The 2013 National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition is entering its first stage of competition at the regional level, with the Ohio Clean Energy Challenge event right around the corner. On January 29th, some of Ohio’s most innovative student entrepreneurs will pitch their cutting-edge technologies and business plans to a judging panel of industry experts and investment professionals in Columbus. [More]

For the second year, Forbes has released its annual "30 Under 30" list, highlighting the best and the brightest young minds spanning different sectors who are ready to change the world. Forbes editors and reporters worked with panels of expert judges to chose the field’s preeminent stars under the age of 30 for each category, ranging from energy to Hollywood.

This year's list of Energy 30 Under 30 shows the range of innovators and entrepreneurs, striving the change the face of energy as we know it. Included on this list were three of our competitors from the 2012 Competition: Qichoa Hu (SolidEnergy Systems), Yaniv Scherson (Stanford Nitrogen Group), and Chris Wilmer (NuMat Technologies). The Business Plan Competition team congratulates these three young entrepreneurs for all of their success and we hope that the Competition continues to attract the country's best young entrepreneurs. [More]

The 2012 National Business Plan Competition was an enormous success. With speakers like Secretary Chu and the Chief Technology Officer Todd Parks, the 2012 Competition brought together experts from the business, venture capitalist and federal fields for a discussion about inspiring young entreprenue... [More]

The six runner-up teams from each regional competition are also attending the inaugural National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition events in Washington, D.C. next week. While they will not be presenting their pitches on Wednesday they will have abundant opportunities to network, meet potential investors and receive advise on their plan from cleantech experts. Sometimes, the second place teams become the next revolutionary company, so get to know them through these short profiles of the teams. [More]

Get to know the teams competing the inaugural national competition. This blog will tell you a little about the teams, who they are and how they began their journey to Washington, D.C. Voting opened this morning for the public to determine which team is their favorite. Video clips and summaries are posted on the Department of Energy's website. Click "like" to vote!

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Congratulations to our regional competitors— and our six finalists—in the National Clean Energy Business Plan Competitions! Also, there's more good news from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and that there are now even more tools to help entrepreneurs and innovators connect with technologies. [More]

The Clean Energy Trust (CET) is pleased to announce that NuMat Technologies, a materials-based startup from Northwestern University in Illinois, captured top honors at the 2012 Clean Energy Challenge. The company received the $100,000 grand prize sponsored by the Department of Energy and a $10,000 s... [More]

“Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, activity for activity, it is hard to find a thing the United States has done that is more effective than ARPA-E”, stated Fred Smith, FedEx Chairman and CEO at the Advanced Research Projects Agency- Energy (ARPA-E) Summit last week. These are bright ac... [More]

The MIT Clean Energy Prize (MIT CEP) held its Boston spring kickoff event on February 2nd at Greentown Labs, one of Boston’s leading clean tech incubators. The event was a success with over one hundred guests, ranging from university students to CEOs of startup companies. Because this function... [More]

As the entry deadline of March 23rd approaches, the ACC Clean Energy Challenge is pleased to announce the participation of leading corporations and venture capital organizations. SAIC, Bechtel and Lockheed Martin, corporate leaders in the Clean Energy space, have agreed to serve as competition spons... [More]