March 15th, 2012: Technology Challenge Announces Finalists

AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2012 – AUSTIN, Texas, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Today, the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) announces 25 semifinalists for the third annual Utility Technology Challenge.

These 25 are recognized for exceptional promise in the areas of: pollution monitoring and reduction, HVAC, transportation, distributed generation, building and energy efficiency, energy storage, natural gas, smart grid, and transmission and distribution.

3H Company	PaceControls
7AC Technologies	Power Tagging
APRS	Primus Power
DERP Technologies	PureSense Environmental
Digital Lumens	Pythagoras Solar
Dynamo Micropower	Retroficiency
EnerVault	Simple Energy
Enlighted	SolaBlock
FirstFuel Software	SustainX
Ideal Power Converters	Varentec
Luon Energy	WegoWise
MicroPlanet	Xergy
Nextek Power Systems

CTSI partnered, this year, with TechConnect, Fraunhofer TechBridge, Department of Energy, and Kauffman Foundation to award three organizations with $100,000 in pilot-demonstration funds for the testing of their solutions. Additionally, three companies will win ‘Top Solution’ recognition awards. From the 25 semifinalists, 15 will move on as finalists to present in Santa Clara, California this June at the Clean Technology Conference.