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STILLWATER — Converting waste to energy isn’t a new idea, but one fledgling company spinning out of Oklahoma State University research hopes newly patented technology will convert enough investors to get its portable gasification system into production.

RE:POD Systems came out of research by a team led by OSU professor Raymond Huhnke into biofuels and how to make the gasification process cleaner and more efficient. The portable system takes almost any type of carbon-based waste and converts it to synthetic gas to power a generator.

Carey Warren, CEO and co-founder of RE:POD, said his company helps solve two global problems: the rising demand for electricity and what to do with trash and waste generated by everyday life.

“We create electricity from the trash that you throw out every single day,” Warren said. “This is really a Swiss Army knife. It can be used at a mall; it can be used at a hospital, a factory, an ag placement like a feed lot or chicken farm.”