Q&A: Clean tech startup links business decisions to energy costs
Jimmy Jia Distributed Energy Management has business intelligence software that analyzes the energy data from smart meters, or any other data source, and correlates it to business operations. I...
View ArticleQ&A: Startup’s innovation boosts renewable energy output
Don Moss and Zachary Butler Global Green Energy in Tumwater has hardware that solar power system owners use to feed renewable energy into the electric grid. To find out more, I talked with Global...
View ArticleQ&A: Solensphere looks to make solar power cheaper and more reliable
Team Solensphere — Feng Shi; Adam Burwell; and Corbyn Jahn — at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge. Photo Matt Hagen Solensphere Renewables has developed a solar concentrator system that...
View ArticleNADAC Systems turns off the lights, and more, to save energy
Drago Ognjenovic Portland-based NADAC Systems has developed technology that saves energy by switching off unoccupied spaces. That recently earned the company a semifinalist position in the 2012...
View ArticleQ&A: Pterofin borrows wind turbine design from bird wings
Seattle-based Pterofin has copied designs from nature to develop eye-catching turbines for wind and hydro power. That has earned the company several awards, most recently a semifinalist position in...
View ArticleHomes made out of milk bottles; networked water purifiers and other winners...
The Vyykn team is developing a new type of water purification system. Sixteen cleantech startups from around the Northwest gathered in Portland this week to learn which lucky three would represent the...
View ArticleHelion Energy’s futuristic reactor could make carbon-free power by 2019
David Kirtley Dr. David Kirtley comes across as a smart, practical guy with a head for business. That creates some cognitive dissonance when he explains that his Redmond startup is developing fusion...
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