Colorado Alternative Energy

Congratulations to New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables and SunTrac Solar, named last night as the winning teams of the Clean Tech Open’s Rocky Mountain region. In addition, Boulder-based Cool Energy won the Sustainability Award for the region. From the press release:

New Sky Energy:  Boulder-based New Sky Energy (www.newskyenergy.com) is the world’s first carbon negative chemical manufacturing company. The firm’s revolutionary technology captures and converts carbon dioxide into feedstocks, like soda ash and limestone, which are used in glass, plastics, building materials, fabrics and other products.

Rivertop Renewables: Based in Missoula, Montana, Rivertop Renewables (www.rivertop.com) is innovating a new category of science – “Progressive Chemistry.” Merging proven science with renewable resources, Rivertop Renewables is creating an abundant and economical supply of sustainable and safe chemicals and bioproducts. Rivertop products are biodegradable and built from renewable plant sugars.

SunTrac Solar: SunTrac Solar (www.energisticsystems.us) of Golden, CO, the only high temperature solar collector heat product manufactured in the United States, provides a long-term, cost effective solar solution for heating residential and commercial hot water. SunTrac reduces utility costs by up to 80% while taking up only half the space of current panel designs. The patented system tracks the movement of the sun, collecting 50% to 70% of the available solar energy to heat hot water up to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cool Energy: Cool Energy of Boulder (www.coolenergyinc.com) was selected the winner of the regional sustainability award. Cool Energy has developed a clean heat and electrical power generation system for homes and small buildings that runs solely on solar fuel and reducing energy bills by as much as 75%. The main innovation is called the SolarHeart® Engine which converts any source of heat into usable electricity. In addition to solar applications, the engine can generate electricity from biomass and waste heat sources.