Yesterday we published a list of 18 hot solar startups that you don’t see in all the headlines.
Today we are expanding on the energy theme with a 17 hot wind, biofuel and oceans-energy companies. They come from the Cleantech 100 list of privately held firms selected for their potential to grow quickly.
Wave farm developer Pelamis made the Cleantech 100 list
The list was compiled and released earlier this week by the Cleantech Group and the Guardian, publishers of the Guardian newspaper in Britain.
Today’s list includes three winds companies, two marine-energy firms and 12 businesses involved with biofuels. Eleven are from the U.S., five make their homes in Europe and one is Israeli.
The Cleantech 100 includes companies in eight other market segments, and we will publish their names in coming days. Overall, there are 55 startups from the United States, 13 from the United Kingdom, 10 from Germany, five from Israel and three from India. No Chinese companies made the list.
Here are today’s energy companies, starting with three companies in the wind business:
ChapDrive, Trondheim, Norway
IQWind, Bazra, Israel
Nordic Windpower, Berkeley, California
Marine Energy:
Marine Current Turbines, Bristol, UK
Pelamis Wave Power, Edinburgh, Scotland
Biofuels:
Amyris Biotechnologies, Emeryville, California
BioGasol, Ballerup, Denmark
Chemrec, Stockholm, Sweden
Cobalt Biofuels, Mountain View, California
Coskata, Warrenville, Illinois
Gevo, Englewood, Colorado
LS9, San Francisco, California
Mascoma, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Sapphire Energy, San Diego, California
Solazyme, San Francisco, California
ZeaChem, Lakewood, Colorado
Ze-gen, Boston, Massachusetts
