Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
*Local companies land DOE grant funding
Federal funding for two local businesses is aimed at renewable power and cleanup of contaminated pipelines. InnovaTek, Inc., Richland, Wash., won a Small Business Innovation Research grant for $100,000 to develop a biomass-based power plant. The plant will use InnovaTek's proprietary steam reforming process with a solid oxide fuel cell for power generation from renewable, non-food sources. Vista Engineering Technologies, LLC, Kennewick, Wash., won a Small Business Technology Transfer Project for $98,000 to develop a way to evaluate pipelines at nuclear facilities remotely to locate any leftover radiological contamination inside. For InnovaTek, contact Patricia Irving at (509) 375-1093 ext. 222. For Vista Engineering, contact Wes Bratton at (509) 737-1377.
