Qnergy
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1990
- HeadquartersOgden, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Qnergy does
Qnergy, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ogden, Utah, is a climate technology company that has commercialized a Free Piston Stirling Engine (FPSE) for remote power generation and methane abatement. The FPSE is an enclosed, frictionless external combustion system that requires no oil changes or routine maintenance; early units have logged 60,000+ continuous operating hours. Qnergy states it is the only company with a commercial Stirling generator, a capability built around the 2013 acquisition of Infinia Corporation's assets and decades of accumulated engineering talent. Its product portfolio spans the PowerGen series of 600/1200/1800/5650W generators, the Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP/CAP3/CAP Pico) line that replaces methane-venting pneumatic controllers with clean instrument air, the TORCH4 methane destruction system for landfills, and the CLEAR carbon credit program that monetizes verified methane abatement under American Carbon Registry standards. Supporting infrastructure includes the Qnergy Dashboard and API for centralized monitoring and methane reporting, plus add-on modules such as the Glycol Heat Trace Module and the MultiPlex and PowerGen Ex configurations for hazardous or higher-power environments. The company is a subsidiary lineage of Israeli-based Ricor Cryogenic and Vacuum and operates US manufacturing in Utah with local assembly in Calgary, Canada. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, an annual service agreement subscription, a lease-to-own program launched in 2024, and carbon credit transaction fees. Qnergy sells primarily through direct enterprise field sales to oil and gas operators, supplemented by channel partners such as Indratel in Australia. Its served markets are oil and gas (upstream/midstream), landfills and waste management, pipeline operators, and adjacent applications including railway signaling, EV charging, space power, and small nuclear reactors via the Developer Program.
Qnergy firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Qnergy
- Legal name
- Qnergy Inc.
- Website
- https://qnergy.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1990
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Qnergy industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Methane Abatement and Remote Power Generation Hardware
- NAICS
- Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing (333611), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)
- SIC
- Engines & Turbines (3510), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Dispatchable Distributed Generation (Gas Reciprocating Engines, Microturbines) (EUACALAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Pneumatic Components (FRLs, Cylinders, Valves) (IMAHAGAC), Hydraulic, Pneumatic & Fluid Power Systems MRO (Cylinders, Pumps, Valves, Hoses) (TLAKAHAI)
Keywords
Where Qnergy is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Ogden
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Qnergy business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel
Revenue model
- PowerGen Generator Sales: Sale of PowerGen Stirling engine generators available at 600, 1200, 1800, and 5650 watt power levels. Each unit generates reliable remote power from gaseous fuels including natural gas, propane, biogas, and associated gas streams.
- Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP) Systems: Sale of CAP systems that replace methane emissions from pneumatic controllers with clean, dry instrument air. Available in multiple models (CAPF, CAPV, CAPPico, CAPM) for different site requirements.
- TORCH4 System Sales and Lease: TORCH4 methane destruction systems available for lease, sale, or performance-based deployment through carbon credit monetization. Designed for landfills to destroy over 99% of methane emissions.
- Carbon Credits - CLEAR Program: Qnergy's carbon credit program turns closed landfills into climate solutions. Generates verified high-integrity carbon credits under American Carbon Registry (ACR) standards. Credits are shared with landfill owners, creating new income streams. Revenue sharing model between Qnergy and landfill operators.
- Lease-to-Own Program: Full catalog of products available to lease with option to own. Launched in 2024 to help customers deploy methane mitigation solutions while respecting CapEx goals. Flexible transition from OpEx to CapEx.
- Annual Service Agreements: Preventative maintenance programs including annual maintenance, field health checks, and compressor cycle maintenance. Yearly service agreements for PowerGen and Air Pneumatics products.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Annual preventative maintenance service agreements for PowerGen products |
| Other | Multi-year contract | Lease-to-own program for full product suite |
| Other | Multi-year contract | TORCH4 deployment options |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Carbon credit revenue sharing for landfill projects |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
Qnergy product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Qnergy manufactures and sells Free Piston Stirling Engine-based hardware systems for remote power generation and methane emission abatement. Core offerings include the PowerGen Series generators (600/1200/1800/5650W), Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP) for replacing methane-venting pneumatic controllers, and the TORCH4 landfill methane destruction system. The company also sells verified carbon credits via its CLEAR program, supports an annual service agreement subscription, and provides a Dashboard remote-monitoring platform with API integration.
