New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation created in 1975 through the reconstitution of the New York State Atomic and Space Development Authority. NYSERDA’s aim is to help New York meet its energy goals: reducing energy consumption, promoting the use of renewable energy sources, and protecting the environment. NYSERDA strives to facilitate change through the widespread development and use of innovative technologies to improve the State’s energy, economic, and environmental wellbeing. NYSERDA’s programs and services provide a vehicle for the State to work collaboratively with businesses, academia, industry, the federal government, environmental community, public interest groups, and energy market participants. Through these collaborations, NYSERDA seeks to develop a diversified energy supply portfolio, improve market mechanisms, and facilitate the introduction and adoption of advanced technologies that will help New Yorkers plan for and respond to uncertainties in the energy markets. For More Information about NYSERDA contact the Communications unit: NYSERDA, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, New York 12203-6399, Phone: 1-866-NYSERDA or (518) 862-1090.

AMD

AMD (NYSE: AMD) is a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices. AMD′s server computing products are focused on driving industry-leading cloud computing and virtualization environments. AMD′s superior graphics technologies are found in a variety of solutions ranging from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers

AWST: Approaching three decades of service in the industry, AWS Truepower (AWST) continues to be a leader and innovator in renewable energy consulting. Our skilled team of approximately 75 meteorologists, engineers, and environmental specialists are field-oriented and fully conversant with large commercial projects, utility electrical systems, remote field measurements, and distributed applications. AWST′s core leadership team, consisting of the founding principals, directors and senior staff, drives the company to constantly examine processes and establish best practices. This commitment to making energy smarter is how we ensure science is delivering the performance our clients need.

Ioxus is a technology company, and our iCAP ultracapacitors, iMOD modules, and THiNPAC products are optimized for higher power density, higher energy density, and voltage levels that provide simple solutions for our customers to incorporate our products easily. Significant design effort, along with the most advanced R&D in the market, have allowed Ioxus to significantly enhanced products with various cell balancing techniques to solve problems for the hybrid automotive, hybrid bus, wind turbine pitch control, UPS, and industrial markets. The IP-protected technology improvements offer markets a higher performing product that is easier to use and more cost effective to implement. Ioxus is devoted exclusively to providing environmentally friendly products for use in a range of applications, UPS, wind turbines, industrial and automotive needs. By simplifying integration with packaged modules, Ioxus is assisting customers in generating end products faster, allowing for a quicker market adoption of the ultracapacitor technology. Ioxus cells are UL listed, and ready for use in your applications.

Ballard Power Systems, Inc. is a global leader in PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell technology. We provide clean energy fuel cell products enabling optimized power systems for a range of applications. Ballard offers smarter solutions for a clean energy future. We are actively putting fuel cells to work in high-value commercial uses every day. In fact, Ballard has designed and shipped close to 150 MW of hydrogen fuel cell technology to date. Ballard Power Systems, Inc. was founded in 1979, under the name "Ballard Research Inc.", to conduct research and development on high-energy lithium batteries. In the course of investigating environmentally clean energy systems with commercial potential, the Company began developing fuel cells in 1983. Over time Ballard entered into a number of strategic alliances related to fuel cell R&D, including an alliance with Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company. The company undertook a major corporate transformation from 2007 to 2009. Strategic focus shifted from long-term, high cost automotive fuel cell R&D technology development to clean energy fuel cell products for near-term commercial markets.

GE Global Research is one of the world′s most diversified industrial research labs, providing innovative technology for all of GE′s businesses. Global Research has been the cornerstone of GE technology for more than 100 years, developing breakthrough innovations in areas such as medical imaging, energy generation technology, jet engines and lighting. GE Global Research is headquartered in Niskayuna, New York and has three other multidisciplinary facilities in Bangalore, India, Shanghai, China and Munich, Germany. We employ 2,800 researchers all searching to uncover the next technological breakthroughs that will change the landscape for the GE businesses. Our diverse set of technology expertise ranges from electronics to chemistry, biosciences to computing, metallurgy to fluid mechanics, materials to imaging and everything in between.

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