Synthetic Fuels to Decarbonise Heavy Industry

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Manifesto

The case for synthetic fuels lays out our plan to produce the cheapest synthetic fuels on earth, by utilising the falling cost of solar with low-cost vertically integrated synthetic fuel plants.

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Technology

Rivan’s RNG (renewable natural gas) generator combines 3 core technologies:

1. A calcium-looping DAC system (CO2)

2. An alkaline water electrolyser (H2)

3. A sabatier reactor (CH4)

To produce 99.9% pure synthetic natural gas, which acts as a carbon-neutral drop-in replacement for fossil alternatives.

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Progress

• Sep 25:  Pilot | Achieved GS(M)R grid-specification reactor performance

• May 25:  Pilot | Deployed 100kW reactor

• Apr 25:  Pilot | Deployed 100kW electrolyser

• Feb 25:  Pilot | Deployed 100kW of DC solar panels

• Jan 25:  Leased and received planning permission on decommissioned military base for our pilot

• Oct 24:  Bench-scale demonstrations

• Aug 24:  Built initial team

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Writing

• Why does the UK have high energy prices?

• Rivan achieves GS(M)R grid-specification reactor performance

• How to make DAC cheap

• The quest for £1/kg H2

• Rivan raises £10 million led by Plural

• Rivan over the last 12 months