SEATREC, INC.
Arctic Power Station: an air-sea thermal energy harvesting system that generates electrical power from wintertime Arctic temperature differentials
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- Monrovia, CA
- Founded
- 2012
- Latest Form D
- $200K, Aug 2014
- Total capital
- $7.3M
- Federal grants
- $2.9M
- 3 awards · 2014–2021
- Rank in peer group#21 of 37
- Private capital raised
- $200K
- 1 Form D · last Aug 2014
- 147 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $4.2M
- 6 awards · Defense, Commerce, Interior
- Rank in Energy#62 of 998
- Granted patents
- 4
- 3 pending · first 2019
- Rank in peer group#9 of 37
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Hydrophone$90K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Air-Sea Thermal Energy Harvesting on an Arctic Buoy$1.0M
- Federal contractDefense · STTR Topic N20A-T023 Entitled "harvesting Thermal Energy For Low Power Arctic Sensors And Data Communications"$2M
- Federal contractDefense · N201-T023$239K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Variable Speed and Energy Efficient Depth Changing Buoys$1.8M
- Federal contractInterior · Variable Speed And Energy Efficient Depth Changing Buoys$300K
- Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2018'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 18-1-021 Entitled "clean Energy From Air-sea Temperature Differences."$120K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$200K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Design, Development and Test of Ocean Energy Harvesting Systems$80K
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Standing among 37 peers
Line = medianEnergy · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#9 · top 24%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- YI CHAOResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by $1.9M in grants as PI
What it has protected
USPTO · 4 granted of 7- GrantedApparatus And Method For Making Internally Finned Pressure VesselUSPTOUS 12,240,058
- GrantedApparatus And Method For Making Internally Finned Pressure VesselUSPTOUS 11,549,644
- GrantedEnvironmental Thermal Energy ConversionUSPTOUS 10,989,178
Show all 7 patent records
- Apparatus And Method For Making Internally Finned Pressure VesselMar 4, 2025 · US 12,240,058Granted
- Apparatus And Method For Making Internally Finned Pressure VesselJan 10, 2023 · US 11,549,644Granted
- Environmental Thermal Energy ConversionApr 27, 2021 · US 10,989,178Granted
- Environmental Thermal Energy ConversionOct 15, 2019 · US 10,443,581Granted
- Apparatus And Method For Making Internally Finned Pressure VesselApplication PCTUS2023037210Pending
- Internally Finned High-pressure Vessel And Method Of Forming The SameApplication 62872059Pending
- Environmental Thermal Energy ConversionApplication PCTUS2017059485Pending
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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