Syngas Challenge Comes to UC Davis’ Big Bang! Business Competition : Waste Gasification Firm Sierra Energy Stumps Up $10k Big Bang! Prize
Davis, California based waste gasification technology firm, Sierra Energy, is to award a new $10,000 prize in this year’s University of California Davis’ Big Bang! Business Competition for the most innovative venture focused on synthesis gas solutions.
The company explained that synthesis gas is a fuel gas mixture consisting primarily of hydrogen and carbon monoxide which has commercial application for re-processing into hydrogen fuel, biodiesel, ammonia and other industrial gases, fuels and molecules.
According to Sierra, innovations in technology have enabled the creation of synthesis gas from renewable sources, such as agricultural waste and municipal solid waste. It said that that this affords the opportunity to offset the mining and use of fossil fuels and virgin materials.
The company said that the Syngas Challenge Award will encourages the competing teams to think outside the traditional and demonstrated applications and to identify new ways of using renewable resources to power society.
“The timing is serendipitous,” Justis said. “The Big Bang! is celebrating its 15th year, and given the focus on climate issues at the international, national and state levels, we anticipate that clean energy will begin a comeback. More than 100 aspiring entrepreneurs attended our Big Bang! kickoff in October. We’re looking forward to another amazing competition focused on the best new innovations coming out of UC Davis.”
Sierra Energy founder Mike Hart added: “We are excited to sponsor the Syngas Challenge, which will encourage UC Davis’ talent and innovation to spur the development of profitable, net-carbon negative fuels, chemicals and fertilizers in California.”
The Syngas Challenge is one of a number of sponsored prizes in this year’s competition. In all, the Big Bang! will award more than $60,000 in prize money to winning teams in May. Teams must have at least one UCD member (student, staff or alumnus) or an approved affiliate member.
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