Newlight Technologies is a company based in Huntington Beach, California, known for carbon sequestration into materials and products. The company is headquartered and manufactures in Huntington Beach, CA, and staffs over 200 employees.
| Industry | Climate technology, carbon sequestration |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003[1] in California, United States of America[2] |
| Founders | Mark Herrema, Kenton Kimmel[1] |
| Headquarters | 14382 Astronautics Dr, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA[2] |
Key people | Mark Herrema, CEO; Kenton Kimmel, CTO[1] |
| Website | newlight |
History and corporate affairs
editAs of October 2020, Newlight Technologies has one facility located in Huntington Beach, California, which serves as its headquarters, R&D, operations, and manufacturing facility.
Technology
editCurrently, Newlight captures methane from a dairy farm in California.[3] The methane is transported to a bioreactor.[3] From there, the methane is mixed with air and interacts with enzymes to form a polymer trademarked as Aircarbon.[3][4] According to Popular Science, the material performs similarly to most oil-based plastics but costs less to produce.[3] Aircarbon has already been contracted for use in desk chairs, computer packaging, and smart phone cases.[3] Newlight Technologies has also commercialized its own lines of carbon-negative eyewear and foodware, formerly known as Covalent and Restore.[5]
Recognition
editIn 2014, AirCarbon was named Popular Science's Innovation of the Year, and in 2016, Aircarbon was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. EPA.[3][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Newlight Technologies Website: Company". newlight.com. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Newlight Website: Contact Us". newlight.com. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Bogo, Jennifer; Gertz, Emily (December 2014). "Plastic from Thin Air". Popular Science. 285 (6): 024. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Lippman, Daniel (29 January 2014). "Can Plastic Be Made Environmentally Friendly?". scientificamerican.com. Scientific American. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Holmes, Dave (24 September 2020). "A Better Solution to Our Plastic Straw Problem Is Here, Thanks to Some Seriously Strange Science". esquire.com. Esquire. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Ransom, Cliff (December 2014). "A Vision of Tomorrow". Popular Science. 285 (6): 008. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2016". epa.gov. US EPA. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- Carol Lin; Rafael Luque; George Kraus; Yuan Kou (4 August 2014). Renewable Resources for Biorefineries. Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-84973-898-9.
- Nazim Muradov (7 April 2014). Liberating Energy from Carbon: Introduction to Decarbonization. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-4939-0545-4.