BESI

What BESI does

BESI is a woman-owned, private engineering company founded in 2007 and headquartered in University Park, Illinois. The company develops and deploys technology services and platforms for alternative and renewable energy projects, with a portfolio centered on three sustainability platforms: the proprietary TurnW2E Gasification System (a rotary-kiln reactor that converts mixed waste streams including plastics, biomass, MSW, tires, and PFAS-contaminated biosolids into clean synthesis gas), a Greenhouse Gas Solutions platform that captures methane and CO2 at source and converts them to methanol and industrial products, and an Atmospheric Water Harvesting Membrane System that extracts clean drinking water from ambient air. BESI operates primarily as an R&D and engineering services organization, offering sustainability consultation, applied research, engineering and process design, prototype delivery, technology laboratory design, and technology licensing. Commercial supply and development is channeled through a partnership with Core Sustainable.

Name

BESI

Legal name

BESI

Website

https://besiusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BESI is a woman-owned engineering firm that develops and licenses proprietary waste-to-energy, greenhouse gas capture, and atmospheric water harvesting technologies, primarily under US Department of Defense contracts, with global commercialization through its Core Sustainable partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste-to-Energy Technology and Sustainability Engineering

NAICS

Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512), Chemical Manufacturing (325), Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567), Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste Gasification (MSW/RDF/biomass-to-syngas) (EUAAAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Waste-to-Energy (Non-Hazardous Process Wastes) (EUACAIAI)

Keywords

• Waste-to-energy systems
• Gasification technology
• Atmospheric water harvesting
• Greenhouse gas conversion
• Sustainability engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

University Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BESI develops and deploys proprietary waste-to-energy and sustainability technology platforms, anchored by its TurnW2E® rotary-kiln gasification system that converts diverse mixed waste streams into clean synthesis gas. The company provides applied research, engineering and process design, prototype delivery, technology laboratory design, sustainability consultation, and commercial technology licensing for government, defense, academic, municipal, and industrial clients.

Product overview

BESI offers a portfolio of sustainability technology platforms and services centered on its proprietary TurnW2E® Gasification System as the core product. The company provides integrated sustainability solutions including Greenhouse Gas Solutions for methane capture and conversion, Water Production using atmospheric harvesting membrane technology, and an Education and Academic Platform for workforce development. These platforms are supported by professional services including Sustainability Consultation, Applied Research, Engineering & Development, Commercial Licensing Technology Transfer, Prototype Delivery, and Technology Laboratory Design. BESI primarily serves US DoD, municipalities, industrial facilities, and commercial clients with solutions for waste management, energy production, water security, and emissions reduction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TurnW2E® Gasification System Proprietary rotary-kiln gasification platform that converts diverse carbon-containing materials (municipal solid waste, plastics, biomass, tires, industrial waste) into clean synthesis gas for heat, power, fuels, and microgrid integration, with maximum feedstock flexibility and consistent syngas output.
• Greenhouse Gas Solutions
• Water Production Platform
• Education and Academic Platform
• Sustainability Consultation Services
• Applied Research Services
• Engineering & Development Services
• Commercial Licensing Technology Transfer
• Prototype Delivery Services
• Technology Laboratory Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Full-scale testing capabilities at BESI facilities for most client needs before deployment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• US Department of Defense (DoD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBESI has been developing gasification systems for the US Military R&D community since 2007, with over two decades of RDT&E projects. The DoD provides funded projects directing technology efforts including full process design, prototype delivery, and demonstration for multiple defense communities from energy to water.
• Governors State University (GSU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGSU hosts BESI events and its faculty work closely with BESI. GSU has provided support on US DoD projects and continues to assist the Sustainability Science Center, an education and outreach facility located at BESIS laboratory headquarters.
• Karunya UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal BESI outreach includes programs with Karunya University in Coimbatore, India, which has received an A++ rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. BESI joins ten other industry-assisted and eight central laboratories and works with many of the twenty-five Technology Missions of Karunya on emerging technologies and sustainable development.
• Sustainability Science CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA local not-for-profit which receives support from BESI for its educational foundations, seeking to further positive impact on underserved communities local to BESI through meaningful programs for students of all ages.
• Core SustainablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommercial supply and development is available through Core Sustainable and its partners, extending BESI technology commercialization capabilities to broader market channels.
• HBCUs and Minority-Serving InstitutionsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBESI works with historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and minority-serving institutions who are members of research teams as BESI extends its work in applied military applications, sustainable communities, and water programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Covanta: Covanta is a large-scale waste-to-energy operator running more than 40 facilities that combust MSW to generate steam and electricity for municipal clients. It is the established incumbent in waste-to-energy infrastructure against which BESI's gasification-to-syngas offering must differentiate on emissions and product flexibility.
• Air Products and Chemicals: Air Products is one of the world's largest industrial gas and syngas producers, supplying hydrogen, oxygen, and synthesis gas to refining, chemicals, and energy customers globally. It is a broad incumbent that competes with BESI for any large industrial syngas / hydrogen offtake opportunity and validates the long-term demand profile for gasification-derived syngas.
• Linde plc: Linde is a global industrial gas major producing hydrogen, oxygen, syngas, and CO2 for industrial and energy customers. It represents both a potential offtake partner for BESI's gasification output and a broad incumbent competitor in distributed syngas and hydrogen production.
• Wheelabrator Technologies: Wheelabrator operates waste-to-energy facilities that process MSW into steam and electricity for municipalities under long-term contracts. It is a large incumbent competitor for any municipal waste-to-energy contracting opportunity BESI's TurnW2E platform targets.

Direct peers

• Velocys: Velocys provides Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactors that convert synthesis gas and biogas into drop-in synthetic crude and jet fuel. It is a downstream complement to BESI's gasifier, and a competitor for any project developer evaluating gas-to-fuels pathways from waste or biomass feedstock.
• Aries Clean Energy: Aries Clean Energy develops and operates biomass-to-energy gasification facilities, converting wood waste and biosolids into renewable heat and power for industrial and municipal customers. Overlaps with BESI on biomass gasification feedstock flexibility and distributed energy deployment.
• Anaergia: Anaergia provides anaerobic digestion and waste-to-energy systems that turn organic waste, biosolids, and MSW into biogas, renewable electricity, and recovered resources for municipalities and industrial operators. It overlaps with BESI on municipal and island community waste-to-energy customer segments and on greenhouse gas emissions management.
• Enerkem: Enerkem converts non-recyclable municipal solid waste and biomass into synthesis gas and then into methanol and ethanol using a proprietary thermal gasification platform. It is the closest analog to BESI's TurnW2E waste-to-syngas + methanol value chain, serving similar municipal and industrial waste-to-fuels customers.
• InEnTec / Sierra Energy: InEnTec (formerly Sierra Energy) commercializes the FastOx waste gasifier, a high-temperature vessel that converts MSW, medical waste, and industrial waste into syngas for power and fuel applications. It directly competes with BESI in rotary/vessel-style waste gasification for energy and fuels.

Emerging players

• Source Global / Zero Mass Water: Source Global (formerly Zero Mass Water) commercializes atmospheric water generation panels that produce drinking water from humidity for residential, commercial, humanitarian, and defense customers. It is an emerging direct peer for BESI's atmospheric water harvesting platform, with overlapping use cases in disaster response, remote operations, and water-scarce communities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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