Emergence Bio-Energy Inc. is a Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...

 based startup company

Startup company

A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets...

 focused on providing power generation capabilities to rural farmers and villagers, specifically in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. Founded by Iqbal Quadir

Iqbal Quadir

Iqbal Z. Quadir , founder of Gonofone and Grameenphone. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Legatum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of Advisory Board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...

, of GrameenPhone

Grameenphone

Grameenphone , widely known as GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. With more than 32 million subscribers , Grameenphone is the largest cellular operator in the country...

 fame, Emergence BioEnergy plans on using a specially designed Stirling engine

Stirling engine

A Stirling engine is a heat engine operating by cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas, the working fluid, at different temperature levels such that there is a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work....

, in order to create small 1 kW power station

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

s to serve individual villages rather than relying on a traditional centralized power grid.

On October 24, 2008, Emergence BioEnergy announced it received investment from Good Energies, a global renewable energy venture capital fund, to pursue its operations in the developing world.