Investing in Advanced Low-Carbon Climate Technologies
A Fortune 500 company was interested in identifying emerging low-carbon technologies (LCTs) and applications where the company could apply its expertise in the high-tech and environmental sectors to bring innovative climate mitigation technologies based on plasmas.1 The overall objective of the consultation was to identify opportunities for the company to invest in, targeting applications and markets generating revenues in the range of USD 200+ million per year.
This required evaluating opportunities created by the Paris Agreement and international greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS), Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs), and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to identify markets that intersected the company’s plasma-based technologies.
The team data-mined the global scientific and intellectual property literature in the energy, transport, construction, waste management, consumer goods, and agriculture sectors to identify the most active and innovative fields making use of plasmas for GHG emissions mitigation. After reviewing technologies having a minimum Technology Readiness Level of seven (TRL 7)2, we selected and prioritized the four most attractive applications for in-depth analysis: plasma-based waste gasification, green hydrogen production, textile treatment, and plasma-based seeds germination.
Using a multi-criteria decision process based on technology differentiation, environmental benefits, market sizes, competitive landscape, synergistic business opportunities, and technology, policy, and business risks, we conducted a second-level due diligence to identify investment opportunities for the company, with a view to acquire innovative startups.
AvaTerra Global works with Fortune 500 corporations and investors to identify new markets and investment opportunities for the development and transfer of low-carbon technologies. Contact us if you would like to learn more.
1Plasma is the fourth state of matter after solid, liquid, and gas, where atoms and molecules are ionized and highly energized, thereby enabling energy-efficient chemical reactions that can contribute to the formation of new materials with a reduced carbon footprint, or the abatement of effluents in hard-to-decarbonize sectors.
2A Technology Readiness Level (TRL) is a technique for measuring the maturity level of a technology. This is measured on a scale of 1 – 9 with each successive level having its own definition showing further maturation of the technology. A TRL of 7 indicates a prototype demonstration has been completed.
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