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We do methane.
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Our Mission
To be the world leader in harnessing weak methane emissions
Our Vision
To make wetlands methane the new renewable energy
The Prabhu Energy Labs Story
In 2019, Edan Prabhu started Prabhu Energy Labs (PEL) to develop the Oxiperator, a new weak-gas-to-power technology based on three US patents (awarded in 2020, 2022 and 2023) for the oxidation of weak gas. In the Spring of 2022, Edan re-dedicated the company to focus 100% on methane mitigation, answering the urgent call for climate action. In 2023, PEL won nearly $2M in US federal, state and industry grants to develop the Oxiperator for methane mitigation in oil and gas operations.
The PEL Oxiperator team includes collaborators at world-class universities, engineering firms and industry partners, including Carnegie Mellon University, University of California Davis, Colorado State University, Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA), Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC), Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF). PEL contributes to the Methane Leadership Summit, the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI), an international public-private partnership focused on reducing barriers to the recovery and use of methane as a valuable energy source.
Prabhu Energy Labs is headquartered in Mission Viejo, Orange County, California. PEL has a presence in LA County and the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
The PEL Oxiperator team includes collaborators at world-class universities, engineering firms and industry partners, including Carnegie Mellon University, University of California Davis, Colorado State University, Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA), Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC), Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF). PEL contributes to the Methane Leadership Summit, the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI), an international public-private partnership focused on reducing barriers to the recovery and use of methane as a valuable energy source.
Prabhu Energy Labs is headquartered in Mission Viejo, Orange County, California. PEL has a presence in LA County and the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Our 2030 Goals
1. Remove 1 Gigaton of CO2e of weak methane emissions
2. Generate 100 Megawatts of clean power from weak methane emissions
What is "Weak" Methane? Why Does it Matter?
More than half of annual global methane emissions are "weak," escaping at concentrations far too low to ignite, less than 2% in air (20,000 ppm). Weak methane is emitted from sources both natural and man-made, across industries and geographies: fossil fuel production, cattle farms, rice fields and landfills, as well as lakes, wetlands and the ocean.
100s of millions of tons of weak methane emissions escape to the atmosphere each year, about 10% of all greenhouse gases. There’s an urgent need for weak methane mitigation to put the brakes on climate change.
We believe weak methane emissions from wetlands could be part of our new energy future.
100s of millions of tons of weak methane emissions escape to the atmosphere each year, about 10% of all greenhouse gases. There’s an urgent need for weak methane mitigation to put the brakes on climate change.
We believe weak methane emissions from wetlands could be part of our new energy future.
THE TEAM
Edan Prabhu
Edan Prabhu, Founder and CEO of Prabhu Energy Labs, invented and patented the Oxiperator. He previously founded FlexEnergy, which built gas turbine power plants running on weak gas. Before that, Edan spent more than 20 years at a public utility, building clean energy power plants. His vision includes wetlands methane as a renewable fuel of the future.
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Robinson HaungRobinson Huang, Manager of Engineering for Prabhu Energy Labs, has more than 20 years of engineering experience, across software, electrical controls, and industrial power systems. He has a degree from University of California, Berkeley in biochemistry and computer science. Robinson is PEL's top ranked story-teller of international travel adventures.
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Monica PrabhuMonica Prabhu, Commercialization and Communications Officer at Prabhu Energy Labs, has spent more than 10 years leading communications for early to mid-stage technology companies. She sees harnessing methane emissions as the challenge and the solution to easing the energy transition.
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Funding & Awards
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Partners
Prof. Dan Olsen, Colorado State University, Energy Institute,
Engine and Energy Conversion Lab, large bore natural gas engines, industrial engine systems
Jon Fox and Brian Prosser, SRK Consulting's Mine Ventilation Services
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Prof. Vinod Narayanan, University of California Davis,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
high temperature heat transfer, thermodynamics
Prabhu Energy Labs was a winner of the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association 2023 Oil & Gas Challenge
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Prof. Tony Rollett, Carnegie Mellon University,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
metallurgy, high temperature 3D printing
Xi-Ying Zhang, PhD, Principal Engineer, American Bureau of Shipping
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