Portfolio Companies

BATTERY & ENERGY STORAGE

ADI Solar

Solar collection, energy storage and power generation
Case Study

Genix

Harvesting kinetic energy from moving vehicles to store for use or sale

K2 Energy Solutions

Residential and commercial energy storage for peak electricity demand management

University of Nevada, Reno (Polymeric Design)

Novel battery separator for iron phosphate batteries (Dr. Alan Fuchs)
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BIOFUEL

University of California, Davis

Biofuel from cellulosic waste (Dr. Mark Mascal) 
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Algae as biofuel (Dr. Jian Ma)

University of Nevada, Reno (Oleofuels)

Biofuel from tallow and other waste animal fat (Dr. Rainer Busch)

University of Nevada, Reno (Sludge2Power)

Wastewater processing system that produces electricity onsite from dried wastewater biosolids (Dr. Chuck Coronella; Dr. Victor Vasquez)

ZERE

Air independent internal oxidation biomass to energy technology

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Clausius Technologies

Software providing on-site load shifting capabilities for utilities and demand management companies--enables lower energy usage for homes and small commercial buildings

Ener-G-Rotors

Expander that turns low-grade waste heat--hot water or steam--into electricity

Ener

Online energy management service
Case Study

Green Materials Management

Description

May-Ruben

Using waste heat or solar heat to drive electromechanical compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning
(binary fluid injector technology)

LoadIQ, LLC

Energy management software that determines how energy is used in buildings
Really Smart Meter: Energy-Saving Local Invention, Reno News & Review, May 5, 2011
LoadIQ First to Use Streamlined Licensing Tool, Northern Nevada Business Weekly
StartUp LoadIQ Learns the Big Company Ropes - Siemens, Technology-to-Business Center

Mountain Logic

Software for automationof HVAC systems

Sierra Energy

Blast furnace technology for waste disposal and gasification
see Sierra Energy on the White House blog "Champions of Change"

Stone Mountain Technologies

Utilizing waste heat for water heating

GEOTHERMAL

Helidyne Power

Geothermal/geopressure turbine for energy generation from waste heat
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Impact Technologies

Flash ASJ drilling for installation of ground source heat pumps and geothermal units

University of Nevada, Reno

Dropwise Condenser for Geothermal Applications (Dr. Kwang Kim)

SOLAR

Clean Energy Center

Solar project development

Desert Research Institute

Modular optical guidance component for solar systems (Dr. Vic Etyemezian)

FlexStrata

Low cost solar cells on amorphous and flexible substrates using single crystal semiconductors

Solar Joulers

Solar thermal

Solar Nexus

Customized solar power systems

Sunvelope Solar

Solar thermal

University of Nevada, Reno (HelioCentric Solar)

Low-cost solar concentrator dish (Dr. Ben Shelef)

WIND

Burly Wind Corporation

Vertical axis turbine

OTHER

Advanced Materials & Devices

Materials 

Eltron Research & Development

High-temperature nanofiltration membrane technology for water treatment

and

Molecular separators using micro-defect free ultra thin films
Case Study

Green Materials Management

Efficiency project development

University of California, Davis - Kurt Kornbluth

Thermal storage refrigeration for residential