The 2009 Global Cleantech 100 list is here
The Guardian and Cleantech Group, published the 2009 Global Cleantech 100 showcasing the most promising clean technologies around the world. All the Companies listed are private companies so it is not surprising that China, although housing the largest solar cell manufacturer in the world, does not have a single company on the list.
Cleantech and The Guardian didn’t just pull this list out of thin air. They consulted with hundreds “of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of an expert panel of 35, drawn from well-respected organisations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, New Enterprise Associates, Sterling Communications, Tsing Capital and Vantage Point Venture Partners.”
The list can be viewed in one of three ways: alphabetically, by sector and by country.
The list is only comprised of 13 countries, five of which have only one company on the list. The countries (with the number of companies chosen from each) are the United States (55), the United Kingdom (13), Germany (10), Israel (5), Sweden (4), France (3), India (3), Denmark(2), Norway (1), Canada (1), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), and Switzerland (1).
The list by sector is broken down into: Energy Generation (37), Energy Efficiency (18), Water and Wastewater (11), Energy Storage (10), Energy Infrastructure (9), Transportation (6), Recycling and Waste (3), Agriculture (2), Air and Environment (2), Manufacturing Industrial (1), and finally, Materials (1). The Energy Generation sector reads like a Who’s Who of renewable energy companies. This is where you find the biofuel, solar, wind, wave, and hydro power companies. For example, biofuel is represented by such companies as Amyris Biotechnologies, Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, and BioGasol.
The transportation sector is very slim with only six entries. It appears that the experts only chose two auto manufacturers (Tesla and Fisker Automotive). Then they chose a powertrain manufacturer (Adura), drive train maker(Fallbrook Technologies), engine company(Achates Power ), and electric car infrastructure company (Better Place).
Some of the companies you will find listed will be familiar like A123 the battery maker but others like Epuramat, the sole entrant from Luxembourg is probably not a company widely known.
If nothing else look over the list and five years from now check back and see what companies are still around.
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