A Somerville, Massachusetts-based cleantech accelerator has announced the 16 startups that will be a part of its new Houston incubator program.
Greentown Labs named the companies in the cohort this week just a few weeks after announcing the location of its new lab and workspace. The 40,000-square-foot space is being renovated from a former grocery store and is expected to open next spring.
"These early-access members are innovating across the key greenhouse gas-emitting sectors—including electricity, manufacturing, buildings, and more—and their solutions are helping create a sustainable future for all," reads a blog post on the company's website.
Here are Greentown Houston's inaugural members:
- Austin-based Applied Bioplastics is creating affordable plastic alternatives with plant matter to help reduce consumers' carbon footprint.
- Black Mountain Metals, based in Fort Worth, is focused on nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes.
- Carbon Free Technologiescreated a home battery system that can store electricity when rates are low.
- ClearValue uses pure hydrogen and oxygen as a sustainable power system.
- e^2: equitable energy is described as a "multi-brand cause-marketing platform" that connects consumers to sustainable energy solutions through promotion and incentivization.
- Eclipse Solar Projects builds, owns, and operates solar projects across the country through new technology and battery storage operations.
- Houston-based Ennuity Holdings allows users to have access to solar energy subscription service — even though they don't have access to installing panels themselves.
- Excipicio Energy , based in Houston, is taking renewable energy offshore by integrating wind, wave, and more into a single floating platform.
- Houston-based Quantum New Energy platform, EnerWisely, helps people and companies make smart energy choices "to maximize their monetary savings and reduce their environmental impacts."
- Spring, Texas-based Renu Energy is creating sustainable change through waste recycling and community engagement, according to its website.
- REVOLUTION Turbine Technologies, based in North Carolina, is working on a power generator that can be used in the offshore setting.
- Houston-based Revterra is developing a long-duration energy storage solution.
- Skylark, based in Houston, created a "broadband last-mile radio systems for internet service providers, with a focus on 40 million unserved Americans in rural markets."
- Austin-based swytchX is working on a cloud-based SaaS solution that uses blockchain technology to optimize renewable energy delivery.
- Houston-based Varea Energy, a software company, uses data to build business models focusing on eliminating barriers to green initiatives.
- California-based Veloce Energy develops faster electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
The 16 startups will move into the Greentown space when it opens in the spring. Image via greentownlabs.com
The Baylor campus is next to Texas Medical Center’s Helix Park, a 37-acre project. Rendering courtesy of BCM
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