Clearfuels Technology

Name

Clearfuels Technology

Website

https://clearfuels.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Unknown

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ClearFuels Technology is a privately held clean energy company founded in 1998 in Aiea, Hawaii, developing thermo-chemical conversion processes to transform renewable cellulosic biomass feedstocks into synthesis gas (syngas) for biofuels and renewable chemicals applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Biofuels / Biomass-to-Syngas Conversion

NAICS

Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing (325194), Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117)

akta.pro primary industry

Gasification & Pyrolysis-to-Power (Waste/Biomass Advanced Thermal) (EUACAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Syngas & Hydrogen Feedstocks (SMR/ATR, Refinery/Petrochem H2) (EUALAHAE), Cellulosic Biofuels & Renewable Fuels (2G ethanol, SAF intermediates) (IMAMALAA)

Keywords

• Renewable biofuels
• Biomass gasification
• Syngas production
• Thermo-chemical conversion
• Cellulosic biofuels

Headquarters

HQ city

Aiea

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

ClearFuels Technology is engaged in the thermo-chemical conversion of renewable cellulosic biomass feedstocks into synthesis gas (syngas). The company produces syngas as a renewable intermediate that can be upgraded into biofuels, biochemicals, or used for power generation, targeting industrial and energy-sector buyers seeking non-fossil, non-food feedstocks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renewable Synthesis Gas (Syngas) from Cellulosic Biomass

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Range Fuels: Range Fuels developed thermo-chemical biomass gasification to produce syngas and convert it to renewable fuels (initially methanol, then ethanol). It is the closest historical direct peer to ClearFuels, sharing both the cellulosic feedstock base and syngas intermediate strategy. (Note: Range Fuels filed for bankruptcy in 2011, illustrating the sector's commercialization risk.)
• Coskata: Coskata developed a hybrid thermochemical-biological process to convert biomass and other feedstocks into syngas and then ethanol. Its core premise of biomass-to-syngas conversion closely parallels ClearFuels' technology pathway, and it serves similar cellulosic biofuel end markets.
• Primus Green Energy: Primus Green Energy (now part of Zeton) commercialized gas-to-liquids technology using biomass-derived syngas to produce gasoline, jet fuel, and naphtha. It shares ClearFuels' cellulosic-biomass-to-syngas foundation and downstream fuels orientation.
• LanzaTech: LanzaTech uses gas-fermentation technology to convert syngas (from biomass gasification, steel-mill off-gases, and other sources) into ethanol and other chemicals. It is a direct peer in the cellulosic-biomass-to-syngas-to-fuels category and competes for similar DOE and strategic investor capital.
• Ineos Bio: Ineos Bio operated commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel facilities using gasification of biomass to syngas followed by fermentation to ethanol. It is a direct comparable in feedstock, conversion pathway, and downstream product.

Emerging players

• Envergent Technologies: Envergent Technologies (a joint venture of Ensyn and UOP) deployed fast pyrolysis of cellulosic biomass to produce a bio-oil intermediate used for heat, power, and refining. It is comparable to ClearFuels in targeting cellulosic biomass conversion to a downstream-refinable intermediate, though via pyrolysis rather than gasification.
• Velocys: Velocys develops Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactor technology to convert syngas (including biomass-derived) into renewable diesel and jet fuel. It is comparable to ClearFuels as a downstream consumer of biomass-derived syngas for fuel production.
• SunFire: SunFire develops reverse-water-gas-shift and Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce synthetic fuels from CO2 and renewable syngas. While its primary feed is CO2/H2 rather than biomass, it is comparable in producing syngas-derived renewable fuels and competing for similar decarbonization capital.
• Synthos Bio (formerly TeselaGen, Kiverdi predecessor): Companies in the biomass-to-syngas-to-products category (e.g., earlier Kiverdi-era ventures and related synthetic-biology players) overlap with ClearFuels in using syngas as a feedstock bridge between cellulosic biomass and downstream fuels/chemicals. Included as an adjacent emerging player in the same upstream gasification-to-product pathway.

Broad incumbents

• Haldor Topsoe: Haldor Topsoe is a broad industrial catalyst and process technology incumbent with deep expertise in syngas production, gasification, hydroprocessing, and renewable fuels. It overlaps with ClearFuels in the syngas-generation and upgrading capability space, though it operates across a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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