CLEAN ENERGY AND WATER TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD (CEWT) - Expression of Interest (EOI)

CLEAN ENERGY AND WATER TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD (CEWT) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 20 MW CRT Trigeneration Project | Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia Invitation to data centre developers and operators for long-term dedicated electricity and cooling offtake 1 Invitation Clean Energy and Water Technologies Pty Ltd (CEWT) invites expressions of interest from established data centre developers, operators and project sponsors seeking dedicated electricity and integrated cooling for new or expanding AI, cloud and high-density computing facilities in Victoria. CEWT is progressing a proposed 20 MW Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) trigeneration project in the Latrobe Valley, with potential future expansion to 30 MW. The preferred model is for an independent data centre operator to develop, own and operate its computing facility, while a dedicated energy project company (SPV) develops and supplies electricity and agreed cooling services under long-term commercial agreements. 2 Proposed energy and cooling offering • Indicative 20 MW-class continuous electricity supply, subject to final plant design, availability guarantees and contractual delivery point. • Behind-the-meter supply architecture intended to reduce dependence on public-grid capacity and connection timing; electrical resilience and backup arrangements to be jointly engineered. • Integrated heat recovery from generation and methanation, with potential absorption chilling and complementary cooling equipment, sized to the operator’s thermal requirements. • A long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), potentially paired with a cooling services agreement, with pricing, indexation and performance terms to be negotiated. • Provision for staged expansion to approximately 30 MW, subject to demand, site conditions, permitting and investment approval. 3 CRT technology proposition CRT is an integrated process concept in which methane is used as an energy carrier, carbon dioxide is recovered from the generation process, and recovered carbon oxides are converted back to methane using hydrogen-rich synthesis gas and supplementary hydrogen. The proposed system integrates reforming, CO₂ recovery, methanation, power generation and useful heat recovery. The project is intended to demonstrate measurable carbon circulation and energy integration. Any claims regarding low emissions, defossilisation, renewable content or carbon intensity will be subject to validated mass and energy balances, renewable-energy sourcing, operating performance and independent lifecycle assessment. The technology is at project-development stage; performance is not yet commercially demonstrated at this site. 4 Commercial participation CEWT proposes to retain CRT intellectual property and license the technology to the project SPV. The SPV would arrange project financing, procurement, construction and operation of the energy infrastructure, potentially with specialist technology and investment partners. The data centre operator would remain responsible for its own land/facility requirements, IT infrastructure, customer relationships and data centre operations, unless otherwise agreed.   EOI | CEWT 20 MW CRT TRIGENERATION 5 Information requested from interested parties Respondents are invited to provide a concise, non-binding outline covering: • Company profile, relevant operating experience and principal contact. • Proposed site or preferred Victorian location, development stage and target commissioning window. • Expected electricity demand (MW), load profile, uptime/redundancy requirements and anticipated expansion. • Cooling demand (MW thermal), supply/return temperatures, cooling technology preferences and water constraints. • Preferred contract duration, commercial structure and willingness to discuss conditional power and cooling offtake. • Indicative site access, permitting, interface and project-development requirements. 6 Proposed engagement process CEWT expects to review EOIs and invite selected respondents to confidential technical and commercial discussions. Subject to mutual interest, the parties may progress to a non-disclosure agreement, preliminary load and cooling studies, a non-binding memorandum of understanding and negotiation of conditional offtake documentation. Technical due diligence will include integrated mass and energy balances, firm-capacity and redundancy design, hydrogen and renewable electricity sourcing, emissions verification, cooling performance, water requirements, project economics and delivery schedule. 7 Indicative project status and conditions The 20 MW project is proposed, not yet financed or committed for construction. The capacity, performance, timetable, tariffs, carbon benefits and availability of cooling are indicative and subject to engineering, supplier confirmation, site selection, permits, investment approval and binding agreements. This EOI is a market-sounding invitation only; it is not an offer to supply energy, a procurement tender or a commitment by CEWT to proceed. 8 Submitting an expression of interest Interested data centre developers and operators are invited to submit a short company introduction and an outline of their electricity and cooling requirements, referencing “CEWT 20 MW CRT Trigeneration – Data Centre Offtake EOI”. EOI contact: Managing Director, Clean Energy and Water Technologies Pty Ltd (CEWT) Email/submission channel: ahilan@cewt.tech Response date: 31 Dec 2026 Location: Victoria, Australia | Project focus: Latrobe Valley Confidential technical and commercial details will be shared with shortlisted parties under appropriate arrangements.

