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The MIT Clean Energy Prize reports it has chosen its semifinalists, who will compete for the $200,000 grand prize in May.
The 24 semifinalist teams must be composed of at least 50 percent students; the current semifinalists come from 14 colleges across the country. Each team will be matched with an industry mentor and a legal mentor in the run-up to the winner being announced on May 3.
The following startups were named semifinalists:
Deployment
• Degree Energy Services, University of Maryland: Energy-efficiency algorithm
• em[POWER] Energy Group Inc., Princeton University: Waste-to-energy technology for landfills
• Tenergy, MIT: Energy efficiency technology for tenants and landlords
• Virebo, MIT and Harvard University: Software for tracking the efficiency of equipment
• Virtual Electric Vehicle Co., University of California Berkeley: Mobile app for calculating savings of an electric vehicle
Energy Efficiency and Infrastructure
• C-Crete Technologies, MIT: Nanoengineered concrete
• EESensor, MIT: Home-energy meter w/ social networking features
• Near Zero, University of California Berkeley: Flywheel battery
• Repaper Solutions, University of California Berkeley: Reusable computer printer paper
• SmartSense, University of California Berkeley: Current sensors for electric transmission lines
Non-renewables
• Ancora Energy, MIT: Clean energy technology
• Carbon Capture Synthetic Fuels, Louisana Tech: Synthetic diesel fuel
• OsComp Systems, MIT and Harvard University: Gas-compression technology
• ReGreen Inc., Georgia Institute of Technology: Heat exchange technology
Renewables
• Altaeros Energies, MIT and Harvard University: Airborne wind turbine
• C3Nano Inc., Stanford University: Transparent electrodes
• Nuru Light, University of Massachusetts, Columbia University: Pedal-generated light
• Solar Engineering Solutions Inc., MIT and Harvard University: Solar air conditioning
• Winduction, MIT: Wind turbines
Transportation
• Agavenol, Arizona State University: Agave plants as an alternative ethanol feedstock
• Bio-re, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Renewable power
• Iris Engines Inc., Johns Hopkins University: Internal combustion engines
• Vecarius, MIT: Energy efficiency technology for vehicles
• ViaCycle, Georgia Institute of Technology: Bicycle-sharing technology
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