May 1, 2015 , Press Coverage

Students’ innovation creates sustainable energy from nuclear waste

Three Purdue students and one graduate have created an innovative and sustainable start-up company that could impact the way we use nuclear waste in the future, and it all started in a spare apartment with Scotch tape. Since then, the team has progressed into winning the state level Clean Energy Challenge, and participated in the regional level as well. Read More

April 16, 2015 , Press Coverage

National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition: FGC Plasma Solutions Wins 2015 Regional Clean Energy Challenge

FGC Plasma Solutions from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio won the top student prize Tuesday at the Clean Energy Trust Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago, the first regional contest for the Energy Department’s National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. Read More

April 15, 2015 , Press Coverage

Chicago’s Clean Energy Challenge Revs Startups With $1 Million

The Clean Energy Trust held its Clean Energy Challenge yesterday at Venue SIX10 on South Michigan in Chicago. The meeting and awards culminated six months of intense work. The trust, widely known as a launchpad for cutting-edge clean energy projects, funds innovation by helping to launch, fund, and grow excellent clean tech startups in the Midwest. Today the organization gave away $1 million. NRG Energy, Hyatt, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University were among the sponsors. Read More

April 15, 2015 , Press Coverage

Why Wells Fargo is banking on green startups

Banking giant Wells Fargo has more than 100 million square feet of real estate around the globe, so it has a big interest in even seemingly small energy savings. That's why it launched an incubator for startups, in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Lab, and it's a backer of Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust's annual startup competition, held this week. Read More

April 15, 2015 , Press Coverage

These 8 Midwest Startups Won $1M at the Clean Energy Challenge

Raising money for cleantech companies isn't like fundraising for digital startups. The money doesn't flow nearly as fast, as it's a much riskier and more costly investment for VCs, who will often opt to fund companies that offer a better chance for a higher return on their investment. Read More

April 14, 2015 , Press Coverage

FCG Plasma Solutions

Felipe Gomez del Campo presents for FGC Plasma Solutions, which is developing a fuel nozzle to improve jet engine efficiency. Read More

December 3, 2014 , Press Coverage

Purdue students commercialize device that could convert nuclear waste into electricity

Repositories around the world are filled with around one million barrels of nuclear waste that can take up to 240,000 years to decay, according to the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Purdue University students Josh Auger, Ian Hamilton and Kyle Harris, and Purdue alumnus Kyle Pendergast have developed a device that could potentially turn this waste into electricity. Read More