{"55629":{"#nid":"55629","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Advance To FInal Round Of Clean Energy Business Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EFinalists of MIT Clean Energy Prize to Compete for Grand Prize; Five teams\nchosen to vie for $200,000\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E4 May 2010\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBOSTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - On May 11, five teams from some of the\nnation\u2019s top academic institutions will compete to win the $200,000 MIT\nClean Energy Prize \u2013 a national annual competition for the best clean\nenergy business venture.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe five finalists \u2013 representing \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E,\nStanford University, MIT, Harvard and University of Maryland \u2013 were\nselected from two dozen semifinalists by an esteemed panel of business,\nacademic and government leaders that converged in Boston yesterday for NSTAR\u2019s Clean Energy Forum.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile all the teams participating in the competition were\nimpressive, the finalists presented the most entrepreneurial,\nthoughtfully researched and articulated visions for a cleaner, more\nenergy efficient tomorrow,\u201d said Tom May, NSTAR\nChairman, President \u0026amp; CEO. The finalist teams each received a\n$15,000 cash prize to jump-start business ventures featuring their\nclean energy innovations which included:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mitcep.org\/teams\/see-the-2010-teams\/2010-semifinalist-teams\/viacycle\/\u0022\u003EViaCycle\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 an advanced bicycle sharing technology that allows easy\ndeployment of affordable, sustainable bicycle transportation in cities,\nresorts and universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003EC3Nano, Inc. \u2013 a cross-cutting technology that will effectively\nincrease the efficiency \u2013 and thereby affordability \u2013 of thin film\nsolar photo-voltaic systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mitcep.org\/teams\/see-the-2010-teams\/2010-semifinalist-teams\/oscomp\/\u0022\u003EOsComp Systems\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 a revolutionary new compression technology that\nsignificantly reduces the cost of natural gas production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003EC-Crete Technologies \u2013 a \u201cnanoengineered\u201d concrete that reduces\nCO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E\u0026nbsp;emissions from the production of concrete \u2013 the most widely used\nmanufactured material in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnertaq \u2013 a system to manage energy use in large commercial\nbuildings to balance the electrical grid minute-to-minute by adjusting\nelectricity demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe finalists will present their plans to a grand-prize judging\npanel and at an awards ceremony at the MIT Faculty Club on May 11.\nThe grand-prize winner will be awarded $200,000 by NSTAR and the U.S. Department of Energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow in its third year, the MIT Clean Energy Prize competition was\nfounded by MIT, NSTAR\nand the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the pace of clean\nenergy innovation and entrepreneurship. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mitcep.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.mitcep.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn May 11, Georgia Tech will be one of five teams that will compete to win the $200,000 MIT\nClean Energy Prize \u2013 a national annual competition for the best clean\nenergy business venture.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will be one of five teams that will compete to win the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-05-12 11:29:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:57","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"54826":{"id":"54826","type":"image","title":"Ford Community Challenge - Technology","body":null,"created":"1449175474","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:34","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21","alt":"Ford Community Challenge - Technology","file":{"fid":"190188","name":"Ford_Community_Challenge_-_Bike_Share.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ford_Community_Challenge_-_Bike_Share.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ford_Community_Challenge_-_Bike_Share.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2081824,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ford_Community_Challenge_-_Bike_Share.jpg?itok=JTrR7SLf"}}},"media_ids":["54826"],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9277","name":"clean energy prize"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"2924","name":"MIT"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"},{"id":"8922","name":"viaCycle"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}