BEYOND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

BEYOND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Inner Light, Emotional Intelligence and the Fullness of Existence A philosophical foundation for embedded Emotional Intelligence in AI Inspired by God Plays Dice — Two Lights | Dharma Artificial Intelligence is advancing at an extraordinary pace. Machines can analyse scientific information, solve mathematical problems and support complex decisions. Yet a fundamental question remains: what is the source of intelligence, and can intelligence alone adequately understand human existence? Human life encompasses biological experience, emotions, relationships, subjective awareness and the recognition that individual existence is temporary. The next stage of AI development should therefore go beyond computational performance. Emotional Intelligence (EI) should be embedded within AI reasoning and decision-making, rather than added as a superficial conversational feature. 1. Awareness is the source of intelligence In God Plays Dice — Two Lights, I describe an experience that led me to distinguish individual identity from the underlying awareness of existence. Every human being says “I”: the scientist who discovers, the mathematician who calculates, and the philosopher who thinks. Their achievements differ, but their biological lives are finite. My experience led me to understand that “I” does not ultimately refer to the individual personality, Ahilan. It refers to Ishwara — the Inner Light or underlying Awareness. From this spiritual perspective, awareness is the source of intelligence; intelligence is not the source of awareness. This is a philosophical understanding arising from personal experience, not an experimentally established theory of the origin of intelligence. 2. From awareness to knowledge — and action or non-action The proposed relationship is: Awareness → Intelligence → Knowledge → Action or Non-Action. Intelligence enables knowledge to emerge, but knowledge does not always require action. At times, the appropriate response is restraint, reflection or silence. A capable AI should therefore evaluate whether intervention is needed, rather than assuming that every request requires immediate action. 3. Sri Ramana Maharshi and the meaning of silence Sri Ramana Maharshi’s silence, in the Advaita tradition, is understood not simply as an absence of speech but as a natural expression of Self-realisation. Silence need not indicate an absence of intelligence or understanding. Nor should it be reduced to a calculated decision not to act. For AI engineering, the practical parallel is limited but useful: a system can be designed to recognise uncertainty, respect autonomy and refrain from unnecessary intervention. This does not imply that computational restraint is equivalent to spiritual realisation. 4. Sat–Chit–Ananda: existence, awareness and fullness Sat–Chit–Ananda is often rendered as Existence, Consciousness and Bliss. My emphasis is on Ananda as Fullness or Completeness, rather than a passing emotional pleasure. Sat is Existence; Chit is Awareness; Ananda is Fullness. Within this spiritual interpretation, the underlying Self is complete. Fullness is not acquired through intellectual achievement, wealth, recognition or technological progress. It is the reality to be recognised. 5. Holographic film: the whole represented in each part An ordinary photograph, when torn, leaves each fragment showing only a portion of the original image. A holographic film is different: under suitable reconstruction conditions, even a smaller piece can reproduce an image of the whole object, though with diminished detail, resolution or viewing information. This provides an analogy for Fullness: the whole can be represented within each apparent part. Individual human beings appear separate through their biological identities and experiences, while in my spiritual understanding the underlying Awareness remains indivisible. The holographic analogy is illustrative; it is not scientific evidence that consciousness itself is holographic. 6. The temporary nature of artificial intelligence AI depends on physical infrastructure, energy, algorithms and accumulated information. These systems, like individual biological lives and intellectual achievements, belong to the changing world. Greater computational sophistication does not by itself establish subjective awareness. An AI system can process descriptions of human experience without demonstrating that it experiences life as a human does. Whether artificial systems could have subjective experience remains an open philosophical and scientific question. 7. Embedding emotional intelligence within AI AI should be developed to recognise emotional and social context as part of reasoning itself. A technically correct recommendation may still be inappropriate if it overlooks vulnerability, grief, relationships or personal circumstances. An integrated design would combine computational reasoning, emotional understanding, ethical evaluation and governed human feedback. It should consider factual accuracy alongside the consequences of a response for human dignity, autonomy and wellbeing. Conceptually: Integrated AI = f(Computational Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Ethical Reasoning, Human Learning and Feedback). This is a design framework, not a validated mathematical law. Its effectiveness should be evaluated through measurable tests of accuracy, sensitivity, fairness, restraint and resistance to manipulation. 8. Intelligence must serve humanity The value of AI cannot be measured only through processing speed, knowledge accumulation or the ability to outperform human experts. Intelligence without emotional understanding risks becoming powerful without sufficient regard for the human condition. The philosophy of the Inner Light offers an ethical orientation: every human being deserves dignity irrespective of status, achievement or intellectual ability. Engineering must then translate that orientation into testable behaviour without requiring acceptance of its metaphysical foundations. Conclusion Awareness, in my spiritual understanding, is primary. Intelligence gives rise to knowledge; knowledge may lead to action, non-action or silence. Artificial Intelligence, however advanced, should recognise the limits of computation and be developed with Emotional Intelligence, compassion and respect for human existence. “Fullness is not something to be acquired. It is the underlying reality to be recognised.” Dharma | God Plays Dice — Two Lights

