Nanostellar is developing nano-engineered catalyst materials that reduce exhaust emissions and increase the effectiveness of precious metals in
these catalysts by 25 to 30 percent. These materials allow customers in the automotive and stationary power industries to boost catalytic
converter performance and to comply with industry regulations more cost effectively. Nanostellar's Rational Catalyst Design methodology combines
computation materials science, novel synthesis, and chemical engineering to aid in the rapid development of these novel materials.
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NanoH2O enhances current polymer-based membranes with a nano-structured material that allows additional control of key membrane properties. The
result is a wide array of advantageous membrane characteristics including improved throughput at requisite salt and contaminant rejection levels,
passive and active fouling resistance, and the flexibility to address specific water chemistries.
Solum makes a field-deployable measurement tool that can give farmers immediate results of soil nutrient needs. Solum enables farmers to reduce
fertilizer costs and improve crop yields by delivering the right amount of fertilizer at the right place and at the right time. Solum's technology
makes farming more sustainable by reducing nitrogen runoff (which causes aquatic "dead zones") and combating a significant source of nitrous
oxide—the third most important greenhouse gas and the leading cause of ozone depletion.
The Climate Corporation's mission is to help the world's people and businesses adapt to climate change.
The company’s unique technology platform enables the real-time pricing and purchasing of customizable weather insurance using proprietary global weather simulation modeling and local weather monitoring systems.
The company protects the $3 trillion global agriculture industry from the financial impact of adverse weather – the cause of over 90 percent of crop loss – with fully automated weather insurance products.
Unlike traditional insurance, The Climate Corporation's products pay out automatically based solely on measured weather conditions, requiring no claims process and no waiting for payment.
Segetis, a technology-enabled green chemistry company, produces versatile, cost-effective chemical building blocks to make chemicals and plastics
with unique material properties, cost-effective economics, and a dramatically improved health and environmental footprint.
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Draths has developed proprietary bacterial organisms that transform sugars from renewable feedstock into chemical intermediates that are
traditionally manufactured from petroleum-based sources. By focusing on output materials such as caprolactam and resorcinol, Draths passes
on value to polymer manufacturers and their customers.
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Soladigm is developing next-generation green building materials and solutions with a global impact. By bringing together a world-class
team and resources from the glass, optical coatings, and semiconductor industries, Soladigm is poised to deliver new and advanced performing
products that significantly reduce energy use in buildings.
Calera is making global carbon capture economically viable. Calera's Mineralization via Aqueous Precipitation (MAP) process captures
massive volumes of carbon dioxide and other emissions, such as SOx, acid gases, and mercury, and converts the emissions into high
quality sustainable building materials and water. Calera's process captures emissions at the power plant and avoids carbon emissions
at the cement plant.
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HCL is developing a cost-effective technology that converts cellulosic biomass into sugars using concentrated hydrochloric acid.
HCL's hydrochloric acid recovery method reduces the cost associated with the process and allows the use of a large variety of
feedstock with little water or energy consumption.
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Range Fuels has invented a two-step thermochemical process and a proprietary catalyst to produce renewable biofuels such as cellulosic
ethanol and methanol from nonfood sources. Range's distributive and modular design allows the systems to be scaled up and brought to
sources where biomass is most plentiful, thus reducing transportation costs and fuel consumption.
Lanza's core technology allows carbon monoxide from industrial waste and biomass syngas to be used for fuel and chemical
production via fermentation. Lanza's proprietary microbes use carbon monoxide as their only source of carbon and energy for
growth and product synthesis.
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Coskata is commercializing a proprietary process and related technologies for the conversion of a wide variety of input
materials into ethanol. Coskata has an efficient, affordable, and flexible three-step conversion process that consists of
gasification, biofermentation, and ethanol recovery.
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Mascoma is pursuing the production of cellulosic biofuels and eco-friendly and sustainable chemicals from a variety of
cellulosic feedstock via the development of a Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP) technology. This technology leverages
engineered yeast and bacteria that can directly convert cellulose into ethanol, thus combining enzymatic digestion and
fermentation into a one-step, reduced-cost process.
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Gevo is developing novel biocatalysts, host organisms, and processes for the economical production of biobutanol from
agricultural waste and other feedstock. Biobutanol is a platform chemical for the liquid fuels and petrochemical market
and can be used as a gasoline blendstock to meet clean air standards and renewable fuel targets.
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LS9 is developing a renewable, cost-effective and efficient way to produce petroleum-replacement products and industrial
chemicals. LS9 has developed a new means of efficiently converting fatty acid intermediates into petroleum replacement
products via fermentation of renewable sugars. LS9 has also discovered and engineered a new class of enzymes and their
associated genes to efficiently convert fatty acids into hydrocarbons.
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Amyris' technology makes it possible to alter the metabolic pathways of microorganisms such as yeasts, creating living
factories that produce molecules with practical applications. These microorganisms can be programmed to transform
plant-based feedstock into a multitude of different isoprenoids for energy, pharmaceutical, and chemical applications.
Amyris's technology was initially developed for the production of arteminisin, an antimalarial treatment.
