Founded in 2011 and led since inception by Aharon Arakel, Pact Renewables is both a technology company and a specialist advisory firm. We integrate scientific and technical expertise, regulatory insight, and market knowledge to deliver practical, effective solutions for saline waste and residuals management, and for mineral recovery with high value-adding potential.

 

Unlike conventional consultancies or technology developers, Pact Renewables combines independent advisory services with ongoing technology development, enabling clients to access both strategic guidance and practical implementation pathways.

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Our philosophy is simple: develop, optimise, and apply proven technologies — combined with deep advisory insight — to deliver outcomes that are scientifically credible, economically sound, and environmentally sustainable. Our integrated “brine-to-value” strategy enables zero-waste outcomes and de-risked, informed decision-making by industries, utilities, governments, and investors.

Selected Achievements

• (2001) First Salpro licence issued internationally following large-scale piloting and public demonstration in South Australia, using seawater brines.

• (2006–2009) Several independent comparative assessments of Salpro technology (including the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Colorado School of Mines) ranking it as the highest-performing ZLD solution for inorganic saline waste streams on techno-economic and sustainability grounds.

• (2008–2014) Securing a portfolio of national and international patents for protecting core processes and products from Salpro-based brine valorisation methods.

• (2016) Successful transfer of a salt-lake potash venture to an ASX/LSE-listed company.

• (2022) Completion of techno-economic assessments of MBC technology for application in selected industrial and environmental market sectors.

• (2023) Recognition of the Company as a “Top Innovator” at 2023 World Economic Forum. Commencement of production operations at Ragn-Sells AB’s EU$50m Ash2Salt plant, manufacturing potash salt and byproducts from waste-to-energy fly ash washing effluents, using Salpro technology.

• (2024) Comparative techno-economic evaluation by CSIRO of Salpro- and Solvay-based selective salt recovery processes for beneficial use of brine from a major Australian unconventional gas project, concluding with a significantly higher positive NPV achievable in the Salpro process.