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AirJoule Technologies Corporation is developing equipment for industrial users that need water or drier air. Its technology captures moisture from air using a specialized material, then releases it under vacuum to produce distilled water. AirJoule Core serves water-generation and industrial dehumidification needs; the larger AirJoule Prime is designed to use industrial waste heat to produce water on site.

The company plans to earn mainly by selling complete systems, with maintenance and service agreements providing recurring revenue. It is also developing a model in which customers pay for the water delivered rather than buy the equipment. The business is still moving from field testing toward commercial sales: its joint venture has sold a Core system for independent academic evaluation, but the company has no long-term commercial customers.

Air conditioning provides another planned route to revenue. Under an agreement with Carrier, AirJoule expects to supply the moisture-capturing components that Carrier would integrate into its systems. Carrier has exclusive commercialization rights for these HVAC products in the Americas during an initial period, subject to sourcing conditions. Most development and commercialization work runs through AirJoule’s joint venture with GE Vernova.

Scaling depends on this partnership and access to specialized materials. BASF is currently the sole manufacturer of AirJoule’s proprietary moisture-capturing material, and AirJoule must buy it exclusively from BASF while contractual supply, performance and pricing conditions hold. AirJoule must also fund the GE Vernova venture until its partner meets the agreed contribution conditions. Operations and sales of systems or their water may require permits and approvals; potable-water certification remains a step the company is pursuing.

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AirJoule’s commercialization also depends on securing specialized sorbent materials from BASF under a conditional ten-year exclusive-supply arrangement.

  • AirJoule depends on GE Vernova—a supplier of equipment and services to power-system customers—as its equal partner in manufacturing and selling water-capture systems that use GE Vernova’s proprietary sorbent materials. Watch whether GE Vernova funds its share: contributions are optional for the first six years, and AirJoule alone must fund the venture until GE Vernova catches up on past contributions and commits to its share of future funding.

  • Carrier gives AirJoule a route into air conditioners rather than a rival to compete against: under a binding commercialization agreement, Carrier plans to integrate the technology and buy AirJoule’s sorbent-coated contactors as components for its systems. Watch Carrier’s rollout of those products in the Americas, where it has exclusive commercialization rights for three years after commercialization, subject to the sourcing condition for primary AirJoule components.

Agenda

in 8 daysWed, Oct 28

  1. Time to be announced

    GE Vernova Inc. earningsGEV

    GE Vernova and AirJoule Technologies each own half of the AirJoule joint venture, and GE Vernova’s report will show whether it is contributing to the venture’s manufacturing and sales costs.

in 9 daysThu, Oct 29

  1. Time to be announced

    Carrier Global Corporation earningsCARR

    Carrier plans to integrate AirJoule technology into air-conditioning systems and buy its sorbent-coated contactors, and Carrier’s report will show whether that route is moving toward commercialization.

in 23 daysThu, Nov 12

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    AirJoule Technologies Corporation earningsThis company

    AirJoule Technologies is commercializing systems that make water from air and dehumidify it, and this report will show whether customers are beginning to pay and how much cash that takes.