Newlight Technologies
| Industry | Plastics, carbon sequestration |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 (2003) in California, United States of America |
| Founders | Mark Herrema, Kenton Kimmel |
| Headquarters | 14382 Astronautics Dr, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA |
Key people |
Mark Herrema, CEO; Kenton Kimmel, CTO; Evan Creelman, COO |
| Website | newlight |
Newlight Technologies is a company based in Irvine, California known for carbon sequestration into plastics.
History and corporate affairs
As 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
Currently, Newlight captures methane from a dairy farm in California. The methane is transported to a bioreactor. From there, the methane is mixed with air and interacts with enzymes to form a polymer trademarked as AirCarbon. According to Popular Science, the plastic performs similarly to most oil-based plastics but costs less to produce. AirCarbon has already been contracted for use in desk chairs, computer packaging, and smart phone cases.
Recognition
In 2013, AirCarbon was named the bio-material of the year by the International Conference on Bio-based Plastics and Composites. In 2014, AirCarbon was named Popular Science's Innovation of the Year.
- 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.