2009 Cleantech Awards recipients

Cleantech Leader of the Year

Mossadiq Umedaly

Mossadiq S. Umedaly is the Chairman of BC Hydro. From 1999 to 2008, he was the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Xantrex Technology Inc. During this time he repositioned and transformed the company from a small niche player to a world leader in advanced power electronics. His focused business strategy, targeted at high growth markets, helped Xantrex to grow its revenues from US$10 million in 1998 to an estimated US$300 million in 2008. He has received a number of awards for his accomplishments in business and contributions to society.

Cleantech Pioneer Award
Stanford Ovshinsky
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Stanford Ovshinsky is the Chairman and CEO of Ovshinsky Innovation LLC. Stan has been granted approximately 400 patents over the last fifty years, mostly in the areas of energy or information. Many of his inventions have come to play central roles in modern society. Among the most prominent are: his environmentally friendly nickel-metal-hydride battery, which has been widely used in laptop computers, digital cameras, cell phones, and electric and hybrid cars; continuous web multi-junction flexible thin-film solar energy panels; flat screen liquid crystal displays; rewritable CD and DVD computer memories; hydrogen fuel cells; and nonvolatile phase-change electronic memories.

Jorgen Mads Clausen
Clausen is the Chairman of Danfoss, one of the largest industrial companies in Denmark. It specializes in refrigeration & air conditioning, heating & water and motion controls. It is a privately held global company that is family owned, and has more than 23,000 employees worldwide. Clausen is responsible for leading Danfoss’s strategy to minimize the consumption of raw materials and energy in the manufacturing process.

Most Promising Technology

Ener-G-Rotors Inc.

Ener-G-Rotors is commercializing devices that turn low temperature heat into electricity, opening up a new market in waste heat, solar thermal and geothermal installations. The waste heat market is crowded with companies, but Ener-G-Rotors is targeting cost-effective solutions that turn low temperature heat (150°F to 400°F) into electricity at the 0.5kW to 50kW size range. Their systems are based on a patented Trochoidal Gear Engine that allows the company to create cost-effective solutions for a variety of applications from industrial waste heat to commercial buildings to off-grid HVAC.

Cleantech Emerging Enterprise of the Year

SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG
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SFC Smart Fuel Cell is a leader in mobile energy for leisure-time, industrial and military applications. It is a pioneer in the emerging market for mobile fuel cell energy solutions and has been selling its fuel cells for over 4 years. It manufactures all of its SFC fuel cell and cartridges at its headquarters in Brunnthal, Germany, near Munich, and is a fast growing company.