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Transforming global water infrastructure into sources of distributed renewable energy

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Emily Morris

Founder & CEO at Emrgy

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Employees 21–50
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emrgy is a woman-led climate tech company that is transforming water infrastructure into renewable energy and water conservation projects. Using innovative hardware and software technology, Emrgy delivers low-cost, baseload, renewable hydropower to agricultural and municipal customers — directly addressing the energy/water nexus, balancing intermittent renewables in a distributed grid environment, and abating carbon emissions globally. 

Emrgy is commercially operating 5 grid-connected power projects in the US and New Zealand, and has now partnered with ten US irrigation districts to redevelop 30 miles of canals into a 16MW portfolio of power projects in 2025. Emrgy has secured exclusivity to 2200 miles of prime water infrastructure to scale installed capacity to 300+MW in follow-on projects.

Notable Achievements

  • Signed a global manufacturing and sales partnership with GE Renewable Energy
  • Secured 30 US irrigation districts under exclusive renewable energy development LOIs for >2200 miles

Currently Operating in Three Regions

Press Mentions

June 6, 2024

ARPA-E Vitality Innovation Summit 2024: Coolest Tech - mazkax.com

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May 31, 2024

Five Cool Tech Demos from the ARPA-E Summit

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February 27, 2023

Renewable energy company Emrgy eyes $27M funding raise

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