We envision a world where Ekstera Stirling engines are used globally to deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to everyone.
About Us
Ekstera was founded by Brendan MacDonald and Matthew Dudman in March 2019 to commercialize the innovative Stirling engine research done in Professor Brendan MacDonald’s lab at Ontario Tech University. We are driven by the need to reduce global carbon emissions and the incredible potential of the Stirling engine as the most efficient way to convert heat into power.
The team is currently prototyping our Stirling engines and working with strategic partners to demonstrate the technology and maximize its impact.
Ekstera’s patented technology is a game-changer in the sustainable energy sector: our Stirling engines have the potential to be three times as efficient as past Stirling engines and the organic Rankine cycle. With these high efficiencies our Stirling engines can produce more energy and use lower temperature heat sources, which makes them ideal to use waste heat sources and biomass to produce electricity.
Electricity users are seeking to increase reliability, reduce costs, and meet clean energy mandates. Many industries are electrifying their operations to replace fossil fuel sources, and electric vehicle use is expanding rapidly.
Ekstera’s Stirling engines are the ideal way to meet this demand in a sustainable, reliable, and affordable way to reduce the growing reliance on natural gas-powered electricity and complement variable generation sources such as solar and wind.