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Cleantech Group Reveals the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 List and Announces Award Winners in Eight Categories at the Global Cleantech 100 GalaWASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory firm focused on energy and environmental innovation, today released the fourth annual Global Cleantech 100 list and report. The list recognizes the one hundred most promising and innovative companies in areas such as energy efficiency, biofuels & biochemicals, smart grid, renewable energy, water and waste, and transportation. The list identifies the private cleantech companies most likely to make a significant market impact over the next five to ten years. "The Global Cleantech 100 is a natural extension of our companywide mission to help corporations, investors and financiers, professional service firms and governmental agencies connect with global cleantech innovation," said Sheeraz Haji, Cleantech Group CEO. "This report celebrates the best in innovation and is the industry standard for gauging where cleantech innovation is headed next." The full list of Global Cleantech 100 firms and the full report are available online for free at Cleantech Group's website. Complete profiles of all 100 companies can be found in Cleantech Group's i3 market intelligence platform. "The 2012 Global Cleantech 100 is markedly different in its composition to that of 2009, our first edition," said Richard Youngman, Managing Director, Europe & Asia for Cleantech Group. "As such, it is a strong statement of how the collective market opinion has shifted as to what type of companies are the most likely to have significant market impact in a 5-10 year timeframe." To qualify for the Global Cleantech 100, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies not listed on any major stock exchange. This year, 5,117 companies were nominated from 85 countries. A 75-member expert panel, including leading global investors and a wide range of corporate executives from multi-national enterprises such as ABB, BP, Ecolab, GE, General Motors, IBM, Intel (News - Alert), Johnson Controls, Procter and Gamble, and Vestas, gave input on the shortlisted 236, to get to the final list of 100 companies from 13 countries. The input of the expert panel is an integral component in the selection process. "The Global Cleantech 100 list reveals an increasing maturity of the cleantech sector," said Colin le Duc, Partner, General Investment Management LLP and member of the 2012 expert panel. "In contrast to what the press and stock markets may have you believe, many private cleantech companies are gaining real market traction, generating significant revenues and profits and contributing materilly to the challenges of resource efficiency and the climate crisis. The best companies in this sector are demonstrating the value of focus and persistence and are emerging as stronger organizations for having thrived in a very challenging environment over recent years." Cleantech Group presented awards in eight categories to clean technology innovators at the Global Cleantech 100 Gala at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC on October 1. Company of the Year was awarded in each of three regions to the highest-ranked company with no negative votes from the expert panel:
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Awards were also given in two investor categories:
Over 28 of the companies on the Global Cleantech 100 list were in attendance at the Gala. "We're thrilled to be named the 2012 Global Cleantech 100 North America Company of the Year," said Opower President and Founder Alex Laskey. "In our first five years, we expanded to more than 75 utility partners in six countries and saved utility customers more than $170 million on their utility bills. I'm excited that our work is being recognized by a list widely regarded as the leading standard for identifying leading industry innovation in the clean tech sector. Over the next five years, we will continue to work with our utility partners to drive significant customer engagement and large-scale energy efficiency." 2012 Global Cleantech 100 Quick Facts:
About Cleantech Group Cleantech Group's research, events and advisory services accelerate market adoption, stimulate demand, and remove barriers to cleantech innovation. A global company with offices in North America and Europe, Cleantech Group helps business leaders make strategic decisions involving cleantech innovation through the i3 Platform, the most comprehensive, vetted, up-to-date source for insights into companies, investors, financing and relationships across the clean technology ecosystem.
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