with ๐๏ธ Cesar Narvaez, CEO & Founder of NXO Engineering
๐ง NXO Engineering is a deep tech startup in the Water and Sanitation industry developing a new generation of wastewater treatment plants.
What we covered:
๐ฑ How Green Algae might not be your enemy, despite years of Activated Sludge bulking
๐ How it might be about time to challenge the status quo in Wastewater Treatment
๐ฑ How beyond CAPEX considerations, looking at energy consumptions, OPEX and carbon emissions shall be the future of the Water Industry
๐งฎ How NXO managed to run a successful proof of concept against all odds and market standards
๐ How leveraging green algae may turn eutrophication into a positive concept
๐ How decision-makers are ready to shift their Key Performance Indicators to global impact
๐ฑ How the next step will be to turn the process totally chemical-free by leveraging cacti slime
๐ How NXO managed to successfully downsize equipment and processes
๐งฎ How they turn out to build an EPC (almost) from scratch, and how challenging that may be
๐ญ How the concept might be adapted for industrial applications and the company's overall outlook for growth
๐ Green Algae as deep tech, getting support from the largest french research institutes but also getting their pilot plant degraded 8 (!) times, grit, passion... and much more!
๐ฅ ... and of course, we concluded with the ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฅ
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