John Martin, director of the Cleantech Open, announced the selection of 17 semifinalists for the Northwest region, including seven from Washington. The national final competition will take place in November.
- Distributed Energy Management, Bremerton, WA– A business-intelligence service that quantifies the operational costs of energy allocations, allowing businesses to make cost-effective, energy saving decisions.
- Global Green Energy Corp., Tumwater, WA – An efficient DC-to-AC converter that reduces waste in the transfer from solar panels and other renewable generators to the electricity grid.
- Profile Composites, Bremerton, WA – Offers a method for forming carbon composite structures using less heat and energy. This provides a cost-effective switch for vehicle fleets to natural gas fuel.
- Pterofin, Seattle, WA – A new flow-energy generation concept in wind or water based on the pivot motion of a bird’s wings or fish fins.
- Sunreps, Redmond, WA – A high-tech fabric that provides solar heated fresh air, reducing the need for traditional heaters.
- TriboTeX, Pullman, WA – A privately owned nanoparticle bio-lubricant that, when applied, results in a 10-20% reduction in friction and efficiency improvement in machinery like wind power gearboxes.
- Wave Engine Solutions, Camas, WA – A new engine design that substitutes the ‘crankshaft’ with a ‘wave barrel’ by keeping the connecting rod and piston vertically balanced throughout the compression cycle. It reduces friction and increases thermal efficiency by 30-50%.
- Ameristar Solar, Banks, OR – A patent-pending dual-axis tracker system for solar panels primarily for remote, off-grid and emergency installations. It is easy to transport, costs less and captures more energy than single and fixed tilt solar panel system.
- Earthfort, Corvallis, OR – Method involving soil microorganisms for bioremediation of contaminated agricultural soil.
- Emigh Design, West Linn, OR – A patended linear-roller bearing design that increases efficiency of Stirling thermal engines.
- GR Green, Burnaby, B.C. – A patented production process for ecological synthetic roofing and siding with a complete cradle-to-cradle life cycle. The material is comes from limestone waste, recycled milk bottles and grocery bags.
- NADAC Systems, Portland, OR – A system that manages energy allocation based on real occupancy. This software and hardware concept prevents heating, cooling and lighting in empty spaces.
- Retrolux, Boise, ID – Offers software that collects data from existing lighting and proposed energy-efficient lighting, in order to execute mobile audits.
- Regenergy365, Hillsboro, OR – A patented technology that uses the exhaust of commercial and industrial HVAC/refrigeration systems to generate on-site electricity. Thereby, lowering operating costs and reducing energy waste.
- Ryno Motors, Portland, OR – A single-wheel, electric personal transportation product. Likened to a single wheel motorcycle with a unique-balancing technology.
- Solensphere, Klamath Falls, OR – A patented Hybrid SolarConcentrator that joins solar thermal energy capture with photovoltaic cells. At a lower cost than traditional PV panels, the product’s required surface area of PV cells is reduced by a factor of 1000 while still collecting 72% of the solar energy.
- Vÿykn, Boise, ID – An on-site water purification system that is network-controlled and generates pure, pH-balanced, ionized and oxygen-infused water.