Peatland Technologies
The energy to fight climate change.
About our company
Peatland Technologies LLC was founded in 2020 by Melissa Floyd. We are a certified woman- and minority-owned business enterprise in the state of Maryland.
The Mission
Fight the impending climate crisis while simultaneously meeting ever-increasing human energy demands sustainably. This will be done by tapping the planet’s most underutilized resource: microbes.
The Plan
The company aims to start work in boreal peatlands in the Atlantic periphery but plans to expand to tropical peatlands in countries such as Indonesia, Congo and the Amazon rain forest.
The Founder
Melissa Floyd is the founder and chief science and technology officer of Peatland Technologies LLC. She’s a microbiologist and environmental scientist with a love of Russian Literature.
Working together for a better future.
Check out our partners and affiliations
Bethesda Green Innovation Lab’s Incubator Program
Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab Incubator program supports new entrepreneurs through the hurdles of early-stage business development.
National Science Foundation I-Corps, UMD regional program
I-Corps is a National Science Foundation program designed to foster, grow and nurture innovation ecosystems regionally and nationally.
thomas Fisher
Director of CoDeL
Facilitator and Coach at Social Enterprise Academy
Consultant to Scottish Islands Federation (Blue Social Growth Project)
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