiated transactions.