Axion Power International

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. (HEVT) is a technology venture engaged in design and development of hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle controllers, drive trains, and conversions. HEVT's solutions address rising fuel costs, global warming, harmful emissions, and sound pollution. Located at the University Tech Park on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus in Chicago, HEVT has exclusive rights to the intellectual property, patents, and patents-pending covering this technology developed by Professor Ali Emadi and his research laboratory at IIT, one teams engaged in power electronics and motor aims to drive for automotive systems.

Vortex Hydro Energy is a company that received a STTR Phase I grant for a project entitled: Havesting Hydrokinetic Energy Using Vortex Induced Vibration and Fish Biomimetics. Their project will transition an innovative 1-5 kW energy generating system from the University of Michigan (UM) Marine Renewable Energy Laboratory (MRELab) towards the commercial market place. The system is based on a system of cylinders that are made to oscillate by water currents at velocities as low as 1-2 knots (water turbines require 5-7 knots). It is through this mechanism that the converter harvests the hydrokinetic energy. This project, if successful, will yield a new means of harvesting energy from low velocity currents. Additionally, this system is believed to have fewer impacts on aquatic wildlife than turbine based systems.

Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies, LLC is a Mount Pleasant, SC based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies, LLC's business and areas of expertise. The United States is in need of new sources of energy, particularly those that can be generated domestically without increasing the use of fossil fuels. This project will develop a biological process that increases the yield of bioethanol from renewable plant fiber by 5-fold or more is being developed.

Renew Financial, founded in 2008, specializes in affordable financing for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and is developing an array of financing products that will help move America toward a clean energy model.

E21 LLC aims to provide Mid-Atlantic businesses with on-site power generation services, allowing companies to take advantage of renewable energy's predictable cost. E21 aims to provide a turn-key solution, with the customer able to acquire an on-site system with no capital costs.

ExRo has developed a fundamentally different generator design that is expected to have more linear operating characteristics, thereby increasing the aggregate energy output from renewables. Conventional electrical generators must be designed to the maximum expected input energy and output load, leading to inefficiencies when energy input or loads are lower or higher. Most renewable energy sources (wind, tidal, small hydro) tend to be highly variable. The key patents of the company were recently approved.