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Climate Tech has Arrived

Check out our Fellows and meet the innovators who are carving the path to a clean energy future.

CERT Systems

Fossil fuels and petrochemicals are the foundation of everyday plastics and chemicals. Replacing them with electrofuels — made from electricity, recycled carbon dioxide, and water — to produce these products can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and help reach net zero by 2050.

CERT Systems Inc. has developed an electrochemical process that converts captured carbon dioxide into basic chemicals. Unlike many carbon utilization approaches which require highly-purified CO₂ gas, CERT Systems’ process can directly use the CO₂ captured in liquid media, eliminating the majority of energy costs associated with direct air capture. CERT Systems directly converts carbon emissions into molecules that are chemically identical to those typically derived from fossil fuels and are the building blocks of everyday products, like plastics.

CERT Systems’ current focus is on transforming CO₂ into ethylene, which can then be used for a broad range of applications including plastics, textiles, and sustainable aviation fuels. Once fully developed, their process could reduce annual emissions by one gigaton.

Fellows Projects

Company	Description	Sector	Location	Technology
Aikido Technologies Renewables	Aikido Technologies has designed a self-erecting platform for floating, offshore wind turbines to overcome key barriers to increasing offshore wind energy production	Electricity	United States	Renewables	View details
Aluminio Renewables	Aluminio is developing a new approach to using aluminum to replace the silver used on solar cells, reducing the costs and accelerating adoption of more efficient cell designs	Electricity	United States	Renewables	View details
Arculus Solutions Hydrogen	Arculus Solutions is future-proofing current natural gas transmission pipelines to safely transport hydrogen	Manufacturing	United States	Hydrogen	View details
Arinna Renewables	Arinna is empowering humans and machines with abundant solar energy via its paper-thin power-dense solar panel technology.	Electricity	United States	Renewables	View details
Aspiring Materials Carbon Removal	Aspiring Materials is tackling industrial CO₂ emissions from two angles - what goes in and what comes out. And we’re using commonly found rocks to do it	Manufacturing	New Zealand	Carbon Removal	View details
Barocal Heating and Cooling	Barocal is revolutionizing cooling and heating with a breakthrough solid-state technology that offers very high energy efficiency without harmful refrigerant gases.	Buildings	United Kingdom	Heating and Cooling	View details
Calion Heating and Cooling	Calion is reshaping the cooling and heating landscape by replacing harmful refrigerants with salt and water – the world’s two safest and most abundant materials	Buildings	United States	Heating and Cooling	View details
Celluol Fuels & Chemicals	Celluol is using the power of biology to convert underutilized waste such as crop or forest residues into fuels and chemicals.	Transportation	France	Fuels & Chemicals	View details
CemVision Cement	CemVision AB combines three different technologies into one process to reduce carbon emissions from cement and concrete production	Buildings	Sweden	Cement	View details
CERT Systems Fuels and Chemicals	CERT Systems Inc. has developed an electrochemical process that uses only water and electricity to convert captured carbon dioxide into basic chemicals that can be used to make everyday products including green chemicals, fuels, and plastics	Manufacturing	Canada	Fuels and Chemicals	View details
Chement Cement	Chement’s patent-pending technology eliminates all CO₂ emissions in cement production.	Buildings	United States	Cement	View details
ChemFinity Technologies Circularity	ChemFinity Technologies is developing new porous membrane materials to reduce the energy needed to purify salt water and recover valuable metals	Manufacturing	United States	Circularity	View details
Clear Skies H2 Hydrogen	Clear Skies Hydrogen (CSH2) seeks to deliver refueling with diesel-parity cost and operating convenience to unlock large-scale adoption of hydrogen for trucking and heavy-duty transport.	Manufacturing	United States	Hydrogen	View details
ClimateCrop Agriculture	ClimateCrop enhances plants' genetics using non-GM techniques to increase yield per unit area with less inputs, resulting in a lower carbon footprint	Agriculture	Israel	Agriculture	View details
Conduit Tech Heating and Cooling	Conduit Tech develops tools that make it easier for HVAC contractors to install and maintain low-emissions residential heating and cooling technologies	Buildings	United States	Heating and Cooling	View details
CRecTech Fuels & Chemicals	CRecTech has developed a novel catalytic technology that simplifies the operational process and production cost of converting biogas into bio-methanol, making renewable methanol fuel more affordable for the maritime sector to accelerate their transition toward net zero CO2 emissions.	Transportation	Singapore	Fuels & Chemicals	View details
Dioxycle Fuels and Chemicals	Dioxycle is a company that is converting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into valuable products through low-temperature electrolysis	Manufacturing	France	Fuels and Chemicals	View details
Electroflow Technologies Electrification	Electroflow Technologies is decarbonizing lithium production by using renewable electricity to convert saltwater into battery grade lithium chemicals	Transportation	United States	Electrification	View details
Espiku Electrification	Espiku’s technology concentrates Li-containing brines while also producing clean water and solid salts; this enables cost-competitive mineral extraction with no fouling, no membranes, no liquid discharge, and minimal environmental impact.	Transportation	United States	Electrification	View details
EvolOH Hydrogen	EvolOH (ee VOH loh) is blazing a path toward low-cost, green hydrogen production using innovative electrolyzer materials and hardware	Manufacturing	United States	Hydrogen	View details
Ferrum Technologies Steel	Ferrum is leveraging their unique hydrogen-plasma technology to produce carbon-free steel	Manufacturing	Austria	Steel	View details
Furno Cement	Furno is working to re-envision the way we make cement. Unlike the large, fixed, capital-intensive plants of today, Furno is leveraging oxyfuel combustion and a novel design to develop plants that are more adaptable and energy-efficient, less capital-intensive, and enable the production of zero-emission ordinary Portland cement	Buildings	United States	Cement	View details
Gallox Semiconductors Power Electronics	Gallox Semiconductors is reducing energy waste by improving the efficiency of power conversion through the use of gallium oxide-based transistors and diodes.	Electricity	United States	Power Electronics	View details
Gencores Materials	Gencores produces high-performance and ultra-light composite metamaterials enabling radical improvement in vehicle efficiency.	Transportation	United States	Materials	View details