SunTrain resolves massive transmission bottlenecks that are throttling renewable energy development and generation. SunTrain seamlessly stores green energy from remote solar and wind farms within customized battery containers that are transported over existing railroad networks. This links generation sites and congested substation nodes, bypassing the conventional transmission system. SunTrain solves the problems of decades long transmission bottlenecks through a new means of green energy distribution: “Trainsmission®”www.suntrain.co

MicroByre is a high throughput synthetic biology platform driven by machine learning that develops new strains of bacteria to power the bio-economy. www.microbyre.com

Activation Energy's (AE) strategic mission is to bridge the science-to-product gap and to accelerate the process by which affordable clean energy technology moves from the laboratory to widespread public use through commercial channels. Unlike software entrepreneurs, innovators developing clean energy related technologies are not adequately supported by traditional private sector paths to market. AE seeks to address this “market failure” by by establishing a new model for incubating and accelerating the development of clean energy technology businesses that leverages the existing facilities, equipment, and expertise of major national labs and research institutions. These “embedded accelerators” will support the translation of hard energy technology innovations from concept to manufactured product to meet critical energy and environmental challenges.

CalCharge is a groundbreaking public-private partnership working to accelerate the development, commercialization, and adoption of new electrochemical storage and conversion (energy storage) technologies for the consumer, transportation, and grid markets. Operated as a subsidiary of CalCEF, CalCharge brings together emerging and established companies, academic and research institutions, government agencies, and other key stakeholders to spur the growth of the energy storage sector and the development of new technologies and advanced manufacturing processesThrough its programs, CalCharge creates a “center of gravity” for the California energy storage cluster that enables the diverse stakeholders to collaborate, identify barriers to emerging technology success, develop solutions, and help provide access to resources that clear the path to commercialization. The goal of CalCharge is a thriving energy storage cluster that is a key driver of industry and market growth globally.

Founded in 2004, the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) is an independent nonprofit corporation working to advance clean energy using tools from finance, public policy and technological innovation. CalCEF believes that a new model of entrepreneurship and financial innovation in the public interest is required to speed the transition to a clean energy economy.Our mission is the serial creation of institutions and investment vehicles that accelerate the adoption of clean energy technologies, along the continuum of innovation to infrastructure.The Fund, employing a pioneering “evergreen” fund-of-funds investment strategy in which profits are reinvested to advance our mission, is lead by seasoned clean energy professionals and is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of leading policymakers, scientists, entrepreneurs and financiers.CalCEF pursues these goals at the local, state, national and international levels via multiple partnerships, in particular with CalCEF Innovations, our affiliated center for the development and implementation of new initiatives.