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Startup’s 3D-printed Carnot generator draws interest; lawmakers ask about EMP protection and procurement scaling
Summary
Hylion CEO Thomas Healy told the Appropriations Subcommittee his 3D-printed, fuel‑flexible Carnot generator is in early deployments with the Navy; members pressed on EMP protection, testing, and the need for demand signals to scale manufacturing.
Thomas Healy, chief executive officer of Hylion Incorporated, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that his company’s 3D-printed “Carnot” modular power plant has been delivered to the Navy for testing and could offer fuel flexibility, lower maintenance, and higher efficiency than conventional generators.
Healy described the unit as a 200-kilowatt base module roughly the size of a pickup-truck bed that can be stacked to reach multi-megawatt capacity. “It can operate on over 20 different fuels, including diesel, natural gas, propane, JP8,”…
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