VESTAL, N.Y. — A total of 18 semifinalists made their pitches in the 76West clean-energy competition in a two-day event held on Aug. 7 and 8 at Binghamton University in Vestal.
The semifinalists are competing for six awards, including a $1 million grand prize, which will be announced in the fall, NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) said in a news release.
The 76West competition focuses on cleantech economic development and seeks to expand “innovative” entrepreneurship in the Southern Tier.
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The semifinalists in the 76West competition include the following firms (base of operation in parentheses):
- Syndem (Binghamton)
- Heat Inverse (Ithaca)
- Cortland Research (Homer)
- SunDensity (Vestal)
- Paradigm of New York (Rochester)
- Clean Fiber (Buffalo)
- OXTO Energy (Queens)
- Allied Microbiota (Brooklyn)
- Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada)
- SWTCH Energy (Toronto, Canada)
- Radical Plastics (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
- Optimus Technologies (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Prosumer Grid (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Biolive (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Blue Frontier (Parkland, Florida)
- Cambridge Crops (Somerville, Massachusetts)
- FlashCharge Batteries (Aventura, Florida)
- PolyJoule (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
