For the third year in a row, JTEC Energy was honored with a Cleantech Breakthrough Award. CleanTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes standout climate and clean technology companies, products and services around the globe, today announced the results of the 3rd annual CleanTech Breakthrough Awards program, spotlighting the breakthrough clean…
Congratulations to JTEC founder Dr. Lonnie Johnson, just named number 173 on the Forbes list of Top 250 Innovators. INNOVATION is the grease in the economic engine, the sparkle that keeps culture fresh and the key ingredient in nearly every billion-dollar fortune. To kick off our yearlong series of special reports celebrating America’s 250th birthday,…
Chiara Profenna / oregonlive.com (TNS) When Karanja Crews announced that Super Soaker inventor and NASA engineer Dr. Lonnie Johnson was coming to Portland, excited gasps rippled through a second-grade classroom at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. Just an hour earlier, many of the students had never heard of Johnson. But…
Video interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Uatl.com Video Lonnie Johnson changed the world once with the Super Soaker; now he’s aiming higher. Based in Atlanta, the inventor and former NASA engineer is developing a revolutionary heat engine called JTEC that can convert solar heat directly into electricity, helping fight climate change. Johnson shares his journey…
From AJC Article by Drew Kann, 11/30/25. Hall of Fame inventor Lonnie Johnson has an idea to turn wasted heat into clean electricity. Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy…