Bill Brown (entrepreneur)
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He is co-founder and former CEO of 8 Rivers Capital and NET Power.[2][3] He is also a Strategic Advisor to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory[4] and a former Professor at Duke University School of Law.[5]
Career
In 2008, Brown co-founded 8 Rivers Capital with fellow MIT alumnus Miles Palmer.[6] 8 Rivers, through its company NET Power, began developing technology necessary to make the Allam-Fetvedt Cycle economically competitive with standard natural gas, including the construction of a $140 million demonstration plant outside Houston that burns natural gas without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.[6][7] In 2017, Entrepreneur magazine named Bill Brown one of its “50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs” for his work developing the carbon-capture power plant.[8]
In 2022, Brown was appointed as a strategic adviser for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a federally funded renewable energy research and development center sponsored by the Department of Energy.[4][9]
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