Found Energy Wins Inaugural Boston Climate Leader Award for Green Energy Innovation

BOSTON, MA — Found Energy, a Charlestown-based cleantech company, has been named the business winner of the Boston Bright Future Award, one of four categories under the Boston Climate Leader Award, presented for the first time this year by Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston.

The Climate Leader Awards recognize businesses, community groups, and individuals taking innovative action to support Boston’s decarbonization, energy transformation, resilience, and waste reduction goals. Overall, 117 companies, nonprofits, and individuals were nominated across the four award categories: the Emerald Skyline Award, Clean, Green City Award, Resilient Boston Award, and Boston Bright Future Award, which celebrates forward-looking work in green energy. 

Found Energy was honored for its groundbreaking technology that converts hard-to-recycle aluminum scrap into clean, zero-emission heat and hydrogen, helping to decarbonize some of the most energy-intensive sectors of the economy.

Segun Idowu, Boston’s Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, presented the award and highlighted Found Energy’s impact and growth. He also praised the company’s recently announced memorandum of understanding with TelWel East Japan Corporation as a promising international partnership.

Mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, congratulated the winners, and said:

“Our first-ever Climate Leader Award recipients represent the best of Boston’s commitment to environmental justice and community-driven action. From neighborhood organizers to major institutions, these leaders are building a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable city for all. Their innovation and passion power Boston’s climate leadership and fuel our collective progress to confront the climate crisis head-on.”

Found Energy was represented at the event by Ariel Jackson, Chief Science Officer; Omri Nahmias, Director of Policy and Communications; and Marta Duenas Diez, Director of Materials Engineering.

Brian Swett, Chief Climate Officer for the City of Boston, added:

“The leaders we recognized tonight are showing us what climate leadership looks like at every scale—from energy efficiency retrofits and green jobs training, to urban tree planting and climate-smart healthcare. Accomplishing our climate agenda in Boston requires leadership in every corner of the City, and we’re proud to uplift their work and deepen our partnerships as we accelerate toward our carbon neutrality goals.”

“We’re honored to be recognized by our home city as a climate leader,” said Peter Godart, Co-founder and CEO of Found Energy. “This award reflects the passion and ingenuity of our team, and we’re just getting started. We believe aluminum fuel can transform the industrial energy landscape, and we’re proud to be building that future right here in Boston.”

About Found Energy

Found Energy is a rapidly growing MIT spinout based in Charlestown, developing aluminum-fueled power systems to decarbonize heavy industry. The company extracts clean energy from contaminated aluminum scrap, producing zero-emission heat and hydrogen on-site. Its systems deliver industrial-scale heat and produce a valuable alumina byproduct, offering a circular, low-carbon solution for hard-to-abate sectors. Since launching in 2022, Found Energy has scaled its prototypes over 100-fold and is now advancing pilot deployments in the U.S. and internationally. Designed, built, and scaled entirely in Boston, Found Energy is honored to be named a recipient of the inaugural Boston Climate Leader Award.