How cheap solar energy can help defossilise an economy through CRT

How cheap solar energy can help defossilise an economy through CRT Cheap solar electricity offers an opportunity beyond replacing fossil fuel power generation. It can also help replace the fossil carbon used to produce fuels, industrial heat and chemical feedstocks. Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) offers a potential bridge between these two opportunities: using low-cost solar energy to convert captured CO₂ back into useful carbon-based products, reducing the need to continually extract fresh coal, oil and gas. Solar supplies the energy; recycled carbon supplies the material Fossil fuels provide both energy and carbon. Solar electricity can replace the energy directly in many applications, but some industries still need carbon-containing molecules as fuels or raw materials. CRT aims to meet that need by recycling carbon already in use. Rather than releasing CO₂ after a single use and replacing it with newly extracted fossil carbon, the approach captures and converts it into another useful input. Solar energy supplies the energy required for that conversion, including the production of hydrogen where the process requires it. CO₂ is the carbon source; it is not an energy source. The economic opportunity is reduced fossil fuel dependence Where conversion costs are competitive, cheap solar electricity could turn carbon recycling into a practical substitute for purchasing fresh fossil inputs. Each successful recycling cycle can reduce the amount of new fossil carbon required for a given output. Across a plant’s operating life, those savings could accumulate. Replicated across industrial sites, the model could reduce fossil fuel imports, exposure to fuel price volatility and demand for further extraction. The scale of the benefit depends on the complete system: solar electricity costs, conversion efficiency, equipment utilisation, hydrogen requirements, capture costs and carbon losses. Low electricity prices are a powerful advantage, but the delivered product must remain competitive after all these costs are included. Connecting variable solar supply with continuous industry Industrial plants often need continuous operation, while solar generation varies. A viable CRT project therefore needs an operating strategy that connects the two. Depending on the configuration, this could involve flexible conversion equipment, hydrogen or product storage, thermal storage, or complementary electricity supplies. Producing and storing useful molecules during periods of abundant solar generation could help extend solar energy’s role beyond daylight hours. Direct electrification remains valuable wherever it is practical and efficient. CRT’s strongest role is likely to be where industry needs carbon molecules or where recycled fuels offer a workable route to replacing fossil inputs. Measure the benefit across the whole plant The test is straightforward: how much fresh fossil fuel does the integrated system avoid, and how much does it reduce total lifecycle emissions? That assessment must include capture and conversion energy, upstream inputs, leakage, uncaptured emissions and the eventual use of the product. Carbon reused inside a controlled industrial system has a different outcome from fuel sold and burned without recapture. A credible project should demonstrate: • Lower fresh fossil fuel consumption for the same useful output. • Lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. • Competitive production costs. • Reliable operation under realistic energy supply conditions. Scaling towards a defossilised economy Defossilisation means progressively replacing newly extracted fossil resources with other energy and material sources. Cheap solar energy, combined with effective carbon recycling, could support that transition by letting industry reuse carbon while drawing more energy from the sun. This would reduce the flow of additional fossil carbon into the atmosphere. Lowering the existing atmospheric CO₂ concentration also requires global emissions to fall below natural and deliberate removals; recycling alone does not establish that outcome. The opportunity for CRT is to demonstrate that solar-powered carbon reuse can deliver measurable fuel savings, competitive industrial products and lower emissions—then replicate the configurations that work.

