Overview

X2Fuels & Energy is an early-stage start-up that endeavors to develop and deploy thermochemical technologies for the conversion of any solid feedstock such as lignocellulosic agri-residues, plastics, bio-organic wastes and municipal solid wastes into storable liquid and solid fuels, which can potentially be integrated within a refinery infrastructure. We are based out of National Center for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) at IIT Madras and incubated at the IIT Madras Incubation Cell. The major goal of X2Fuels & Energy is to employ thermochemical technologies including hydrothermal liquefaction and pyrolysis to convert wastes to fuels and energy in a distributed fashion to solve the solid waste problem in India. We are in the early stage of developing disruptive technology set to transform the approach a zero-waste economy and conversion to sustainable renewable fuels and chemicals. Currently, with the available platform, we are developing commercial-ready technology as we work with our partners to build the India’s first commercial-scale distributed hydrothermal plant. Our technology will be compact, adaptable for different feedstocks, energy efficient and reliable. It is being designed to cater the waste disposal problems of different sectors, viz., agricultural, municipalities, industrial plants, to make energy-rich fuels towards a Circular Economy.