Newlight Technologies
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| industry = Climate technology, carbon sequestration
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| foundation = {{start date|2003}}{{cite web|title=Newlight Technologies Website: Company|url=http://newlight.com/company/|website=newlight.com|access-date=26 December 2014}} in California, United States of America{{cite web|title=Newlight Website: Contact Us|url=http://newlight.com/contact/|website=newlight.com|access-date=26 December 2014}}
| founders = Mark Herrema, Kenton Kimmel
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| location = 14382 Astronautics Dr, Huntington Beach, CA 92647, USA
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| key_people = Mark Herrema, CEO; Kenton Kimmel, CTO
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Newlight Technologies is a company based in Huntington Beach, California, known for carbon sequestration into materials and products. The company is headquartered and manufactures in Huntington Beach, CA, and staffs over 200 employees.
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.{{cite journal|last1=Bogo|first1=Jennifer|last2=Gertz|first2=Emily|title=Plastic from Thin Air|journal=Popular Science|date=December 2014|volume=285|issue=6|page=024|url=http://bestofwhatsnew.popsci.com/newlight-technologies-aircarbon|access-date=26 December 2014}} From there, the methane is mixed with air and interacts with enzymes to form a polymer trademarked as Aircarbon.{{cite web|last1=Lippman|first1=Daniel|title=Can Plastic Be Made Environmentally Friendly?|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-plastic-be-made-environmentally-friendly/|publisher=Scientific American|website=scientificamerican.com|access-date=26 December 2014|date=29 January 2014}} According to Popular Science, the material 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. Newlight Technologies has also commercialized its own lines of carbon-negative eyewear and foodware, formerly known as Covalent and Restore.{{cite web|last1=Holmes|first1=Dave|title=A Better Solution to Our Plastic Straw Problem Is Here, Thanks to Some Seriously Strange Science|url=https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a34127608/newlight-covalent-restore-straws-leather-goods-review/|publisher=Esquire|website=esquire.com|access-date=19 May 2023|date=24 September 2020}}
Recognition
In 2014, AirCarbon was named Popular Science's Innovation of the Year, and in 2016, Aircarbon was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. EPA.{{cite journal|last1=Ransom|first1=Cliff|title=A Vision of Tomorrow|journal=Popular Science|date=December 2014|volume=285|issue=6|page=008|url=http://www.popsci.com/article/science/editors-letter-december-2014-issue-popular-science|access-date=26 December 2014}}{{cite web|title=Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge: 2016|url=https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/presidential-green-chemistry-challenge-2016-designing-greener-chemicals-and-specific/|publisher=US EPA|website=epa.gov|access-date=19 May 2023|date=3 May 2023}}
References
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- {{cite book|author1=Carol Lin|author2=Rafael Luque|author3=George Kraus|author4=Yuan Kou|title=Renewable Resources for Biorefineries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Jk5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA196|date=4 August 2014|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-1-84973-898-9|page=5}}
- {{cite book|author=Nazim Muradov|title=Liberating Energy from Carbon: Introduction to Decarbonization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeS5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA338|date=7 April 2014|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4939-0545-4|page=338}}
Category:Carbon capture and storage
Category:Technology companies based in Greater Los Angeles
Category:Companies based in Irvine, California
Category:Renewable resource companies established in 2003
Category:Technology companies established in 2003