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Transatlantic Green Platform Awards 2009

Prizes for Europe

Giver: Yves Robin, Director, General Directorate for Competitiveness, Industry and Services, Ministry for Economy, Industry and Employment of France

Early Stage European company:
Planet Horizons Technologies, Walter Thut, Chief Executive Officer
Planet Horizons Technologies SA (PHT) develops, produces and markets innovative technologies for drinking water, wastewater lakes and other reservoirs. It developed the fifth generation of electromagnetic water treatment systems.

Walter Thut & Sam P. Weaver

Late Stage European company:
Climate Well, Per Olofsson, Chief Executive Officer Climate Well is a provider for solar power Air Conditioning products. The products are based on a patented Triple-state absorption technology with a unique capability to store Thermal energy. Application areas include commercial buildings, offices, hospitals, shopping malls and homes.

Special Prize:
Solairedirect, Thierry Lepercq, Chief Executive Officer
The company is active from photovoltaic module production to decentralized power networks operation. It is involved in solar systems of all sizes (rooftop and ground-mounted) with turnkey offers (design engineering, installation and construction, financing, operation).

Prizes for the USA

Giver: Rodney Ellis, Senator of Texas Rodney Ellis, Senator of Texas

Early Stage American company:
Cool Energy, Sam P. Weaver, President & Chief Executive Officer Cool Energy has developed SolarFlow™, a clean energy heat and electricity generating system that allows residential/commercial energy users reduce their energy bills by as much as 60%. SolarFlow™ is a solar thermal system that uses a Stirling engine for electricity generation.

All awarded

Late Stage American company:
Solexant, Damoder Reddy, Chief Executive Officer.
Solexant is developing thin film solar cells by printing semiconducting nanocrystal inks on flexible substrates. High volume low cost printing process ran significantly reduce solar module manufacturing cost to below $0,50 /W. Module design innovations reduce BOS costs.

Special Prize:
Venti Energy, Richard Amato, President & Chief Executive Officer
Venti Energy is a renewable energies developer focused on bringing economic and environmental solutions to solve the problems of reliable energy supply.
Initial focus will be in the wind development market in the U.S., striving to exploit niches in the market through efficient and innovative operations.