Results of the 16th NREL Industry Growth Forum The 16th NREL Industry Growth Forum was held on November 17-19, 2003, in Austin, Texas. This event united emerging clean energy technology companies from across the country with presentations will promote and enhance the success of new ventures, emerging businesses, and the growth of entrepreneurship in the clean energy sector. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader. Summary Overview (PDF 189 KB) Panel List (PDF 60 KB) Registration List (PDF 881 KB) Final Agenda (PDF 187 KB) Brochure (PDF 2.1 MB) Photos Project Financing Session Overview and Agenda (PDF 280 KB) 2003 Venture Competition Winners (PDF 127 KB) Keynote and Special Requested Presentations Sam Baldwin, DOE (Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors – RDD&D Opportunities in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (PDF 1.6 MB) Michael Ware, Black Emerald Capital, Managing Director - Project Finance: Past, Present, and Future Bill Beckenbaugh, Konarka, Chief Executive Officer Peter Schwartz, Global Business Network, Co-founder and Chairman Business Case Presentations The following companies presented their business cases for commercializing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Company Presenter Technology Advent Solar, Inc. Russell Schmitt PV-Si AFS Trinity Power Gerald Starr Fly wheels Afuels Technology, LLC Douglas Wulff Alt Fuel Technology Ascent Power Systems William Barker Fuel Cell - SO Avalence LLC (PDF 1 MB) Deborah Moss Hydrogen Production Clean Energy Systems, Inc. Keith Pronske Combustor w/ CO2 capture Energy Materials Research Carl Bleil PV/Materias-Si Community Power Corp Robb Watt Bio power GenCell Corporation Jeffrey Allen/Dan Connors Fuel Cell HelioVolt Corporation B.J. Stanberry PV-CIS H2 Storage John Barclay H2 Storage H2/Onsite Ivor Frischknecht Hydrogen Production-Thermal/Electrochem Independent Energy Corporation Leland Stewart Hydrogen production ISET Vijay Kapur PV-CIGS ISE Corp Michael Simon Hybrid vehicle components Lynntech Solutions Jeff Bentley Fuel Cell Test Equipment & components Mesofuels Ned Godshall MicroPlanet, LTD Andy Larson Utility-Energy Conservation Pentadyne Power Corporation Flint Craig Flywheels Power Tube, Inc Glenn Lovelace Geothermal - Closed HX PRISM Strategies, Inc Matthew Brinn Energy Efficiency-Combustor controller PureVision Technology, Inc. Ed Lehrburger Biomass Conversion Rentricity Frank Zammataro Hydroturbines - Micro Sacred Power Corporation David Melton PV-Hybrids & components SAGE Electrochromics John Van Dine Electrochromics Spectrolab Raed Sherif PV-MultiJunction SRT Group Robin Parker Emissions Control with H2 Production By-product Stirling Technology J.D. Stinton Stirling Engines Surfect Technologies Thomas Griego H2 storage / Hydrides The Solaria Corporation Suvi Sharma PV-Si ThermoChem Recovery International Dan Burciaga Bio waste to energy Verdant Power Matt Klein Hydro Turbine - free flow Weather Miser CO Al Caprio Water conservation controls WindKraft Inc Kenneth Wintenburg Wind Turbines-Small

Project Financing Session The following are resources about this session: Overview and Agenda (PDF 280 KB) Summary Findings (PDF 89 KB) Sponsors We'd like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting the 16th Industry Growth Forum. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Public Interest Energy Research The National Alliance of Clean Energy Business Incubators ChevronTexaco Cinergy Ventures Nth Power Altira Arizona Public Service Milbank William Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Advent International American Council on Renewable Energy Austin Clean Energy Initiative Global Business Network Bechtel Austin Energy Clean Edge Clean Energy Incubator Green Mountain Energy SECO Tate Austin Vinson & Elkins Key Reports Transitioning to Private Sector Financing: Characteristics of Success (3/02) (PDF 792KB) Bridging the Valley of Death: Transitioning from Public to Private Sector Financing (5/03) (PDF 638 KB) Questions or Comments? Contact: Dr. L. Marty Murphy Manager, Enterprise Development Programs 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, CO 80401-3393 303-275-3050

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