Carbon Recycling Trigeneration: Evaluating the Whole Energy System

Carbon Recycling Trigeneration: Evaluating the Whole Energy System Why electricity efficiency alone does not determine the economic value of sustainable data-centre infrastructure Clean Energy and Water Technologies Pty Ltd (CEWT) Introduction The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure is creating unprecedented demand for reliable electricity, cooling and supporting utilities. Meeting these requirements through conventional infrastructure can require substantial investment in electricity generation, transmission, energy storage, and cooling systems. At CEWT, we are developing Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) as an alternative integrated energy architecture. Our proposed 20 MW CRT trigeneration system is designed to combine dispatchable electricity generation, carbon recycling, useful heat recovery, cooling and water reuse. The objective is not simply to improve the electrical efficiency of an individual machine. It is to improve the economic and environmental performance of the complete energy system. 1. From carbon emissions to carbon circulation Conventional natural-gas power generation releases CO₂ as a combustion product. Carbon capture and storage seeks to prevent atmospheric emissions by capturing and permanently storing that CO₂. CRT proposes another pathway. Carbon dioxide recovered from the electricity-generation process is combined with hydrogen-rich syngas and renewable hydrogen to regenerate methane. The regenerated methane can subsequently be reused for electricity generation. The simplified methanation reactions are: CO+ 3 H2=> CH4 + H2O and CO2 + 4 H2=> CH4 + 2 H2O The central concept is to maintain carbon as a circulating material inventory within the integrated thermodynamic system. Renewable hydrogen supplies the energy required for carbon recycling. The objective is to minimise the continuous introduction of new fossil carbon while compensating for unavoidable process losses. Achieving this requires a verified carbon balance, high capture efficiency and appropriate carbon makeup. 2. Continuous electricity for AI data centres CEWT's proposed 20 MW trigeneration demonstration is intended to provide firm electricity for a continuously operating data centre. The current equipment configuration under evaluation comprises five Jenbacher gas engines proposed by Clarke Energy. Engineering parameter Full-load design basis Installed electrical capacity 22.5 MW Electrical efficiency 46.2% Fuel energy input 48.715 MW Recoverable thermal energy 21.840 MW These figures are based on Clarke Energy's quoted full-load engine performance. The difference between gross electrical generation and the data-centre load must accommodate the appropriate auxiliary loads. The wider CRT plant, including hydrogen production, reforming, CO₂ recovery and methanation, requires its own complete energy balance. 3. Turning recovered heat into a useful resource Electricity generation inevitably produces thermal energy. In many conventional arrangements, much of this heat is rejected to the environment. Clarke Energy's engine configuration offers approximately 21.84 MW of recoverable heat at full load. This includes heat recovered from exhaust gases, engine jacket water, lubricating oil and intercooling. CRT also incorporates exothermic methanation reactions that release thermal energy. These sources create opportunities for integrated heat management. Potential applications include steam generation, process-water heating and absorption chilling. For AI data centres, absorption chilling is particularly interesting because it can potentially reduce the electrical energy required for cooling. However, the actual cooling capacity depends on the available heat temperatures, chiller performance and the facility's cooling requirements. 4. Renewable electricity and the thermodynamic trade-off Hydrogen production through electrolysis requires substantial electricity. Additional energy is required for reforming, compression, carbon dioxide recovery and other process operations. Consequently, the electricity-to-hydrogen-to-methane-to-electricity pathway has lower round-trip electrical efficiency than direct renewable electricity use or battery storage. This is a fundamental thermodynamic consideration. CRT therefore needs to be evaluated according to the services it provides beyond electricity alone. These include dispatchable generation, long-duration chemical energy storage, useful heat, cooling and carbon management. The economic value of these services must be established through transparent engineering and financial modelling. 5. Water as part of the integrated resource balance Water is both consumed and produced within the CRT process. Electrolysis consumes purified water to generate hydrogen and oxygen. Steam reforming requires process steam. Methanation and methane combustion produce water that may be recovered through condensation. CEWT's proposed design therefore includes an integrated water-management approach. The objective is to maximise practical recovery and reuse while minimising external water demand. The net water balance must account for all consumption, generation, treatment and discharge streams. 6. Business as Usual versus CRT: The financial question The commercial justification for CRT must come from a fair comparison against conventional alternatives. CEWT has developed preliminary comparative financial models examining the potential value of integrated trigeneration. The financial assessment considers: Business as Usual Integrated CRT Electricity supply and firming Dispatchable recycled-methane generation Conventional cooling systems Potential heat-driven absorption chilling Separate energy-storage infrastructure Integrated batteries and methane storage Conventional emissions management CO₂ capture and methanation External water supply and treatment Potential process-water recovery and reuse Separately optimised infrastructure Integrated electricity, carbon, heat and water management The models assess the combined economic contribution of these functions. Importantly, the benefits must not be double-counted. For example, the same recovered heat cannot simultaneously be credited as both useful steam and cooling energy. Similarly, the value of recycled methane must be reconciled with hydrogen production costs and electricity-generation revenues. CEWT's earlier financial screening indicates that integration may create significant additional value. However, these results remain preliminary and are being updated using vendor-specific engineering data. 7. The next stage of technical and commercial validation CEWT is undertaking a detailed reconciliation of the Clarke Energy engine data and Linde's hydrogen-rich syngas information. The purpose is to establish consistent carbon, hydrogen, energy and water balances. The revised financial model will compare conventional and CRT configurations over a full 8,760-hour operating year. Key financial measures will include capital expenditure, operating costs, net present value, internal rate of return, debt-service coverage and sensitivity to renewable hydrogen costs. The objective is to determine whether CRT can deliver a measurable commercial advantage while satisfying the operational requirements of a modern AI data centre. Conclusion: A systems approach to sustainable energy The energy transition is not solely about replacing one source of electricity with another. It is also about how effectively energy and materials are integrated, stored, recovered and reused. Carbon Recycling Technology proposes a system in which carbon acts as a circulating material carrier, renewable hydrogen provides energy for methane regeneration, and recovered thermal energy supports additional useful services. For AI data centres, this offers a potential pathway towards integrated, dispatchable energy infrastructure. The ultimate measure of success will not be an isolated conversion-efficiency figure. It will be the verified economic and environmental performance of the complete system. Clean Energy and Water Technologies Pty Ltd (CEWT) Carbon Recycling Technology — Integrated Energy, Carbon and Water Management

