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Concepts NREC specializes in the design and manufacturing of turbomachinery across various industries. The company offers services such as engineering design, thermodynamic analysis, rotordynamics consulting, and manufacturing of turbomachinery components. Concepts NREC provides software solutions for turbomachinery design and manufacturing, as well as training and educational services to equip clients with the necessary skills to design and produce turbomachinery. It was founded in 1980 and is based in White River Junction, Vermont.

Terra-Gen serves as an independent renewable energy power producer focused on utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects. The company specializes in project development, financing, and operations, delivering clean energy to power over one million homes. Terra-Gen primarily serves the renewable energy sector with a presence in the United States. It was founded in 2007 and is based in San Diego, California.

Electrochemical Systems, Inc. is a Knoxville, TN based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Electrochemical Systems, Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. This project will develop high energy battery. This battery will store energy from various sources of energy including renewable sources of energy more economically and reliably than presently available systems.

Garbrook Knowledge Resources specializes in information management and knowledge base development within the scientific, technical, economic, and policy domains. The company offers services to capture, organize, and simplify complex information, transforming it into an effective knowledge base for decision-making support. Garbrook's primary focus is on serving organizations and individuals involved with Renewable Energy and environmental issues. It is based in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Windsave Ltd., established in 2002, is a dynamic Scottish company within the Renewable Energy sector. The company are focused on developing micro generation solutions for domestic and commercial properties. The Windsave System is a small wind turbine generator system, which uses low wind speeds to create electricity. nnThe Windsave System uses the company's technology, which generates electricity supplementary to the national grid supply, reducing reliance on traditional energy sources; benefiting the environment, and helping to lower domestic electricity bills and CO2 emissions. nnMany people have the desire to protect the environment; the company's challenge from the beginning has been to turn that desire into action. The company's aim is to enable householders, commercial enterprises and local authorities to move from being mere consumers of energy to becoming important contributors to overall energy requirements. nnThe company's technology has been fully and independently tested by the National Engineering Laboratory and is fully accredited by the DTI under the Low Carbon Building Programme (formerly known as The Clear Skies Programme). It is BS and CE approved.

Peregrine Power is a company that received a SBIR Phase I grant for a project entitled: Universal Utility/Customer Interface. Their research project will lead to an electrical panel with modules that provide interfaces between the electrical grid and the residential customer's on-site loads and other energy systems. Through the use of interactive solid state meters, the utility will be able to intelligently regulate loads and dispatch on-site energy systems. The on-site energy systems include, but are not limited to, controlled loads (e.g., water heating), pluggable EVs, generation systems (e.g., PV panels), and energy storage (e.g., spent EV batteries). The panel and modules represent the most integrated and economic system attempted so far to enable more intelligent energy management and will encourage renewable energy and conservation. In addition, new grid stabilization opportunities will be created for the utility. The proposed approach will use advanced power electronics, along with state-of-the-art communications techniques. The broader impacts of this research are (1) to enable utilities and over 50,000,000 residential customers to implement safe, convenient and economic energy management techniques, (2) to encourage renewable energy, and (3) to provide distributed generation and storage systems that assist the utility in stabilizing the grid. This would lead to more reliable and less costly energy for the customer, along with reduced greenhouse gas.