Sea Dragon Energy

What Sea Dragon Energy does

Sea Dragon Energy, Inc. is a private energy technology company developing a seawater-to-jet-fuel process branded as Project GENESIS. The company integrates a Naval Research Laboratory-patented method for extracting carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater and combines it with established CO2-to-fuel synthesis to produce JP-5 jet fuel meeting DoD specifications, intended for deployment in mobile, shipboard-capable units. The core insight is that seawater contains over 140 times the CO2 concentration of air, providing effectively unlimited feedstock for at-sea fuel production; preliminary Naval studies cited by the company suggest a seaborne version could sustain a Carrier Strike Group's operations indefinitely without traditional fuel resupply.

The company is a majority-owned subsidiary of Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc. (GALT), a small defense business focused on warfighter-centric command, control, and communications (C3) systems. Sea Dragon is led by a three-person executive team: Chairman & CEO John Kohut (a former F-14 Tomcat Naval Flight Officer and serial entrepreneur in renewable energy and defense ventures), President & COO Stefan Sillen (20+ years in renewable energy with a financing background), and CTO Roger Lenard (35 years in high-technology R&D with 12 patents, nuclear engineering expertise, and prior service at the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization).

Commercially, Sea Dragon pursues a direct government sales model targeting the U.S. Department of Defense, particularly the Navy, as its primary customer segment, with commercial aviation listed as a secondary vertical for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) applications. The company is headquartered in Florence, Texas, operates with 1-10 employees, and has no publicly disclosed revenue, pricing, or external institutional funding. As of available sources, the company participated in the Cleantech Open program in 2024, and the GENESIS product remains at the development/integration stage rather than commercial deployment.

Name

Sea Dragon Energy

Legal name

Sea Dragon Energy, Inc.

Website

https://seadragon.energy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sea Dragon Energy is a private energy technology company developing Project GENESIS, a deployable system that converts seawater into JP-5 jet fuel for the U.S. Navy and commercial aviation, using Naval Research Laboratory-patented CO2 and hydrogen extraction technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

NAICS

Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing (333611), Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing (336415)

SIC

Engines & Turbines (3510)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production (HEFA, FT, ATJ) (EUAAAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

CO₂‑Derived Synthetic Fuels for Aviation & Marine (SAF e‑fuels, e‑ammonia/e‑methanol bunkering pathways) (EUABAIAH), Fuel & Emissions Systems for Propulsion (Fuel supply, SCR, EGR, exhaust aftertreatment) (IMAJAHAK), Ocean-Based Carbon Removal (Alkalinity Enhancement, Seaweed, Ocean Biomass Sinking) (EUABAFAF), Marine & Hydrokinetic R&D (Tidal, Wave, River Current, OTEC) (EUAMAOAD)

Keywords

• Sustainable aviation fuel
• Seawater CO2 extraction
• Synthetic jet fuel
• Deployable fuel units
• Military fuel technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sea Dragon Energy develops Project GENESIS, a breakthrough technology that extracts carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater to create feedstock for jet fuel synthesis in deployable units. The company integrates Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)-patented seawater CO2 extraction with processes that convert CO2 and hydrogen into JP-5 jet fuel meeting DoD specifications, targeting military (Navy) and commercial aviation applications.

Product overview

Sea Dragon Energy operates as a single-product focused company centered on its GENESIS project. GENESIS is an integrated technology solution that extracts carbon dioxide and hydrogen from seawater to produce JP-5 jet fuel for military and commercial aviation. The company develops deployable fuel production units designed to provide mobile, on-demand energy production at sea, enabling a Carrier Strike Group to sustain operations indefinitely without traditional fuel resupply.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GENESIS (Seawater to Jet Fuel)

Quantifiable outcome

• A seaborne version of the process could sustain a Carrier Strike Group's operations indefinitely

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)coreTechnology or IntegrationNRL has patented the technology that allows extraction of carbon dioxide from seawater and simultaneous production of hydrogen. Sea Dragon Energy is integrating this patented technology with proven processes for converting CO2 and hydrogen to fuels to produce JP-5 jet fuel meeting DoD specifications.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Fulcrum Bioenergy: Fulcrum converts municipal solid waste into synthetic crude and jet fuel via Fischer-Tropsch pathways. It is a relevant comparator as a waste/resource-to-SAF player targeting aviation decarbonization, though its feedstock and process differ from Sea Dragon's seawater approach.
• Gevo: Gevo produces SAF and renewable hydrocarbons using alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) chemistry. As a publicly traded SAF producer with commercial-scale ambitions, Gevo is a relevant incumbent peer for Sea Dragon in the commercial aviation fuel market.
• Carbon Engineering (now part of Occidental / 1PointFive): Carbon Engineering pioneered large-scale direct air CO2 capture and is now commercializing DAC via 1PointFive under Occidental. While not a fuel producer, it is a relevant peer in the CO2 capture and utilization value chain that underpins novel fuel pathways like Sea Dragon's.
• Aemetis: Aemetis is a publicly traded renewable fuels company developing SAF via HEFA and cellulosic pathways. It represents a more established, scaled competitor in the SAF market that Sea Dragon would compete against for commercial aviation customers.

Emerging players

• Twelve: Twelve transforms captured CO2 into fuels and chemicals via proprietary catalyst technology. It overlaps with Sea Dragon's CO2 utilization thesis and serves adjacent markets including aviation, though it is broader in product scope and not focused on seawater-derived feedstocks.
• Velocys: Velocys develops Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactors for converting waste and synthesis gas into SAF. It overlaps with Sea Dragon's synthetic aviation fuel thesis and represents an emerging alternative-pathway SAF developer.
• C-2X Energy (C2X): C-2X is pursuing CO2-to-fuels pathways including e-fuels for aviation and marine applications. Its emphasis on e-SAF and e-marine fuels makes it a thematic peer in the CO2-derived synthetic fuels category that Sea Dragon's GENESIS technology also addresses.
• Charm Industrial: Charm Industrial converts captured biogenic CO2 into liquid fuels via fast pyrolysis and sequestration. It shares Sea Dragon's CO2-to-liquid-fuel philosophy and pursues climate-positive fuel outcomes, positioning it as a thematic direct peer in novel fuel synthesis.

Direct peers

• Prometheus Fuels: Prometheus Fuels converts captured CO2 into gasoline and jet fuel using renewable electricity. It shares Sea Dragon Energy's core thesis of CO2-to-liquid-fuel synthesis, and both target the aviation decarbonization market with proprietary electrochemical/thermochemical conversion routes.
• LanzaTech: LanzaTech produces sustainable aviation fuel and chemicals from waste gases via gas fermentation, a novel carbon-to-fuel pathway. Like Sea Dragon Energy, it targets the SAF market with a proprietary, feedstock-flexible technology platform, making it a direct strategic comparator in next-generation fuel synthesis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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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