12 October 2011

Global Cleantech Cluster Association's Top 30 Companies Announced

As readers of The Green Skeptic know, I co-founded the Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, a business network for cleantech professionals working from New York to Northern Virgina.

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


For more information about the Global Cleantech Cluster Association, go to their website: GlobalCleantech.org  
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