Procter & Gamble

Echogen Power Systems

Echogen Power systems was founded in 2007 and develops waste heat recovery, electro-thermal energy storage (ETES), and high temperature heat pumps.

Footprint

Footprint are a molded fiber packaging manufacturer, who developed a bio-based barrier coating for food packaging applications.

Digimarc

Digimarc is a software company specializing in product digitalization, servicing the consumer packed goods industry.

Danimer Scientific

Danimer Scientific produces Nodax, a portfolio of biobased and biodegradable polyesters.

Where Will You See Chemically Recycled Plastic Products?

Chemical recycling end-of-life plastic has its champions and its critics. IDTechEx does not believe these advanced recycling solutions are the much-promised silver bullet, but nor do they think they have no role to play in a circular economy.

Kaneka (Biodegradable Polymer)

Kaneka is a mulitnational chemicals manufacturer that produce a biodegradable, bio-based polymer.

Tepha (BD)

Tepha, owned by BD, are a manufacturer of polyhydroxyalkanote (PHA) material for biomedical applications such as surgical sutures and meshes.

Graphitic Energy (Formerly C-Zero)

Graphitic Energy (Formerly C-Zero) is a US-based start-up that is developing a methane pyrolysis process utilizing molten salts.

FCCC: Electric Trucks

Daimler Truck subsidiary Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) manufacture petrol, diesel, and alternative-fuel chassis for medium-duty pick up and delivery markets.

Twelve Corporation

Twelve — formerly Opus 12 — is a start-up based in Berkeley, California, developing methods for electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into chemical inputs.

Ottonomy — Robotic Airport and Kerbside Delivery

IDTechEx had an interview with Ritukar Vijay, Founder and CEO at Ottonomy. Ottonomy is a robotics company providing services of airport and kerbside delivery. To date, the company has raised US$1.4 million in funding, and the company employs 25 people as of March 2022.

Grid Storage: Constant Change Ahead

The US Department of Energy's paper, "Grid Operational Impacts of Widespread Storage Deployment" analyzes requirements to 2050. It variously calculates 1.3 TWh required to just over 6.0 TWh in its 94% renewable electricity, Zero Carbon scenario. Earlier, other researchers calculated 80% wind and solar will require 5.4 TWh of energy storage so it is obvious that huge amounts of storage are needed. Even that is with massive over-production and therefore curtailment - electricity only being generated 10% to 20% of the time on average. Polluting peaker plants only have 11% capacity factor so, on that model, bad replaces bad in that respect.