SERVICES & CAPABILITIES

SERVICES & CAPABILITIES

Our Patented Technology

Penncara Energy, LLC only invests in the products, processes, and technologies that can make the most of America’s natural resources. As a leader in the field of carbon conversion technology, Penncara sets itself apart by using American coal as our primary raw material. The result of our innovative research are high quality products that are sourced and made in America, products that promise reliable materials for the future.

A common misconception is that coal is only applicable to industry. Our coal-derived synthetic pitch and carbon products are, indeed, integral to steel making and have high value applications in construction and transportation, as well as in the automotive, marine, and aerospace industries. But our products also have important everyday applications. For example, our needle coke helps to make anodes for lithium ion batteries and carbon brushes are included in medical ventilators.

Penncara holds an exclusive license to a significant portfolio of patented and patent pending carbon conversion technologies for the production of synthetic pitch, a precursor to carbon materials and products invaluable to modern industries. The portfolio also includes exclusive Intellectual Property Rights to innovative methods for producing carbon foam from coal.

All ranks of coal, from lignite to bituminous coal, are central to the Penncara process. Because this coal is sourced from across the nation, as shown in the map below, we create more U.S. jobs every step of the way.

Our Patented Technology

Penncara Energy, LLC only invests in the products, processes, and technologies that can make the most of America’s natural resources. As a leader in the field of carbon conversion technology, Penncara sets itself apart by using American coal as our primary raw material. The result of our innovative research are high quality products that are sourced and made in America, products that promise reliable materials for the future.

A common misconception is that coal is only applicable to industry. Our coal-derived synthetic pitch and carbon products are, indeed, integral to steel making and have high value applications in construction and transportation, as well as in the automotive, marine, and aerospace industries. But our products also have important everyday applications. For example, our needle coke helps to make anodes for lithium ion batteries and carbon brushes are included in medical ventilators.

Penncara Energy, LLC holds an exclusive license to a significant portfolio of patented and patent pending carbon conversion technologies for the production of synthetic pitch, a precursor to carbon materials and products invaluable to modern industries. The portfolio also includes exclusive Intellectual Property Rights to innovative methods for producing carbon foam from coal.

All ranks of coal, from lignite to bituminous coal, are central to the Penncara process. Because this coal is sourced from across the nation, as shown in the map below, we create more U.S. jobs every step of the way.

Advances in Synthetic Fuel

From 2000 to 2008, Penncara played a central role in the development of the largest Section 29 coal project ever achieved in the United States. That project converted coal fines into synthetic fuel. Coal fines are often considered as waste, the byproduct of coal mining that has little market value. By discovering the value in coal fines, Penncara increased the efficiency of the coal industry and decreased its carbon footprint. 

The Penncara coal fines project generated in excess of $1 billion of pre-tax equivalent earnings for the ownership groups and participating companies. To the present day, another Section 29 coal project of this magnitude has yet to be accomplished by competitors.

Advances in Synthetic Fuel

From 2000 to 2008, Penncara Energy, LLC played a central role in the development of the largest Section 29 coal project ever achieved in the United States. That project converted coal fines into synthetic fuel. Coal fines are often considered as waste, the byproduct of coal mining that has little market value. By discovering the value in coal fines, Penncara increased the efficiency of the coal industry and decreased its carbon footprint. 

The Penncara coal fines project generated in excess of $1 billion of pre-tax equivalent earnings for the ownership groups and participating companies. To the present day, another Section 29 coal project of this magnitude has yet to be accomplished by competitors.

Advances in Synthetic Fuel

From 2000 to 2008, Penncara Energy, LLC played a central role in the development of the largest Section 29 coal project ever achieved in the United States. That project converted coal fines into synthetic fuel. Coal fines are often considered as waste, the byproduct of coal mining that has little market value. By discovering the value in coal fines, Penncara increased the efficiency of the coal industry and decreased its carbon footprint. 

The Penncara coal fines project generated in excess of $1 billion of pre-tax equivalent earnings for the ownership groups and participating companies. To the present day, another Section 29 coal project of this magnitude has yet to be accomplished by competitors.

Advances in Pitch Production

Since 2015, Penncara Energy, LLC has directed and funded a carbon conversion research project with the West Virginia University Research Corporation. This project aims to directly convert coal to pitch.

