About Us
Electro-Active Technologies was spun out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory based on research done under funding from DOE-EERE BioEnergy Technology Office awarded to ORNL under the CHASE (Carbon, Hydrogen and Separations Efficiency) FOA. Co-founder Abhijeet Borole had been working in the area of bioelectrochemical systems for many years and had the idea to use microbial electrolysis to use biofuel waste in order to make hydrogen for use in the process. Co-founder Dr. Alex Lewis was brought in as a PhD student to help advance this technology, and through this work they developed a system capable of converting almost any organic waste stream into protons and electrons using a robust 'electroactive' microbial community. The success at laboratory-scale sparked the founding of Electro-Active Technologies in August of 2017 by Dr. Alex Lewis and Dr. Abhijeet Borole. At this time, biorefineries were still struggling to develop, and so Electro-Active Technologies turned their attention to a more pressing problem and opportunity: food waste.
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In the News
Electro-Active announces support from the California Energy Commission to develop a novel, clean hydrogen technology that converts organic waste into low carbon hydrogen.
CEO Alex Lewis presented at the NREL Innovation Showcase on the impact Electro-Active's waste to hydrogen process can have on decarbonization.
Dr. Borole will present an overview on biohydrogen technologies at the upcoming United Nations’ FAO Webinar series.
DOE grant award to Southern Company gas, Electro-Active Technologies Inc., and T2M Global to advance a technology for production of clean hydrogen from waste
Electro-Active accepted into NY Manufacturing Accelerator: Scale for ClimateTech
Electro-Active Technologies selected for CleanTech Pitch Competition and Award Show - Low Carbon Generation
Electro-Active Technologies selected as finalist for Startup Day 2020
Electro-Active Technologies pitches as part of DOE LEEP Demo-Day 2020
Co-founder Abhijeet Borole speaks on waste to value panel at CleanTech 2020
Panel Discussion on Renewable Hydrogen Technologies - A webinar organized by Boundless Impact
Electro-Active licenses organic waste to hydrogen technology
Electro-Active pitches at IndieBio Demo Day #8
Electro-Active Technologies selected as winner in this year’s TechConnect Innovation Awards
Electro-Active Technologies invited to participate at CES 2019 in collaboration with ENGIE and NREL
Co-founder Abhijeet Borole featured in Biofuels Digest for renewable hydrogen
