TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy Stanford University

Circularity Fuels makes fossil-free hydrocarbon fuels and chemical feedstocks from abundant carbon and renewable energy. Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/circularity-fuels

Circularity Fuels With the rise of curtailed renewables and natural hydrogen, there is increasing availability of stranded clean energy. Hydrocarbon fuels are high-density energy molecules for which extensive spare transportation capacity already exists within the USA. We have therefore designed and built reactors th...

Join us for a one-hour webinar featuring three of our Innovation Transfer teams. They will talk about the sustainability problems they are tackling, the technologies underpinning their solutions, and new developments for their products.

August 28, 2024 @ 4pm Pacific
Register and attend through Zoom

https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9qCC9HmVQGKCg3t6e2k4QA #/

Presentations from:

Tomo Kumahira and Ryo Takanashi, Risk Lab
Mizu Risk Lab offers AI-enabled water risk analytics for agriculture.

Sankalp Banerjee, Energy
Insitu Energy helps fossil fuel asset owners optimally transition to zero-carbon alternatives

Krish Mehta and Jorge Osio-Norgaard, Materials
Phoenix Materials decarbonizes concrete by using refined industrial waste additives.

Mobius Solutions works to automate recycling supply chains for companies, to help turn their waste into an asset. Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/mobius

Mizu Risk Lab offers AI-enabled water risk analytics for agriculture. With their technology, they plan to drive the transition to a climate-resilient food system.

Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/mizu-risk-lab

Mizu Risk Lab Agriculture accounts for 70% of human freshwater use and 80% reliant on rainfalls. Climate change shifts weather patterns including rainfalls globally and jeopardizes food security through water. Although trillions of dollars of food and agriculture businesses and assets are exposed, the industry do...

NatureAssets unlocks nature-based solutions investments for companies. Examples include the restoration of wetlands, implementation of agroforestry or green roofs and rain gardens.
Learn more here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/natureassets

NatureAssets Increasingly, nature-based solutions (NbS) are being acknowledged for their capacity to enhance an asset’s resilience and value. NbS leverage the capabilities of functioning ecosystems to sequester carbon, enhance biodiversity, and provide disaster risk resilience, all while being cost-effective a...

FLOWS Energy designs and operates biogas-based microgrids to supercharge energy recovery from organic wastes. Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/flows-energy

FLOWS Energy Biogas is the methane-rich byproduct of organic matter decomposing in the absence of oxygen. When leaked or flared, biogas is a dangerous pollutant that accelerates climate change. When captured and purified, it can be used to generate carbon-neutral electricity or renewable natural gas. FLOWS uses....

Phoenix Materials decarbonizes concrete by refining industrial waste. Learn more about one of our newest Innovation Transfer teams here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/phoenix-materials

Phoenix Materials Coal power plants are shutting down. While great for the climate, it means coal ash production has fallen. Today, coal ash replaces 30% of cement to make concrete.  As ash production continues to fall, cement consumption, and therefore cost and CO2 emissions, increases. Globally, by 2050 there will...

Register now! TomKat Center Innovation Showcase on 8/28 -

Register now! TomKat Center Innovation Showcase on 8/28 Join us for a one-hour webinar featuring three of our Innovation Transfer teams. They will talk about the sustainable energy problems they are tackling, the technologies underpinning their solutions, and new developments for their products.  August 28, 2024 @ 4pm Pacific Presentations from: Tomo K...

Driving Data for Maximum Efficiency: Predicting the road ahead for vehicle fleets with machine learning. Learn more about FLIP (Fleet Logistics Intelligence Platform) in our spotlight article:

https://tomkat.stanford.edu/news/driving-data-maximum-efficiency

Driving Data for Maximum Efficiency Predicting the road ahead for vehicle fleets with machine learning.

Agrivoltaics Startups Okovate And Fundusol Form Partnership

Congrats to Fundusol, LLC.!

Agrivoltaics Startups Okovate And Fundusol Form Partnership Okovate Sustainable Energy has announced a partnership with Fundusol aimed at accelerating the nationwide adoption of crop-integrated agrivoltaics. This collaboration will leverage...

Check out our newest Spotlight Article! Drilling down: How optimizing mineral discovery can enable an electrified future.

Drilling down How optimizing mineral discovery can enable an electrified future.

