The future

of sustainable power

Who is Carnot?

We are a UK start-up, developing decarbonised power solutions for the hardest to abate sectors globally.

Our world leading team comes from Aerospace, Formula 1 and Automotive engineering backgrounds.

Net Zero

Targeting gigaton scale CO2e reduction impact

The Ultimate Powertrain

To be the power solution of choice to decarbonise the hardest to abate sectors

Partnerships

Collaborate with the most ambitious and progressive organisations worldwide.

Carnot Timeline

MOL Invests in Carnot

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, the world's 6th largest Shipping company becomes major investor in Carnot Engines.

August 2024

£5.3m Grant Funding

Carnot wins three projects from the UK's Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

February 2024

Carisbrooke Shipping invests in Carnot

A British shipping company pioneering high efficiency vessel design & operation invests in Carnot.

July 2023

£2.3m to deploy Hydrogen Engine Sea Trials

Carnot secures a £2.3m grant to deploy the UK's first Hydrogen Engine Sea Trials.

February 2023

Energy Catalyst 9

Carnot wins £1.5m Energy Catalyst 9 grant to develop off-grid biofuel generators

November 2022

Tech Nation Net Zero 3

Selected in Tech Nations Net Zero 3.0 cohort as one of the UK's most promising decarbonising start-ups

Sept 2022

CMDC 2 Grant

Awarded £500,000 Clean Maritime Demonstrator Grant 2 to develop our zero emission Auxiliary power units for the shipping industry.

Sept 2022

International PCT & Domestic Patents filed

With research finding no prior art, 7 core innovations surrounding our technology were submitted

April 2022

Eureka Eurostars

Awarded grant of £300,000 to explore use of biogas in off-grid power applications.

July 2020

Proof of Concept Prototype

The proof of concept (POC) prototype completes manufacture and begins testing

December 2021

Crowdcube - 2nd Round

Launching our second Crowdcube round, we were able to raise £850,000 alongside some angel investors

October 2021

Carisbrooke Shipping Partnerships

Partnering with Carisbrooke Shipping & CMDC developing Hydrogen/Ammonia blend Auxiliary engine

August 2021

Oz Minerals Partnership

Working with large Australian mining organisation to co-develop their power needs towards Net Zero

October 2020

Crowdcube - Pre-seed round

Raised over £250,000 in crowdfunding on Crowdcube in pre-seed funding

Sept 2020

Net Zero Technology Centre

In the Top 10 of over 400 applications to join the OGTC/NZTC incubator and provided £100,000 in support

February 2020

Energy Catalyst 7

Awarded grant to providing energy security in sub-Saharan Africa with off-grid generator sets

December 2019

Carnot Founded

Carnot was founded by Archie Watts-Farmer, Francis Lempp & Nadiur Rahman

August 2019

Committed to GESI

At Carnot, we are committed to ensure that Gender Equality & Social Inclusion permeates every action we take.

Our core commitments include:

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and actively looking to maintain diversity within our team

GESI from the start

Ensure every project & impact of our technology considers GESI implications from the start

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STEM Careers

Do what we can to encourage and assist the under represented into STEM careers

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Meet the pioneers

Founders

Archie Watts-Farmer

Founding Partner CEO & Co-Founder

Find out more about Archie

Francis Lempp

Co-Founder

Find out more about Francis

Nadiur Rahman

Co-Founder

Find out more about Nadiur

Advisers

Wolfgang Lempp

Market Strategy & Start-Up Growth

Tom Rhodes

Fuel Delivery & Prototyping Export

Peter Farmer

Financial Strategy & Investment Advisor

Roger Frosh

Commercialisation & Industry Engagement

Bo Goransoon

Bearings & Modelling Expert

Dr Ed Wood

Design & Prototyping

Design & Engineering

Ian Thatcher

Senior Design Engineer

Ian has over 22 years of experience across a wide spectrum of projects; from cradle-to-grave designing of high-performance motorcycle engines in mass production whilst at Triumph Motorcycles Limited to the design and manufacture of one-off research engines during his time at MAHLE Powertrain. Ian has also previously held roles at Cummins Inc. and Integral Powertrain.

Duncan Dunbar

Design Engineer

Former Engineering Team Leader at world-champion winning F1 Mercedes AMG HPP. Leads engine block and driveline structural/dynamic design

Huw Griffiths

Head of Test & Development

Huw has over 10 years of experience working across automotive and motorsport. Previously Head of Test and Development at multiple world-championship winning Formula One team Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains following on from his time at Jaguar Land Rover..

Commercial

George Hunter

Head of Sales - George has spent his whole career in technology sales with a focus on developing international markets. This included a Queens Award for International Trade winning Distribution Network, exporting to over 120 countries . George also completed an MSc from University of Birkbeck and MA from University of Westminster.

Dr. Jeremy Howard-Knight

Head of Business Development - MazSci in Physics and PhD in Nanoscience from the Universities of Bristol and Sheffield respectively. Jeremy has been working on the leading edge of technology and product development for the last 18 years. Experience includes technology start-ups including Warwick Acoustics and multinational corporates including Siemens.