Top Priorities:
Natural gas replacement with biogas and/or hydrogen for heat and power generation.
Novel heat exchange technologies to improve thermal process efficiency and/or recovery of waste heat for reuse.
Innovative on-site renewable energy solutions for manufacturing and logistics — including thermal and electric systems with cogeneration, energy storage, and clean alternatives to diesel generators (e.g., biodiesel).
Other Areas of Interest:
- Transportation materials and equipment made from renewable energy sources, rather than petroleum-based or environmentally harmful materials.
- Small scale bioenergy and waste-to-energy solutions, including on-site conversion of food waste and systems that enable sourcing, trading, and utilization of biofuels.
- Decarbonization of thermal loads in can manufacturing, including ovens.
- Use of 100% renewable electricity in high-impact processes:
- Electrolysis for alumina.
- Aluminum can sheet production
- Can manufacturing
- Low-carbon cooling and refrigeration technologies for retail and industrial food and beverage applications (including malt silos), including energy-efficient cooling and ventilation systems.
- Thermal Storage (Form Thermal Energy to Thermal Energy) system