Register for our virtual TomKat Center Winter 2024 Innovation Showcase!
https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_e15eL8vsSfSGAoqMj_BIpA #/registration

This showcase will feature AI-enabled Sustainability Solutions - a few of our Innovation Transfer teams will talk about the sustainable energy problems they are tackling, the technologies underpinning their solutions, and new developments for their products.

This Thursday!
February 29, 2024
4pm to 5pm Pacific Time

ReSource Chemical’s proprietary technology can produce economically competitive commodity plastics using CO2. Watch the video: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer-program-10-year-videos/resource-chemical-corp

Solar-Powered Farming: can farmers leverage the sun twice over, and protect vital farmland?

Read more about Fundusol's mission to reduce the burdens facing American farmers through a data-driven approach: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/news/solar-powered-farming

Solar-Powered Farming There is a dark side to commercial solar farms, one that Michael Bendok, ’25, says is rarely discussed openly in the industry. Because crops and solar panels thrive in similar conditions—wide, sunny fields—much of America’s best farmland is being turned over to utility-scale photovoltaic ope...

Sustainability Graduate Fellowship & Other Opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp/6ae310acca8c/sustainable-energy-grants-opportunities-6688454

energyStartup Internship & Sustainability Opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp/c84f755e3690/sustainable-energy-grants-opportunities-6686574

TomKat Solutions Program & Sustainability Opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp/fcb671927896/sustainable-energy-grants-opportunities-6682326

Congrats to newly awarded Electroflow, and welcome to the Innovation Transfer family! Electroflow uses renewable electricity to convert saltwater into zero-carbon, battery grade lithium chemicals. Learn more about them here: https://lnkd.in/g7Sy8FUp

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Cuberg is expanding electric mobility with their novel, ultra-lightweight and safe next-generation lithium metal batteries. Watch the video:
https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer-program-10-year-videos/cuberg

10 years of TomKat's Innovation Transfer Program! - https://mailchi.mp/8db65400929a/sustainable-energy-grants-opportunities-6278868

KitSwitch is solving for the affordable housing demand with a sustainability built Integrated off-site manufactured kit of parts to adaptively turn underutilized commercial buildings into affordable housing. Watch the video:
https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer-program-10-year-videos/kitswitch

Congrats to BEAM, another recent TomKat Innovation Transfer awardees! Beam's smart, high-efficiency, electric heating system provides individualized comfort to people in all environments while making operations seamless. Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/beam

BEAM Beam is on a mission to revolutionize how we heat people. Nearly 20% of US GHG emissions come from building heating operations and our current ways of providing comfort - heating entire spaces as a way to heat people. According to the IEA, 2.5 Gt of direct CO2 emissions come from building heat and $...

Congrats to Terra AI, one of our most recent TomKat Innovation Transfer awardees! Terra AI is improving critical resource development with advanced intelligent systems. Learn more about them here: https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer/terra-ai

Terra AI Terra AI is building an AI platform for modeling and optimization of large-scale natural resource developments. Terra’s systems can service projects in critical mineral production, renewable energy generation, and low-carbon subsurface reservoir management and can improve all project phases from f...

ReMatter optimizes recycling with its digital platform that manages scrap yard inventory, logistics, monetary transactions, reporting, and analytics. Watch the video:
https://tomkat.stanford.edu/innovation-transfer-program-10-year-videos/rematter

Antora Energy offers a green bridge to span the intermittency of renewable energy with its inexpensive, long-duration industrial heat and energy storage technology. Watch the video:
https://lnkd.in/g9Pqy_7W

10 years of deploying sustainability solutions! The Innovation Transfer Program has awarded over 100 grants and seeded a robust sustainability startup ecosystem at Stanford. Read about the program and our awardees below!
https://tomkat.stanford.edu/news/igniting-innovation

Some companies featured: Aurora Solar, Antora Energy, Cuberg, KitSwitch, ReMatter, ReSource, Scope Zero, FarmRaise, TruckLabs, Citrine Informatics, ClearMetal

Scope Zero developed an employee benefit called a carbon savings account (CSA) that reduces employees’ emissions and boosts corporate sustainability goals. Watch the video to learn more.

https://lnkd.in/gVxiVbc5

Excited to share this video featuring Aurora Solar. One of TomKat’s first Innovation Transfer awardees is now the solar design software leader.

https://lnkd.in/eid8AjHi