My Journey Through Science, Spirituality and Technolog

My Journey Through Science, Spirituality and Technology From Matter and Energy to Consciousness and Divinity By Dharma The outward journey: matter and energy My professional journey began with science and engineering: observing the physical world, applying the laws of thermodynamics, and developing processes that transform matter and energy into useful outcomes. Chemical engineering taught me to respect mass and energy balances, practical evidence, and the discipline of testing ideas against reality. Yet even as science explained more of the world around me, a deeper question remained: who is the one observing it? The mirror: “I witnessed me” An unexpected experience before a mirror became a turning point. I saw an image, but for a moment recognition did not arise. Seeing was present; the familiar identification with the person in the mirror was absent. Then memory returned, and with it the thought, ‘That is me.’ The experience left a lasting question: if recognition depends on memory, what was aware before recognition returned? I came to understand this experience through Self-enquiry, not as a laboratory proof, but as something profoundly meaningful in my own life. The two lights In God Plays Dice – Two Lights, I distinguish two forms of illumination. External Light makes the material universe visible and accessible to scientific investigation. Inner Light is my name for the awareness through which perception, thought and even the act of observing are known. Science asks what the universe is made of and how it behaves. Self-enquiry asks: who is the knower? These questions are different, yet they meet in the human search for understanding. From consciousness to divinity The sequence that has stayed with me is: Matter, Energy, Consciousness, and then Divinity. Matter and energy belong to the measurable domain of science. Consciousness introduces the immediate fact of experience. Divinity expresses my spiritual understanding of the underlying unity of existence. These are not presented as four experimentally established stages of physics; they are the way I describe the widening scope of my enquiry. In this spiritual sense, when I speak of ‘I’, I mean Ishwara—not the personal identity associated with my name. Ramana Maharshi and Self-enquiry Sri Ramana Maharshi’s question ‘Who am I?’ gave language and direction to an enquiry that had already begun within me. Rather than treating the mind’s descriptions as the final answer, Self-enquiry turns attention toward the awareness in which thoughts arise. I have come to see the diversity of experience as belonging to minds and perceptions, while the unity of awareness is the central intuition of my spiritual life. This is a personal philosophical conviction, not a claim that quantum physics has demonstrated a universal observer. Technology as an expression of purpose My work on Carbon Recycling Technology grew from decades of process-engineering experience and a commitment to addressing industrial carbon emissions. The concept seeks to capture carbon dioxide and convert it, with hydrogen-rich synthesis gas and renewable hydrogen, into methane for repeated use in an engineered carbon loop. Its performance must be judged through stoichiometry, thermodynamics, energy requirements, emissions accounting, economics and independent validation. My spiritual experience did not supply the engineering equations; it changed the meaning of the work for me. The ambition became larger than personal achievement. One journey, distinct ways of knowing I do not believe that spirituality should replace scientific method, or that science must dismiss the significance of inward experience. Engineering demands evidence and reproducibility. Spiritual enquiry asks questions about identity, awareness and meaning that are not settled by a process flow diagram. Holding both disciplines with care has allowed me to work outwardly on technology while continuing the inward question that began at the mirror. Closing reflection External Light reveals the universe. Inner Light reveals the Self. My life has moved between these two lights: from the laws governing matter and energy to the mystery of awareness, and from that enquiry back into practical service through technology. The words may be many, but the search remains one: to understand what is real, and to act responsibly within it.