Product overview
Qnergy offers a unified product portfolio anchored by its proprietary Free Piston Stirling Engine technology, which powers all methane abatement and power generation solutions. The core product lines include PowerGen Series (600/1200/1800/5650W generators) for remote power, Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP/CAP3/CAP Pico) for eliminating methane emissions from pneumatic devices, and TORCH4 for landfill methane destruction. Supporting offerings include Carbon Credits under the CLEAR program, Glycol Heat Trace Module for waste heat recovery, and the Qnergy Dashboard platform for remote monitoring and API integration. The MultiPlex and PowerGen Ex variants extend the core generator family for higher power needs and hazardous environments respectively. The Developer Program enables expansion into adjacent markets.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- TORCH4: Self-powered autonomous methane destruction system combining Stirling generator with enclosed flare for landfill applications, achieving 99%+ methane destruction.
- PowerGen
- CAP (Compressed Air Pneumatics)
- CLEAR
- Dashboard
Products and services
- PowerGen Series The PowerGen Series are Free Piston Stirling Engine-based power generators available in 600W, 1200W, 1800W, and 5650W models, designed for mission-critical, off-grid environments. They run on natural gas, propane, biogas, and associated gas streams, with no rotating parts and no routine maintenance, targeting oil & gas operators, pipeline operators, landfills, and railway deployments.
- Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP) CAP systems replace methane emissions from oil & gas pneumatic controllers with clean, dry instrument air. Compatible with on-grid and off-grid sites, they are powered by PowerGen or solar PV (CAP Pico) and feature oil-free redundant duplex compressors (CAP3 family: CAPF, CAPV, CAPM) for long-term reliability at well sites.
- TORCH4 Methane Destruction System TORCH4 is a self-powered, autonomous system that pairs a Stirling generator with an enclosed flare to destroy over 99% of methane emissions from low-flow, low-concentration sources. It is mobile, requires no grid connection, and targets landfill, methane-vapor, and oil & gas sites that conventional solutions cannot serve.
- Carbon Credits (CLEAR Program) The CLEAR program generates high-integrity carbon credits from methane destruction at closed and capped landfills, verified under American Carbon Registry (ACR) standards. Credits are shared with landfill owners, converting environmental liabilities into a revenue stream and enabling performance-based deployment of TORCH4.
- Glycol Heat Trace Module The Glycol Heat Trace Module captures over 50,000 BTU/HR of waste heat from PowerGen Stirling engines to prevent freezing in pipelines and instrumentation, with an adjustable flow rate and a 1.5-gallon fluid reservoir, operating without external power.
Quantifiable outcome
- 100% methane destruction efficiency verified by independent CanERIC testing
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Qnergy
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Qnergy technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Qnergy partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.
- Ogden CitycorePartnership to expand methane abatement at closed landfill in Ogden, Utah. Installation of TORCH4 technology to capture landfill gas and destroy methane. System slated to be operational in 2026. Aligns with City's sustainability efforts.
- IndratelcorePartnership for Australian market expansion. Indratel is a trusted provider of automation, instrumentation, and industrial networking solutions to Australia's energy and infrastructure sectors with more than 35 years of experience.
- Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)strategicThree-year partnership resulting in development of stand-alone, hybrid NanoGrid Power Generation Package based on PowerGen platform. Ideal for EV charging and distributed autonomous resilient charging stations powered by propane.
- Weber County, UtahcoreMethane Destruction System at closed landfill near Weber County Archery Park. Abating more than 95% of methane emissions. Generates carbon credits that fund project and create revenue. First county in Utah to implement such technology.
- Idaho National LabstrategicWorking with Idaho National Lab on MARVEL small nuclear reactor project. Qnergy technology being applied to support customers in space power and small nuclear reactor markets.
- CanERIC (Canada Emission Reduction Innovation Consortium)strategicSponsored independent competitive testing (Electrical Generation Technology Showdown) validating Qnergy's superior 100% methane destruction performance against five other technology providers.
- Maryland Environmental ServicestrategicFirst landfill deployment at Midshore I Landfill in Easton, MD. Partnership with Maryland Energy Administration's OPEN Energy program. Transforms up to 550 annual tons of CO2 equivalent of flared methane into useful energy.
- TotalEnergiescoreEnterprise customer deploying 400+ CAP systems in Barnett field. Target of 7,000+ tons of methane abated per year. Demonstrates technology at scale in major oil & gas operator.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Qnergy competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Capstone Green Energy: Capstone manufactures microturbines (30kW-1MW) for distributed generation from natural gas, biogas and associated gas, targeting oil & gas, landfill, and remote power use cases directly overlapping Qnergy's PowerGen and TORCH4 applications. Both companies convert gaseous fuel into electricity at distributed sites with low-maintenance value propositions.
- INNIO Jenbacher: INNIO's Jenbacher gas engines deliver distributed power generation from natural gas and biogas for industrial, oil & gas, and landfill gas applications worldwide. Jenbacher competes with Qnergy's PowerGen in the 600W-5kW niche but also offers larger-scale units, making it a relevant direct peer in gas-fired distributed power for methane abatement and CHP.
