CleanEquity Monaco 2011 - Awards
By Cleanequity Monaco, PRNEThursday, March 3, 2011
LONDON, March 4, 2011 - CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies, closed
Friday 4 March with the CleanEquity Awards Ceremony presided over by H.S.H.
Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The annual invitation-only event hosted 34 next-generation companies from
four continents, presenting to an audience of over 250 delegates, comprising
specialist financial and strategic investors, policy makers, end-users and
international trade and technical media.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology
Research went to Halo IPT, a high technology start up based in the UK
developing wireless charging systems for electric cars, busses and commercial
vehicles.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology
Development went to Enecsys who develop, manufacture and market world
leading, highly reliable grid-connected solar micro-inverters and monitoring
systems.
The award for Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology
Commercialization went to Whitefox who specialise in technology development
and process integration based on membranes. Whitefox are currently
commercialising applications for ethanol production on a worldwide basis and
continues to develop applications for fuel cells, carbon capture and water
purification.
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannu presented the Stelios Award for the Young
Cleantech Entrepreneur of 2011 to Solar Press a young, innovative,
London-based company offering low-cost, light-weight, flexible solar panels
targeted at developing markets.
CleanEquity would like to thank our collaborators for their contribution;
in particular, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Covington &
Burling, the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, 21 Ventures, the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP Fi), the Carbon War Room, Biocode and the
Monte Carlo SBM for their invaluable support. We thank our new media partner,
PR Newswire, for making much of the hard work effortless and a special thank
you goes to, CleanEquity's regional host, the Monaco Chamber of Economic
Development.
The presenting companies were sourced and screened by Innovator Capital
with help from international partners from Europe, America, India and Japan.
The conference offered a sneak preview of breathtaking new cleantech
technologies and business opportunities.
Information about CleanEquity Monaco 2012 will be announced in the coming
weeks.
www.cleanequitymonaco.com
For information about CleanEquity Monaco 2011 please contact: Tom Faggionato Innovator Capital Limited +44-20-7297-6840 tom.faggionato@innovator-capital.com Dany Rubrecht Monaco Chamber of Economic Development Telephone: +377-97-98-68-68 E-mail: drubrecht@cde.mc
Tom Faggionato, Innovator Capital Limited, +44-20-7297-6840, tom.faggionato at innovator-capital.com; or Dany Rubrecht, Monaco Chamber of Economic Development, +377-97-98-68-68, drubrecht at cde.mc
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