Mission
Delivering secure, emissions-free 'liquid electricity' to heavy industry using today's fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Ternary Kinetics
Liquid electricity: pour it, ship it, burn nothing.
Auckland, New Zealand · energy · climate · deep tech · ~7 people · founded 2023ternary.energy
The people behind it
Sean Molloy — co-founder & CEO
A chemical engineer who previously founded waste-valorization company Avertana before starting Ternary Kinetics in Auckland in 2023.
Dr. Sean Simpson — co-founder & Executive Chairman
Built gas-fermentation pioneer LanzaTech and holds more than 200 patents before joining Ternary as Executive Chairman.
Professor Aaron Marshall — co-founder & Chief Science Officer
An electrochemist from the MacDiarmid Institute who brings deep scientific expertise as Ternary's Chief Science Officer.
Beginnings
Founded in Auckland in 2023 by Sean Molloy, with LanzaTech's Dr. Sean Simpson and electrochemist Prof. Aaron Marshall.
Why people join
A proven commercialization team whose liquid electricity is 48% cheaper than diesel and 62% cheaper than hydrogen fuel cells.
The bigger picture
Makes renewable energy a liquid that flows through existing fuel infrastructure to power the hardest-to-electrify sectors.
Open roles
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