Powering the world with nuclear fire from heavy water
⚛️ Nuclear Energy. ☢️ Without Waste. 💧From Water.
Let's all move up the curve!
All of us, in every country, want to move up the curve: more access to energy with more productivity. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects nearly 50% growth in world energy usage by 2050. By then, access to cheap and sustainable energy will be critical and will improve the standard of living for billions around the globe.
To offset the 51 Giga-tons of CO2 already emitted annually while meeting this growing demand, we need a disruptive technology capable of supplying low-cost Joules at both grid & distributed scale without inverting the laws of economic gravity.
Changing The Energy Landscape
We are unlocking nuclear fire from heavy water, an abundant fuel source
Our mission at Aquarius Energy is to demonstrate and commercialize a novel approach to fusion power using catalytic nanoparticles. This reaction produces copious amounts of heat energy along with helium, an innocuous byproduct.
No CO2 emission. No radioactive fuel. No radioactive waste.
Disruptive
Deuterium fuel is abundant in seawater and is nearly 100X cheaper than natural gas with this reaction pathway! This means a reliable, scalable, carbon-free power source.
Drop-in technology for process heating and electricity generation would significantly reduce operating costs in energy-intensive industries.
Transformational
A hydrogen fuel cell car tank replaced with deuterium holds 2 million times more energy - imagine a car with 10 million miles of range!
This unlocks new ultra-high-density applications beyond the physical limitations of electrochemical storage. Modular power sources open a wide range of new use cases that are inconceivable with battery technology.
Our Approach
Towards An Irrefutable Proof of Principle
Learn about our technical approach to a proof of principle from John Dodaro's presentation at ICCF-24.
Novel Nanoparticle Catalyst
The catalyst is designed to host a high concentration of active sites that bring nuclei together and facilitate the transfer of nuclear energy.
Triggered By Lasers
The reaction is stimulated and controlled by exciting resonant vibrations to enhance the rate of coherent fusion events.
Meet Our Team
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & Senior Research Scientist
Co-Founder & Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Scientific Advisor
Forming partnerships for nanoparticle expertise
We are partnered with the Cargnello Lab in Stanford University's Department of Chemical Engineering to build an Irrefutable Proof of Principle: a reactor system that demonstrates nuclear energy release through the production of helium-4. This system allows us to characterize catalyst materials and iteratively optimize at the nanoscale for peak performance.
Supported by U.S. DOE
The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) supports high-impact high-potential energy technologies. We are grateful to be part of a cohort testing the possibility of a new approach to cheap, carbon-free energy.
Venture-backed for a bold vision
Unlocking modular nuclear fusion for the world requires an entrepreneurial vision to create a global impact. We are grateful for support from Neotribe Ventures, our lead seed investor helping scientists, researchers, and technologists turn insights, passions, and lessons learned into a company. Neotribe is a deep technology investor aligned with our bold vision: solving big, complex problems through future-shaping innovation.
Interested in learning about the fusion revolution?
"What if it could work on a tabletop?"
Read about our story and thoughts on the future of this technology in Dr. John Dodaro's profile for Solid State Fusion.