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?? Big news in Louisiana’s clean energy sector! Future Use of Energy in Louisiana (FUEL) has awarded nearly $900,000 in its first round of Proof-of-Concept funding! ? Five early-stage companies, including Baton Rouge’s own Codegig and Encore CO2, each received $200,000 to push their clean energy innovations toward commercialization. ???? ?? Read more: https://lnkd.in/egXcCwnW #CleanEnergy #Innovation #STEM #LouisianaTech

Exciting news for energy innovation in Louisiana! ? FUEL has awarded nearly $900,000 of first-round investments in Proof-of-Concept funding. FUEL’s Proof-of-Concept (POC) Fund provides capital to early-stage companies to help them get past the Valley of Death and accelerate toward commercial success. ? Congratulations to our awardees: ApplicaRAD Inc. Codegig Inc. Encore CO2 LLC Cavendish Energy LLC Louisiana Tech University, BB&M LLC and Grambling State University! ? Learn more about the awardees: https://lnkd.in/egXcCwnW

Future Use of Energy in Louisiana awards grants to #energy startups in its inaugural Super Pitch competition. Encore CO2 MaxBoring NovaSpark Energy Corporation LSU Institute for Energy Innovation

The Encore CO2 team is growing! We’re excited to welcome Monsuru DAUDA as our Lead R&D Engineer! Monsuru brings extensive experience in CO2 electrolysis, we’re thrilled to have him on board as we continue pushing the boundaries of sustainable manufacturing. Check out this photo of the team at FUEL SuperPitch a couple weeks ago, where we competed and won $50,000. A special thanks to our pitch coach, Abbey Lovett (Kish).

In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), this week the Edward Lowe Foundation launched a new program that accelerates growth for technology-enabled companies. Attending the three-day kickoff retreat in Baton Rouge, participants are second-stage entrepreneurs who are developing new products, services and business ventures that will positively impact Louisiana on both economic and environmental fronts. Innovation?Cohort members include: Chris Meaux of QiMana Inc, John Anders of Levare, LLC, Kellen Francis of Codegig, Tim Keeley of Martin Specialty Coatings and William McGehee of Encore CO2. We’d like to thank Dave Galbenski of the Global School of Entrepreneurship and Dan Ducoté for serving as our Entrepreneurs Emeritus, as well as Patrick Addamus and Stephanie Hartman of LED for joining us and making this cohort possible! #HailEntrepreneur

Encore's team was honored to be invited to Louisiana Innovation Day last week. It's inspiring to be surrounded by so many innovators and leaders here in our home state!

Encore CO2 was selected as one of four companies to compete in the FUEL Super Pitch last week in New Orleans, Louisiana. Thanks for mentioning our innovative technology on Talk 107.3!

#BatonRouge-based Encore CO2 receives grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for #carbon management and utilization.

Encore CO2 recently joined Newlab and GNO Inc. for a conversation about our innovative approach to carbon management. Together, we explored how our technology transforms CO2 emissions into valuable resources and the role Louisiana can play as a leader in sustainable solutions. "Louisiana is my home state, so maybe I’m biased, but I believe it is the perfect place to deploy our technology. Our state is home to hundreds of chemical plants and refineries. 66% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions come from industry—far above the national average of 17% in other states. There’s huge opportunity to decarbonize our state by working with our local industries. For instance, if we could capture and convert all of Louisiana’s industrial CO2, we could offset emissions equivalent to removing 33 million gas-powered vehicles from the road—that’s 11 times the cars registered in our state. The opportunity for impact is massive, both environmentally and economically, right here in our own backyard." - Jordan Losavio, Encore CO2 Stay tuned as we continue to drive impactful conversations about building a cleaner, more sustainable future.

STARTUP ENCORE CO2 AWARDED SBIR GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Baton Rouge, La., December 9, 2024 – Encore CO2 – a climate tech startup – announced today that they were recently awarded a Small Business Innovative Research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will support electrolytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2). “Our team is thrilled to win this award from the NSF” said William McGehee, co-founder of Encore. “Recycling is a much better strategy to reduce CO2 emissions.” The company’s electrolyzer technology transforms CO2 and water into ethanol or vinegar. Ethanol can be used for fuels, disinfectants and many other consumer products including spirits. Vinegar, or acetic acid, can be used as a feedstock for microorganisms that further convert it into proteins or medicines. This is significant because of the enormity of global emissions associated with food production and pharmaceutical manufacturing. “Food and medicine are essential for life, but we can do better when it comes to how we produce them” – McGehee said. The technology stems from research conducted at Louisiana State University. CO2 conversion, also known as utilization, seeks to recycle CO2 and use it as a feedstock for making other carbon-based products. Utilization is an alternative to underground sequestration and can use CO2 captured directly from air (aka Direct Air Capture). “Consumers around the world are becoming more conscientious and are demanding more sustainable, lower-carbon, products” –McGehee said. Encore is benefiting from several grants and is positioning itself to be a leader in high-value products made with low-carbon intensities. With the NSF grant, the group intends to introduce new products such as the “Electra” brand of hard seltzers within the next year. This is just one example of a sustainable product made from CO2 . McGehee believes that proteins and medicines aren’t far behind. Louisiana’s own U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has been an advocate of making products with lower carbon emissions and is seeking to protect domestic production. “Louisiana is leading the way?in?low-emission manufacturing and carbon capture,”?said Dr. Cassidy.?“Investing in?technologies?like?Encore?CO2’s?electrolyzer lays the foundation for?creating jobs and boosting our state’s economy for the future.”