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"[Natural gas] emits a lot less carbon than coal, and is likely to play a bigger role next year in federal energy policies and green entrepreneurship, according to consulting firm Kachan & Co."
Natural gas looks to oust coal and win over oil companies, VentureBeat, Dec 6, 2010
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Applications to the Northern Cleantech Showcase
| Title | Marketing abstract | Company name | Contact name | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formic acid fuel cell company eyeing $400 million in revenue from partner | Fuel cell maker Tekion, recently restructured, is now partnering with a dominant battery manufacturer and world wide distributor and a new player in the backup power market. Its partners bring application OEMs, integration capability, large volume applications and distribution to deliver Tekion’s environmentally benign fuel to the world. With an addressable market over $1.3 billion in portable power alone, and a battery partner relationship it believes is worth $400 million in revenue, Tekion is seeking $9mm in working capital, with $4mm already committed by a lead investor. | Tekion | Neil Huff | 02/24/2011 - 15:11 |
| Modular residential solar roofing system offering superior aesthetics | MSR's SOLTRAK™ modular solar roofing system, designed specifically for homes, incorporates two unique innovations: polymer roofing tiles that can have solar cells integrated directly into the tiles, and a proprietary track mounting system that is easily installed, allowing the tiles to be snapped into place with no tools. The company claims that by reducing upfront capital cost, SOLTRAK lowers the biggest barrier to residential adoption of solar and the homeowner has a good looking roof. | MSR Innovations | Jim Thompson | 02/24/2011 - 14:53 |
| Converting petroleum waste streams into valuable commodities for resale | Klean Industries is a Canadian based company headquartered in Vancouver that collects, recycles and recovers value from high calorific waste streams, specifically focused on tires and plastics, through a commercially proven carbonization process. The company’s carbonization facilities use a world-wide patented pyrolysis/gasification technology that provides a solution to the disposal of scrap tires and plastics by reducing the waste into marketable chemical products; diesel fuel, carbon black, steel, and carbon credits. | Klean Industries | Jesse Klinkhamer | 02/24/2011 - 13:09 |
| Start-up investment in emerging AR technology for surgical simulation | Augmented Reality (AR) has been declared by Gartner Group as one of the biggest disruptive technology areas with considerable growth over the next 5+ years. This growth is intrinsically tied to smartphone user growth, which providers are investing heavily in. As this emerging technology advances, growth in education and simulation will be unfounded. This very early stage start-up, creating augmented education applications and "near-life" surgical simulation is well-poised for exceptional growth opportunity in a projected $3B industry worldwide. | Cursor Interactive | Andrew Marley-Clarke | 02/24/2011 - 12:18 |
| Metal air fuel cell company with $9 million revenue in pipeline | MagPower Systems believes it is poised to take advantage of the rapidly-developing market for green energy with a power system based, in part, on saltwater. MagPower’s magnesium-air technology uses an abundant and inexpensive fuel source coupled with air and a plentiful saline electrolyte. MagPower plans to integrate its metal air power source into multiple applications, enhance others' ability to “green” their own products, as well as powering the company's own devices as well. In doing so, it plans to usher in new acceptance of fuel cell-generated power as the price point is driven down into the hands of average consumers. | MagPower Systems | Chris Hilliard | 02/24/2011 - 08:53 |
| A new desalination process at 30% of current costs | Aquavive has developed nanoscale encapsulants that trap and remove suspended and dissolved solids larger than 15 Angstroms upon contact in a simple mixing process. Pilot tests have confirmed the company's approach can reduce salt levels in seawater to undetectable levels, along with bacteria and other pollutants. The process does not have the high energy consumption and inherent performance limitations that plague reverse osmosis, the current desalination process of choice, the company claims. | Aquavive Technologies | Peter Yew | 02/23/2011 - 20:58 |
| Hog farm manure dewatering and odour reduction with fertilizer revenue | Hog farm size today is defined by the amount of adjacent land available for manure disposal. A new system from ATD Waste Systems breaks that linkage by recycling water from manure and feeding it back to the animals. Over 50% of liquids are recycled, odours reduced, greenhouse gases eliminated and a new source of revenue is produced from a dry organic based fertilizer. This simple idea allows large scale farms to be placed closer to markets to provide healthier hogs on an environmentally sustainable and profitable basis. | ATD Waste Systems | J. Victor Van Slyke | 02/23/2011 - 15:47 |
| Profitably producing bio-chemical glycols from byproducts | S2G Biochemicals Inc. is a private company located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that is poised to build commercial plants based on its “Sugar-to-Glycol” technology for the production of low-cost and sustainable biochemicals from byproduct or surplus materials. Sugar-to-Glycol is a patented hydrotreating process that generates valuable propylene and ethylene glycol from a range of abundant feedstocks. This allows S2G to add value to the byproduct glycerine from biodiesel companies; cellulosic ethanol companies to create profitable revenue streams from their challenging wood-based sugars; and forest products or agricultural companies to change waste pulp liquors, wood slash, straw, corn stover and other low-value biomass from a problem into a business opportunity. | S2G Biochemicals | Mark Kirby | 02/22/2011 - 13:13 |
| Green roofing and siding from upcycled plastic | GR Green Building Products has developed an innovative formula and patented process to manufacture the first ‘carbon positive’ synthetic building products for roofing and siding applications. Made from recycled plastic (milk bottles, grocery bags) and limestone, GR Green Cedar™ and GR Green Slate™ are long lasting (50+ years), fireproof, waterproof, impact and wind resistant and surpass all building code requirements, the company claims, and are easy to install and cost less than competition. | GR Green Building Products | Geoff Wensel | 02/21/2011 - 12:30 |
| Back up power fuel cells with Asian telecom and multi-unit residential traction | Palcan Energy Corporation (Palcan) has two lines of fuel cell products: a portable 500w generator for mobile applications and 2/4/6kw back up power generators for industry or residential applications. Asia is the company's market focus, because the power supply infrastructure in most Asian countries is inferior to the west. In China alone, there are over 900,000 cell towers which need back up power, according to the company. Palcan has been working with two of the largest cell phone service providers, China telecom and China mobile, since 2010 in the Shanghai region to demonstrate its fuel cell back up system. It says it has signed distributors in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, countries which have very poor power suppy infrastructure. | Palcan Energy Corporation | Dr. John Shen | 02/16/2011 - 14:15 |