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KiOR is developing and commercializing Biomass Catalytic Cracking (BCC)—a novel catalytic process that converts biomass
into a high-quality, renewable crude oil that is a substitute for conventional crude oil. KiOR's process leverages existing
technology along with novel catalysts and is environmentally friendly due to minimal energy requirements and the generation
of valuable side products such as water and minerals.
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Seeo is developing a new generation of rechargeable, all-solid-state lithium batteries based on a proprietary polymer
electrolyte. Seeo offers dramatic improvements in energy density while providing best-in-class product lifetime and safety.
By combining its core polymer electrolyte technology with a rich knowledge base of traditional lithium-ion materials,
processing, and product design, Seeo has overcome the limitations of current technologies, offering a new platform for
high-energy density storage systems for a variety of applications.
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Sakti3 is developing an advanced solid-state rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology for automotive applications.
GridShift had developed a novel water electrolysis technique that will dramatically reduce the cost of hydrogen
production. GridShift's nano-particle catalyst and a three-dimensional electrode allow it to produce four times more
hydrogen per electrode area with 97 percent lower catalyst costs than current commercial units. GridShift's technique
uses no precious metals as catalysts and can have a zero carbon footprint when driven by a clean energy source.
GridShift will use this technology in conjunction with an alkaline fuel cell for a high-efficiency hydrogen flow cell.
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Tula is developing a proprietary engine management solution, based on digital signal processing technology and
sophisticated control algorithms, to significantly improve the fuel economy and efficiency of internal combustion engines.
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Caitin has developed a novel cooling cycle that will reduce energy use and revolutionize cooling and refrigeration.
Transonic is developing an innovative, supercritical fuel-injection technology that enables a lean combustion process
and greatly improves engine efficiency by reducing fuel consumption at a given output power. This fuel injection technology
is applicable to a variety of fuel mixtures.
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EcoMotors is developing unique opposed-piston, high-efficiency engines for automotive, power generation, and other applications.
EcoMotors' engine, turbo, and clutch design results in a high power density turbo-diesel engine with reduced turbo lag, fewer
components than conventional engines, improved fuel economy, and low parasitic power losses.
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NRG Drive is an advanced hydraulic power train system, blending basic mechanical and fluid technology with state-of-the-art
materials, packaging, and component innovations. NRG Drive can be partnered with gasoline, diesel, bio-fuel, electric, or
solar power plants to create a highly efficient hybrid power train. With NRG Drive, it is possible to have fuel economy
improvement of roughly 60 percent while at the same time reducing vehicle emissions by as much as 90 percent.
Soraa
Soraa is revolutionizing the LED space by developing a high-efficiency, low-cost lighting technology.
LumenZ
LumenZ is developing cost-effective zinc oxide-based LEDs with improved color characteristics for lighting applications.
Topanga Technologies is the leading innovator of solid-state drivers and electrode-free plasma lamps for industrial and
commercial lighting applications. Topanga's lamps and engines are engineered to optimize light output, color, quality, life,
energy efficiency, and overall performance. Topanga's breakthrough innovation has produced a novel light source design
with high lumen-per-watt energy efficiency that exceeds HID, metal halide, HPS, halogen, induction, fluorescent, and LED
light sources.
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Danotek is developing a generator technology for wind turbines based on compact and lightweight permanent magnet generators.
These generators simplify turbine design and construction, maximize efficiency, produce power at variable speeds, and extend
the system lifetime.
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Varentec develops advanced power electronics equipment for the electric grid. Our patented technology reduces size, increases performances, and delivers a net increase in efficiency.
Stion is a solar photovoltaics company developing high-efficiency thin-film modules with the reduced material and processing
costs associated with thin films. The high efficiency of the modules will minimize the total installed costs of the photovoltaic
system.
Nordic Windpower has designed, built, and operated a line of utility-scale, two-bladed wind turbines that are cost effective,
reliable, and have overall less noise than three-blade turbines.
EchoFirst manufactures and markets an efficient integrated solar energy system. The integrated system provides both electric
and heating needs for homes with a total energy output that greatly surpasses the output of a standard PV system.
GreatPoint Energy is a technology-driven natural resources company and the developer of a proprietary, highly-efficient
catalytic process known as hydromethanation, by which coal, petroleum coke, and biomass are converted directly into low-cost,
clean, pipeline-quality natural gas, while allowing for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Hydromethanation yields dramatically improved economics for the production of natural gas and an environmental footprint
equivalent to that of the most environmentally friendly commercial fuel.
Leading the next generation of solar efficiency and payback.
AltaRock Energy is a renewable-energy development company focused on the research and development of engineered geothermal
systems (EGS). AltaRock has filed patent applications for a portfolio of patents in the EGS area and holds exclusive
licenses for related intellectual property.
Reluceo is developing novel functional polymers and biodegradable plastics that will replace environmentally harmful
components of major consumer products.
TerraPower aims to develop a sustainable and economic nuclear energy system while greatly reducing proliferation risks
and creating new options for converting low-level waste into vast energy resources.
TerraPower is investigating a class of nuclear fast reactors called the traveling wave reactor (TWR).
Pellion is developing an inexpensive, rechargeable magnesium-ion battery for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle applications.
LightSail Energy is developing breakthrough energy storage technology.