alphabet energy

Alphabet Energy is changing the way we think about energy. Imagine powering an entire factory with the exhaust from a single chimney, or improving the fuel efficiency of your car by 10% by using the heat from its tailpipe.

Alphabet is working hard to make these happen.

In addition to developing silicon-based thermoelectric materials, our engineers have developed full, modular thermoelectric products that turn wasted heat into electricitcal power. Our unique, proprietary approach is the only on the market that lends itself to massive scale. The output range of power generation systems incorporating our thermoelectrics can range from microwatts to megawatts.

Most importantly, waste-heat promises to be one of the lowest-cost sources of electricity on the planet: potentially cheaper, even, than coal, making it accessable to all.

What are thermoelectrics? Thermoelectrics are solid-state semiconductors that turn heat into electricity. They generate power cleanly and with few or no moving parts from a difference in temperature. They are like solar panels that use heat--instead of light--as an energy source. Alphabet is revolutionizing the way we think about both thermoelectrics and the prototypical functional material, silicon. We have developed and licensed the key technologies to use silicon as a thermoelectric generator.