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Reframing Aluminum As a Sustainable Energy Source: Insights from Peter Godart, Co-Founder and CEO of Found Energy

Hardware to Save a Planet · 14 Sept 2023 · 40m · Episode 35

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Peter Godart, Co-Founder and CEO of Found Energy, explains how his company uses aluminum as a high-density, carbon-free energy carrier to replace fossil fuels. He details the chemical process of reacting aluminum with water to generate hydrogen and heat, enabling the recycling of mixed aluminum waste into a usable fuel source. Godart discusses the technical challenges of managing multi-phase reactions in Found Energy's compact megawatt-scale reactors and the company's strategy to decarbonize the aluminum supply chain by turning smelters into 'big primary battery chargers.'

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