GE announces winners of ecomagination Challenge

Among the nearly 4,000 submissions to advance the smart grid through a collaborative framework, five winners were announced Tuesday.

Each of the following five companies will receive $100,000 from GE to pursue their plan.  (For more details, check out the press release from GE: http://tinyurl.com/33b94r4 or visit www.ecomagination.com for a fuller picture of GE’s work to jumpstart the smart grid.)

And the winners are….

Capstone Metering: Intelligent Water Meters, Carrollton, Texas

ElectricRoute: Secure Communications Network for the Electric Grid, Salem and Hollis, New Hampshire

GridON: Controlling Power Quality in Electric Grids, Givatayim, Israel

IceCode: Wind Turbine Blade Anti-Icing and De-Icing, West Lebanon, NH

WinFlex: Inflatable Wind Turbines, Kiryat Yam, Israel