NYSERDA says 18 firms make their pitch in 76West clean-energy competition

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

Eric Reinhardt

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