Proof that a vision is worth the fight, is a patent that draws in believers.
From there, one connection led to the next. Alain Jaccard, an intellectual property specialist, had worked alongside Lucien for over a decade, developing patent families across several early-stage companies. That relationship brought the speed and trust required to turn our idea into a first provisional US patent in record time, securing the closed-loop geothermal system, built to operate and expand incrementally.
With the patent in progress, we were able to transition from bootstrapped to our first capital raise, giving us the initial resources to uncover potential showstoppers and sharpen our core value proposition. Drawing on Patrick and Lucien’s hard-earned networks, we united our earliest believers around a shared vision. That early capital allowed us to rigorously evaluate our concept from every angle, launching key workstreams spanning deep rock mechanics, Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI), thermodynamics, brand, and renewable energy market opportunities.
Then, in the middle of it all, COVID hit, giving me an unexpected gift: time to dig deep into the philosophy behind the business we were building. I explored the deeper intersections of the energy transition, philosophy, and the economic systems that govern our everyday lives… I interrogated how market structures shape energy infrastructure, the possible decentralised disruption brought by renewables, and how smaller, agile players are challenging established capitalist mindsets to forge a new paradigm. A time where my thinking behind energy as a common good, Energy Return on Energy Invested, and the broader role of social sciences in the energy transition really began to flourish.
“EA (Earth) + PO (Power) + SYS (Systems) = EAPOSYS. More than just a name, it became our commitment: uniting subsurface engineering with socio-economic reality to transform the energy landscape from the ground up.”