Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
Who will be America's next top energy innovator?
That's up to you to decide. In May 2011, the Energy Department launched the "America's Next Top Energy Innovator Challenge" to make it easier, quicker and less costly for America's entrepreneurs to access the patents of 17 National Laboratories. Of the thirty six start-up companies that signed 43 option agreements allowing them to license the cutting-edge technologies, we hope you'll agree that Vorbeck Materials, which is using a PNNL-developed method for building tiny chemical structures to greatly improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries, is the next top energy innovator. Voting is open now through Feb. 5. It's America's turn to select which technology is truly the most innovative and promising solution to one of our nation's energy challenges. Vote now. Read more...