Coal tar pitch is integral to the production of carbon products like carbon fiber, felt, foam, and other composite materials. Until now, pitch has been a byproduct of cokemaking or refining oil. Penncara’s pitch—which is known as “Pennpitch”—would create pitch directly from coal, cutting out alternative industries, foreign dependencies, and supply chain threats, and feeding directly on the nation’s abundant domestic feedstock of coal. 

Our pitch production facilities can be located at or near our customers. Such proximity greatly reduces transportation cost and emissions. The Pennpitch process further offers the flexibility needed to tailor pitch properties directly to specific applications for lithium ion batteries, needle coke, carbon fiber, and carbon felt.

Advances in Pitch Production

Since 2015, Penncara Energy, LLC has directed and funded a carbon conversion research project with the West Virginia University Research Corporation. This project aims to directly convert coal to pitch.

Coal tar pitch is integral to the production of carbon products like carbon fiber, felt, foam, and other composite materials. Until now, pitch has been a byproduct of cokemaking or refining oil. Penncara’s pitch—which is known as “Pennpitch”—would create pitch directly from coal, cutting out alternative industries, foreign dependencies, and supply chain threats, and feeding directly on the nation’s abundant domestic feedstock of coal. 

Our pitch production facilities can be located at or near our customers. Such proximity greatly reduces transportation cost and emissions. The Pennpitch process further offers the flexibility needed to tailor pitch properties directly to specific applications for lithium ion batteries, needle coke, carbon fiber, and carbon felt.

Advances in Pitch Production

Since 2015, Penncara Energy, LLC has directed and funded a carbon conversion research project with the West Virginia University Research Corporation. This project aims to directly convert coal to pitch.

Coal tar pitch is integral to the production of carbon products like carbon fiber, felt, foam, and other composite materials. Until now, pitch has been a byproduct of cokemaking or refining oil. Penncara’s pitch—which is known as “Pennpitch”—would create pitch directly from coal, cutting out alternative industries, foreign dependencies, and supply chain threats, and feeding directly on the nation’s abundant domestic feedstock of coal. 

Our pitch production facilities can be located at or near our customers. Such proximity greatly reduces transportation cost and emissions. The Pennpitch process further offers the flexibility needed to tailor pitch properties directly to specific applications for lithium ion batteries, needle coke, carbon fiber, and carbon felt.

Advances in Carbon Foam Manufacturing

Penncara Energy, LLC specializes in the recovery and purification of high-performance materials. Carbon foam is one such high-performance material with wide-ranging industrial application in aerospace, construction, and medical technologies.

Most foam products are made of polyurethane, a material that is weaker and less thermally stable than carbon foam. By contrast, carbon foam is lightweight, non-flammable, and able to perform in high temperature environments. Carbon foam is a promising material with unique properties conducive to thermal management and applications that require high electric conductivity.

Once expensive to manufacture, Penncara’s innovative manufacturing method produces carbon foam from coal in a matter of minutes, using microwave energy at atmospheric pressure.

Advances in Carbon Foam Manufacturing

Penncara Energy, LLC specializes in the recovery and purification of high-performance materials. Carbon foam is one such high-performance material with wide-ranging industrial application in aerospace, construction, and medical technologies.

Most foam products are made of polyurethane, a material that is weaker and less thermally stable than carbon foam. By contrast, carbon foam is lightweight, non-flammable, and able to perform in high temperature environments. Carbon foam is a promising material with unique properties conducive to thermal management and applications that require high electric conductivity.

Once expensive to manufacture, Penncara’s innovative manufacturing method produces carbon foam from coal in a matter of minutes, using microwave energy at atmospheric pressure.

Advances in Carbon Foam Manufacturing

Penncara specializes in the recovery and purification of high-performance materials. Carbon foam is one such high-performance material with wide-ranging industrial application in aerospace, construction, and medical technologies.

Most foam products are made of polyurethane, a material that is weaker and less thermally stable than carbon foam. By contrast, carbon foam is lightweight, non-flammable, and able to perform in high temperature environments. Carbon foam is a promising material with unique properties conducive to thermal management and applications that require high electric conductivity.

Once expensive to manufacture, Penncara’s innovative manufacturing method produces carbon foam from coal in a matter of minutes, using microwave energy at atmospheric pressure.
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