RE:Earthgrid & Omni OMNI Conversion Technologies
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OMNI is pleased to have engineered, delivered and commissioned the plasma torch systems for EarthGrid PBC’s groundbreaking plasma tunnel-boring technology. OMNI’s Senior Process Engineer and Project Lead, Scott Reid; Manager EIC Engineering, Bill Zou and Global Training Manager, Sabrina Butz visited EarthGrid in Richmond, California to set-up, commission, and train EarthGrid’s technicians and engineering group on how to successfully operate OMNI’s patented plasma technology.
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Jeff Dzado
CTO at EarthGrid
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Exciting news from my team at EarthGrid PBC! We have successfully lit 3x torches of our brand new 6x torch development system. This is a major milestone on the pathway of developing our first tunneling machines! Volume warning on this video!
Back in August 2023, our engineering team consisted of 2 full-time people. Fast forward to today, and we've grown our engineering team to ~10 full-time. We're still a small team of mostly generalists compared to the outside impact we’re having.
While this is a small victory in the grand vision of EarthGrid, it is no minor feat. Our development machine includes 7+ trailers of equipment to successfully operate our 3 MW of torches for our initial testing campaigns. Much of this equipment has lead times of 12+ months and has been no easy task to get it more quickly, especially since we’ve been actively working on this design only since November 2023.