Emerging players
- Mainspring Energy: Mainspring's linear generator technology provides fuel-flexible, low-emission distributed power (natural gas, biogas, propane) targeting commercial, industrial and utility customers. It addresses the same core customer pain as Qnergy PowerGen (reliable low-emission on-site generation) using a different prime-mover architecture, making it an emerging competitor in distributed gas generation.
- ClearSign Technologies: ClearSign develops low-emission burner and flare technology to reduce methane slip and NOx from industrial combustion processes, including landfill gas flaring. Its enclosed-flare and combustion technology overlaps with Qnergy's TORCH4 landfill methane destruction product line, addressing the same landfill and oil & gas operator pain points.
- Capterio: Capterio is a methane emissions management company that acquires, develops, and operates stranded gas and flare gas assets globally to reduce venting and flaring. Capterio addresses the same methane abatement problem as Qnergy from an asset operator angle rather than equipment manufacturer, but competes for the same landfill and upstream gas capture opportunities.
Broad incumbents
- Solar Turbines (Caterpillar): Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar subsidiary, produces gas turbine generator sets (1-22+ MW) for oil & gas, industrial and power generation customers globally. It overlaps with Qnergy at the larger end of distributed gas-fired generation and shares the same oil & gas customer base, but at substantially higher power output than Qnergy's sub-20kW units.
- Caterpillar (CAT): Caterpillar manufactures gas generator sets and electric power solutions through its Energy & Transportation segment, serving oil & gas, mining, and utility customers. Cat gas gensets compete broadly with Qnergy PowerGen in remote and standby applications for the same enterprise buyer, though at a wider power range and as part of a much broader industrial portfolio.
- Cummins Inc. Cummins Power Generation offers natural gas and diesel generator sets for prime, standby, and continuous power across industrial, oil & gas, and data center customers. Like Qnergy, Cummins targets remote and mission-critical applications but operates as a much broader incumbent across multiple fuel types and much larger power outputs.
- Generac Holdings: Generac is a leading manufacturer of power generation equipment including natural gas and propane generators for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Its industrial gas generator portfolio competes with Qnergy PowerGen in distributed generation, particularly for facilities seeking propane or natural gas standby/prime power.
Regional players
- Clarke Energy: Clarke Energy is a specialist distributor and integrator of INNIO Jenbacher and MWM gas engines for distributed power, CHP, and biogas applications across Europe, Africa, Australia and the Middle East. As Qnergy's Australian partner Indratel plays a comparable role, Clarke Energy serves as a relevant regional channel comparator for gas-engine distributed generation outside North America.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Qnergy leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles14 records
Qnergy funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors3 records
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Qnergy M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Qnergy
What does Qnergy do?
Qnergy manufactures and sells Free Piston Stirling Engine-based hardware systems for remote power generation and methane emission abatement. Core offerings include the PowerGen Series generators (600/1200/1800/5650W), Compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP) for replacing methane-venting pneumatic controllers, and the TORCH4 landfill methane destruction system. The company also sells verified carbon credits via its CLEAR program, supports an annual service agreement subscription, and provides a Dashboard remote-monitoring platform with API integration.
Is Qnergy a public or private company?
Qnergy is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Qnergy founded?
Qnergy was founded in 1990. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Qnergy based?
Qnergy is headquartered in Ogden, United States, in the North America region.
How does Qnergy make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. PowerGen Generator Sales are the primary driver. The others are compressed Air Pneumatics (CAP) Systems, TORCH4 System Sales and Lease, carbon Credits - CLEAR Program, lease-to-Own Program and annual Service Agreements.
Who are Qnergy's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Capstone Green Energy and INNIO Jenbacher. Emerging players are Mainspring Energy, ClearSign Technologies and Capterio. Broad incumbents are Solar Turbines (Caterpillar), Caterpillar (CAT), Cummins Inc. and Generac Holdings. Clarke Energy is listed as a regional player.
Does Qnergy have an API?
Yes. Qnergy offers an API for its Dashboard platform that enables customers to integrate methane emissions data and system performance data into their existing software tools. The API provides real-time data access, enhanced monitoring capabilities, and cross-platform compatibility. Key features include: access to real-time data between hardware systems, comprehensive visibility of Qnergy systems for proactive maintenance and optimization, and seamless integration with existing software infrastructures. Communication protocol used is Modbus TCP/IP.
What industry is Qnergy in?
Qnergy's product category is Methane Abatement and Remote Power Generation Hardware. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUACALAI, Dispatchable Distributed Generation (Gas Reciprocating Engines, Microturbines), with a secondary code of IMAHAGAC, Pneumatic Components (FRLs, Cylinders, Valves). Its NAICS code is 333611 and its SIC code is 3510.