Human civilization has witnessed steady growth since the early days of hunters and gatherers. But the last century, and the one before that, inspired some rapid changes in the way people look, do business, innovate, and move. This evolution is a drastic one and its credit goes to fossil fuels.
But it has its downsides. Fossil fuels release carbon in the air, which pollutes the environment and increases the global temperature. In 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed that preventing the surging heat and limiting it within 1.5c rise within the next 12 years should be the primary focus of all countries. However, it requires a massive cut in the consumption of fossil fuels. Does that mean a reversal in the growth of civilization? Surely not. There are alternatives like biofuels and renewable energies.
NextFuel saw this as an opportunity and their plans earned them grants from the Austrian government and the European Union to deliver technologies that would transform “plant matter – grasses and the byproduct of agricultural produce – into fuel.”
The Working Process
NextFuel’s working method includes technology that involves “CO2 rich energy crops like elephant grass, or bagasse from sugar canes, as raw material.” These grasses are excellent resources as they can grow “4 meters in 100 days on marginal land, thereby giving us several crops to harvest each year.”
NextFuel forms a kind of briquette from the grass to produce fuel in just 30 minutes using state-of-the-art technology. It is CO2 negative and is perfect for supporting the infrastructural needs of the day. At the same time, it is cheaper than fossil fuel and requires no structural change in engines, which makes it a formidable contestant for fossil fuels.
The Coming Days
With a humble, yet impacting beginning in Stockholm, NextFuel has now branched out to Oslo and Vienna. But the company is making distinguished moves in transforming fuel consumption patterns. It has expanded its wings in Europe, Africa, and South America.
Audun Sommerli Time, the CMO of NextFurel, has a huge hand in taking the market ahead. With his extensive knowledge in the PR agencies, he now plans moves and designs campaigns for NextFuel. It is essential to build awareness and expand the company’s reach in their new-found footholds across continents. NextFuel’s direction is right and its steps to building impacting technologies are bearing fruits that would bolster developments to reduce carbon footprint.
