The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced
the list of 40 presenters for the 2024 NREL Industry Growth Forum (IGF) today. The presenters cover a wide range of technologies across the cleantech landscape,
but all hope to break new ground as our nation and the global community continue the
transformation to a clean energy future.
This is the 29th year of the event, which is set for May 1–3 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver,
Colorado, near the Colorado Convention Center.
“The theme of this year’s IGF is ‘breaking ground,’ and I believe our presenters represent
that well in a variety of different ways,” said NREL Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Center (IEC) Group Manager Katie Richardson. “From batteries to revolutionary software,
these presenters will help us all break ground through innovation. There is not a
‘one-size-fits-all’ deployment strategy as we continue the global transition to a
cleaner energy future, and that’s why it’s crucial to be in the room at IGF 2024 to
learn from peers in the industry.”
Innovation centers like NREL build new models to aid key players in the energy innovation
environment, and the IGF is a nexus for the industry. It completely sold out last
year two weeks before the event, and it is a one-of-a-kind, premier event for cleantech
entrepreneurs, investors, and experts from industry and the public sector. A major
feature is the session of one-on-one meetings between potential investors and innovators.
NREL is the only U.S. federal laboratory dedicated to renewable energy and energy
efficiency research.
“The fact that we completely sold out last year tells you how much the public respects
NREL and this event,” Richardson said. “In the nearly three decades since NREL started
this event, thousands of people have held thousands of meetings, often resulting in
deals that drive clean technologies into the market where they can make a difference.”
NREL selected this year’s presenters from 211 applicants, ranging from agriculture
innovation to grid technology and coming from 32 states and 11 countries, including
Canada, the United Kingdom, and India. More than 165 investors could hold more than
2,000 meetings during the event.
This year, the “Focus” category will showcase pilot projects and demonstrations from
companies taking fuels, chemicals, and materials to production scale.
The 2024 NREL Industry Growth Forum presenting companies and their categories are:
Early Stage
- Adena Power (Ohio)
- Ammobia (California)
- Ayrton Energy (Canada)
- Capro-X (Massachusetts)
- CERT Systems (Canada)
- ExoPower (New York)
- GridWrap (California)
- Gritt Robotics (California)
- Lakril Technologies Corporation (Illinois)
- Original article here. .