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