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Eavor Technologies Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, specializes in generating industrial-scale electricity using innovative geothermal technology. The company's proprietary system, Eavor-Loop™, harnesses heat from deep within the earth, utilizing wells to produce brine from a subsurface aquifer. This heat is then employed for commercial heating applications and power generation. Eavor's technology mitigates challenges faced by traditional geothermal solutions, offering a clean, carbon-neutral, and scalable baseload power source. The company operates the Eavor-Lite™ Demonstration Project, a prototype of its technology suite, to validate and refine its innovative approach.

GHGSat specializes in global emissions monitoring services using proprietary remote-sensing technology. It measures greenhouse gas, air quality gas, and other trace gas emissions from industrial facilities worldwide, providing actionable insights for businesses to make strategic decisions towards sustainability.

Energy Dome is an Italian company based in Lonate Pozzolo, Lombardy, that specializes in innovative energy storage technology aimed at addressing climate change. The company has developed a low-cost and efficient system for long-duration electricity storage utilizing liquid carbon dioxide. This technology employs a thermodynamic transformation of carbon dioxide in a closed-loop process, allowing for the storage of energy and making renewable power more dispatchable. Energy Dome's focus is on enhancing renewable energy production's affordability and reliability, contributing to the decarbonization of the energy sector and promoting a more sustainable future.

Founded in 2005, Natel Energy designs, builds, and sells restoration hydro turbines for generating renewable electricity from moving water across drops. Its turbines can be installed in various settings, including retrofit of existing turbines, non-power dams, irrigation canals, and new stream reach developments. The company also offers digital services like HydroForecast, which uses satellite imagery and machine learning for hydrologic modeling and power generation forecasting.

Piclo operates an independent energy marketplace that makes electricity grids smarter, more flexible, and sustainable. Its platform enables renewable generators, battery owners, and electric vehicles to provide local flexibility to distribution networks, helping utilities balance the grid, integrate renewable energy, and reduce costs while improving resilience. The marketplace promotes participation and standardization to level the playing field and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.

Svante Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, specializes in carbon capture and removal solutions. The company develops and manufactures novel solid sorbents, structured adsorbent filters, and rotary contactor machines for post-combustion industrial carbon capture and direct air capture. Svante's leading-edge technology captures and concentrates CO2 from heavy industries' emissions and the atmosphere, enabling customers to reduce capital costs and energy consumption. The company partners with global CCUS stakeholders to scale the industry and facilitate source-to-sink carbon capture projects.

ZincFive, Inc. is a manufacturer of nickel-zinc batteries and associated energy storage solutions, specializing in uninterruptible power supplies for mission-critical applications across various industries, including data centers, intelligent transportation, and motive power. Founded in 2015 and based in Tualatin, Oregon, with a development center in Shenzhen, China, the company focuses on delivering high power density and performance while ensuring superior safety and environmental benefits compared to traditional lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries. ZincFive holds 74 patents and has 29 patents pending, reflecting its commitment to innovation within the energy storage sector. Formerly known as EnSite Power, Inc., ZincFive changed its name in September 2016, and it was previously a subsidiary of Blue Earth, Inc.

WiTricity Corporation specializes in wireless power solutions utilizing patented magnetic resonance technology. Founded in 2007 and based in Watertown, Massachusetts, the company focuses on various applications, including electric vehicle (EV) charging, mobile device charging, wireless batteries, and medical devices. WiTricity is recognized as a leader in the development of wireless charging for both passenger and commercial vehicles, playing a key role in establishing global standards for EV wireless charging. Its technology enables seamless energy transfer through oscillating magnetic fields, allowing clients to adopt wireless charging systems that eliminate the need for plug-in connections. The company's extensive patent portfolio underpins its innovations, attracting automakers and suppliers seeking to enhance the convenience of EV charging and promote future autonomous driving technologies. WiTricity also licenses its technology to original equipment manufacturers, enabling them to integrate wireless power transfer into their products across various sectors, including consumer electronics, industrial applications, and military uses.

OhmConnect is a software-based energy demand management company that encourages residential and commercial users to reduce electricity consumption during peak pricing periods. It notifies users when electricity prices rise, tracks energy usage, and offers monetary rewards or prizes for participating in energy-saving actions. The company also markets wireless smart plugs for remote shutoff of appliances such as refrigerators and window air conditioners, enabling automated demand response.

Akselos is a technology company that develops Integra, a cloud-based engineering simulation platform and digital twin for asset-centric industries. The platform enables engineers to build high-resolution, component-based models of large systems and run parameterized simulations that cover geometric and physical properties, loads, and boundary conditions. It supports hydrodynamic analysis of floating assets and structural assessment of fixed offshore installations, as well as analysis of composites used in wind blades, pressure vessels, pipelines, and rotating machines. Designed for design, virtual prototyping, and real-time monitoring, Integra leverages fast, patented algorithms that can model large-scale assets on portable hardware. The company's vision emphasizes preventative maintenance and reduced unplanned downtime through real-time asset condition and future-state insights, often described as a digital twin with sensors and big data analytics. Akselos was founded in 2011 in Lausanne, with a Cambridge, Massachusetts office and operations in Europe, the USA, and Southeast Asia.

Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market. It allows every connected device to help balance the grid, and get paid for it and access wholesale markets through a single API and help build the flexible, renewable grid of the future. Leap aims to make global energy markets accessible to anyone, starting with demand response and expanding into generation and ancillary services. Leap was founded by Thomas Folker and Remco Van Den Elzen.

Sense Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in home energy monitoring solutions. Established in 2013, the company develops and manufactures electronic devices that analyze electricity usage in households. Its flagship product, Sense, utilizes current sensors installed on main breakers to capture the electronic signatures of various appliances. This system employs advanced algorithms to identify and differentiate individual devices, providing users with insights into their energy consumption. Sense also offers a range of related products, including Sense Solar, add-on sensors, and various replacement components. The data collected by these devices is transmitted to users via a dedicated mobile application, enhancing the home automation experience.

Ambri develops grid-scale energy storage technology based on liquid metal battery cells, designed to provide low-cost, long-duration storage for electric grids and renewable energy systems. Its systems are offered as ready-to-install DC containers that enable daily cycling with high efficiency, long lifespan, and safety, and are positioned to replace diesel generators at hyperscale data centers while stabilizing the grid with intermittent renewables. Founded in 2010 and based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Ambri focuses on scalable storage solutions for grid reliability, renewable integration, and data-center applications.