Ohio
The Cleantech Hub of The Midwest
Ohio has the technological expertise, financial resources, and manufacturing assets required to support innovative, high growth cleantech companies.
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Ohio is home to more than 440 businesses and research institutions in the solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and fuel cell industries. Energy: ADI Wind LLC • Aerodynamic Trailer Systems
Advanced Specialty Materials & Chemicals:
LLC • AHL-TECH • Arisdyne Systems • Ashlawn Energy LLC •
6062 Holdings • ABSMaterials • ADAP Nanotech, LLC •
Contained Energy • Creative Fuels • ECHOGEN Power Systems • Energy Technologies • Five Start Energies • Green
AeroClay, Inc • Akron Polymer Systems • AMIDAC LLC • AquaBlok
Energy Technologies • Greenfield Solar Corp. • Nautica wind
Materials • Catacel Corp. • Cleveland Whiskey • Crystal
Power • Phycal • Quasar Energy • Rapid Charge Technologies •
Diagnostics • Helios Coatings Inc. • MemPro Ceramics Corporation
Recharge Power • Red Lion Bio-Energy • ShadePlex • Smashray
• MesoCoat • MIMflow Technologies LLC • NanoStatistics •
• Solargystics • TCP Inc. • Tremont Electric Inc • Vadxx Energy •
NuVention Solutions Inc. • Orbital Research Inc. • Ovation Polymers
Wireless Environment • Xunlight Corporation
Inc. • Scattering Solutions • Stanton Advanced Ceramics • Stratum
• Blue Spark Technologies • Caralon Global, LLC • Carbolytic
Technologies Inc. • Trivium Technologies
Environmental: MAR Systems Inc. • Mold Sentry • Polyflow LLC
Cleantech in Ohio Fast Facts
a dedicated cluster of more than 60,000 specialized workers directly supporting Ohio has
the state’s advanced energy industry.
The Ohio Third Frontier program allotted more than
$20
Ohio-based cleantech companies attracted more than $500 Between 2002 and 2011,
million in angel and venture investments.
million in grants for Cleantech research,
development, and commercialization, such as
Ohio ranks #1 in the nation for renewable and advanced energy, bringing in more renewable energy
energy storage, biofuel, wind, solar and fuel cell technologies.
facility projects than any other state.
Ohio offers a number of financial incentives to Cleantech businesses including the Energy Conversion Facilities Corporate Tax Exemption, Tax Incentives for Improving Air Quality in Ohio, Energy Conversion Facilities Sales Tax Exemption, and the Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program.
Research & Development Ohio has a strong university system, significant research centers, established industrial corporations, and substantial state funding programs, all of which are contributing to the development of innovative, patented clean technologies.
Research Universities
Research Centers
Industry and Research & Development Leaders
Center for Climate, Energy, and the Environment at The Ohio State University
Battelle Memorial Institute
American Electric Power
Great Lakes Institute of Energy Innovation at Case Western University
NASA Glenn Research Center
Babcock & Wilcox
U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Air
Dana Holding
Force Research Laboratory
Eaton Corporation
The Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization at the University of Toledo University of Akron Research Foundation The Von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center at the University of Dayton
Ferro Corp., Electronic Materials Systems First Energy General Electric Goodyear Tire & Rubber GrafTech International Ltd. Lincoln Electric Lubrizol NexTech Matierals Novolyte Technologies Owens Corning Parker Hannifin PolyOne Powdermet Inc. Rockwell Automation Rolls Royce SCI Engineered Materials Sherwin Williams Swagelok TCP Lighting Timken
Company Highlights From Select JumpStart Portfolio Companies
Echogen Power Systems is commercializing
Catacel designs and manufactures catalytic heat-
the Thermafficient® Heat Recovery System,
exchanging products made from metal foils with
a thermal engine that transforms waste heat
catalytic coatings for the fuel cell and industrial
into electricity without consuming additional
hydrogen industries. Its high-performance,
fuel or creating additional emissions. In 2010
cost-efficient reactors are lighter and more
Echogen delivered a commercial-scale 250kWe
energy efficient than alternative solutions. To
thermal engine for demonstration test at a major
demonstrate proof-of-concept for a carbon dioxide
Midwest electric utility. The test system achieved
adsorbing reactor that will capture CO2 from
net power output and Echogen is redeploying
power plants and other combustion sources,
the system to a customer facility for long-term
Catacel is adapting its existing heat-exchanging
durability and reliability tests. The company
ABSMaterials is revolutionizing water treatment
reactor platform by coating the internal metal foil
received a $10 million investment from energy
and environmental remediation – an estimated
surfaces with dry sorbent materials and operating
leader Dresser-Rand in 2011 to advance its
$35 billion worldwide market – by providing
it in a unique process cycle. The adaptions could
technology development, including designing and
solutions for removing persistent organic
reduce coal-fired power plant CO2 emissions by
constructing waste heat recovery systems using
pollutants from water and soil. The company
close to 1.7 billion tons annually in the United
Dresser-Rand’s turbo-expanders. Thermafficient
develops reactive glass products and nanosands
States. Catacel was named to the 2010 Inc. 5000
was selected as one of the top new utility
for remediation or site-cleanup of volatile organic
list, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-
technologies for 2010 by the Clean Technology
and related spills, plumes or gas discharge.
growing private companies.
and Sustainable Industries Organization.
Its products are fully reversible, highly stable,
For more information visit catacel.com.
For more information visit echogen.com.
hydrophobic, and capable of capturing and recovering a range of hydrocarbons and pervasive solvents. ABSMaterials’s early remediation customers include BP, Haliburton, and BRG Inc. The company is adapting its technology for the remediation of salty fluid trapped in the rock of oil reservoirs, which is extracted during oil and gas production, and the largest toxic byproduct produced by the oil industry. For more information visit absmaterials.com.