Earlier this year, we joined the Global Cleantech Cluster Assocication (GCCA), which is comprised of 30 cleantech clusters and networks around the globe from Switzerland to Singapore and San Diego to Syracuse.
Together the GCCA members represent 4,000 Cleantech Companies Worldwide. And now the GCCA has an award to recognize some of the best of the best of those companies, nominated by its member organizations.
A Global Top 30 semi-finalists for the 2011 award were announced today and will now be judged by 28 cleantech venture capitalists, investors and serial entrepreneurs who collectively manage $3.5 billion in clean technology investments.
From this group ten winners will be picked in each of ten categories. The award winners will be announced on November 14th in Dublin, Ireland, at the Dublin Cleantech Forum and GCCA Later Stage Awards.
Co-hosted by An iSli Ghlas – The Green Way, Ireland’s cleantech cluster, the full-day event will feature CEO presentations and high-level discussions on the most critical topics for emerging clean technology companies and investment opportunities.
The Global Top 30 Companies are:
Category | Companies | Clusters |
Biofuels | Imperative Energy | An tSlí Ghlas – The Green Way, Ireland |
Chempolis | Finnish Cleantech Cluster | |
Synthezyme | NYC Acre | |
Energy Efficiency/ Green Buildings | Omnio | swisscleantech |
Albeo | Colorado Cleantech IA | |
PearlLED | Chicago Clean Energy Alliance | |
New Materials | Genomatica | CleanTech San Diego |
Beneq | Finnish Cleantech Cluster | |
OPX Biotechnologies | Colorado Cleantech IA | |
Other renewables | AWS Ocean Energy | ecoConnect, U.K |
Open Hydro | An tSlí Ghlas – The Green Way, Ireland | |
NovaThermal Energy | Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, U.S.A. | |
Solar | Alencon Systems | Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, U.S.A. |
PrismSolar | Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries U.S.A. | |
Solaris | Chicago Clean Energy | |
Storage/Smart Grid | PowerGenics | CleanTech San Diego |
HydroGenics | MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, CA | |
ICE Energy | Colorado Cleantech IA | |
Transportation | Achates Power | CleanTech San Diego |
Rapid Electric Vehicles | Green Tech Exchange, Canada | |
SAM Group | swisscleantech | |
Water | Trunz | swisscleantech |
Rentricity | NYC Acre | |
PortaPure | Chicago Clean Energy | |
Waste | EcoATM | CleanTech San Diego |
Newalta | EcoTech Quebec | |
Akkuser | Finnish Cleantech Cluster | |
Wind | Moventas | Finnish Cleantech Cluster |
STEP | EcoWorld Styria, Austria | |
Acrosoma | Flanders Cleantech Association |
