Meet the 11 startups accelerating change at VERGE Hawaii

One great joy of producing VERGE events is not only showcasing the big companies and progressive cities at the forefront of the clean economy, but also the startups — the new kids on the block, who are developing the greatest solutions you haven’t heard of yet.

OurVERGE Accelerate program, a cornerstone of VERGE events since their inception, is one way we do this — giving select entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch from our main stage to a live and global online audience of potential partners and investors.

Over 120 startups have gone through the program since its launch in 2012, coming away with new investors, corporate partners for pilot projects and even Amory Lovins on their advisory board.

“我们引起了国际投资者和合作伙伴的关注，现在有机会大规模扩大我们的全球太阳能运营，”创始人兼首席执行官Sandra Kwak表示10Power, who won the pitch competition at VERGE 15 and was a finalist at VERGE Hawaii in 2016. "Our energy access initiatives in the Caribbean region are happening faster than planned — all thanks to VERGE Accelerate."

Numerous companies, such as格利, pitched when they were still in the early rounds of raising capital and are now at over $15 million in funding.

Solutions to watch

This week, we are excited to announce the 11 startups selected for the VERGE Accelerate cohort that will be featured at夏威夷今年6月。

Here's an overview of those companies, and a window of insight into the solutions we’ll be hearing more about in their pitches in Honolulu.

1.空中力量, a London-based startup, is the first company to develop a fully automated drone-based method for cleaning solar panels, SolarBrush. Its specially adapted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is an efficient, low-maintenance and environmentally friendly way of maintaining solar farm efficiency. Its goal? To raise the efficiency of solar power production globally.

2.Allume Energy由墨尔本大学的两名毕业生创立，开始了使命将太阳能的好处扩展到以前没有访问的人，从农村土着社区开始。他们通过房东 - 租户电力购买协议使太阳能获得，目标租户占经济压力，并延伸到商业市场。

3.Ceres Imagingtouts itself as a "data-as-a-service" company: deploying low-flying planes to capture aerial imagery that helps growers optimize their water and fertilizer application. Its high-resolution multispectral images detect water, fertilizer, pest and disease issues weeks before the naked eye, and are interpreted using highly advanced image processing and crop modeling techniques.

4.Hover Energy正致力于通过其低成本，空气动力学悬停阵列系统直接向客户带来风力，旨在安全地在城市地区运行。其先进技术在屋顶风电市场中提供了无与伦比的效率，生产了任何其他屋顶可再生能源解决方案的每平方英尺的倍数，包括太阳能。

5.NetEnergy., based in Chicago, has created a thermal battery that works much like an electrical battery, except it stores thermal energy. Its goal is to help building owners save 30 percent or more on their energy usage while reducing carbon emissions by 50 percent.

6。Shifted Energyis developing and deploying integrated solutions that retrofit electric water heaters into grid-interactive energy storage devices, transforming them into aggregated, flexible load assets. The goal? Enabling greater integration of renewables via real-time demand response and increased energy storage capacity.

7。sign的使命是解决二氧化碳上升emissions — starting with the airline industry. Using behavioral science to frame and deliver information in real-time to decision makers, its software analyzes airline captains’ fuel consumption while in flight and produces incentives to reach fuel-efficiency targets.

8。Solar分析, an Australian-based startup,is working to maximize the value home owners get from their solar power systems. Their technology analyzes energy generation, local weather conditions and on-site energy consumption data to provide real-time insights and accurate alerts into PV system performance and energy use.

9.Transit X是“无铺路的方式，通过其全自动，100％的飞行太阳豆荚的太阳能运输网络。betway必威娱乐它的愿景？一个全球，在城市拥堵和污染的不间断，弹性，全天候移动服务都是安静，安全的，融入现有的城市基础设施。

10。VH Hydroponicsis a veteran-owned agricultural technology company based in Anchorage, Alaska which designs and builds mobile, modular vertical farming systems. Its goal is to address the negative impacts of industrial agriculture while increasing food security by giving everyone everywhere the ability to grow fresh food anytime.

11.Waste to Energy Generatingsees generating electricity from low-potential heat energy as the biggest sleeping giant of the world wide energy market. Their industrial Waste to Energy Plants produce electricity from ultralow potential waste heat while generating clean drinking water from the atmosphere, with appliability across markets ranging from geothermal and solar to industrial and marine fleets.

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