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Our Story / The purpose connecting the work

One beginning.
A wider purpose.

Where the work began
Our ambition

Help places rich in energy resources build the infrastructure for new economies.

01MIT IDEA Week

An idea with
more than one application.

Pelago Power began with a vision: connect the abundance of wind, solar, and subsurface energy with the infrastructure needed to build new economies.

That vision focuses on the opportunity in resource-rich equatorial regions and developing economies: enabling energy abundance to support local industry, critical infrastructure, and lasting economic participation.

Project Aero and DC TENs are initiatives founded under Pelago Power, with a shared origin at MIT IDEA Week. Each applies the broader vision to a different need and setting.

The purpose extends wherever local needs and opportunities arise, from integrated power and cooling to neighborhood thermal networks and energy delivery.

Founded by Adam Francis

Pelago Power

Concept image of a tropical coastal landscape
Project setting · concept imagery
Greater Caribbean Basin

Project Aero

Developing integrated power and cooling around wind, solar, geothermal resources, storage, and potential anchor customers.

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Concept image of an urban neighborhood with brick buildings and tree-lined streets
Project setting · concept imagery
Washington, DC

DC TENs

Advancing policy, stakeholder engagement, and proposed pilots for shared neighborhood heating and cooling infrastructure.

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Both initiatives are in development. Each follows its own resource, customer, and delivery pathway.

02The founder

Adam Francis.

Founder, Pelago Power

Founder of Project Aero and DC TENs
Independent energy developer

From a founding vision
to a portfolio of initiatives.

Adam originated the vision behind Pelago Power and founded its initiatives, including Project Aero and DC TENs. He leads their development, connecting resource knowledge, engineering, customer needs, and potential delivery partners.

That vision gained attention at MIT and was central to his selection for the MIT Proto Ventures fellowship. The work continues through engagement with MIT researchers and laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy, Project InnerSpace, and experienced practitioners.

Originate
Identify the place, the need, and a project worth investigating.
Integrate
Bring the technical, commercial, and local conditions into one development case.
Advance
Define the next work, the evidence it should produce, and the people needed to carry it forward.

03Learning across places

A visit to Fiji.
New directions to explore.

During a visit to Fiji, conversations with university professors provided insights and led to referrals to other experts around the Pacific Rim.

That exchange is part of a wider intention: to learn with the people who understand local resources and development conditions, and bring that knowledge into the next project.

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04The longer view

Energy development.
Economic possibility.

The long-term goal is to help resource-rich places build new productive economies. That includes enabling data centers and industry to contribute to local development, while exploring how energy can reach wider markets.

Power, cooling, shared infrastructure, local capability, and energy delivery belong in the same conversation.

Help shape the next opportunity