Preserving the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development

Going Green With Brown Sustainable development and national security have a common nexus based on water, energy, and food. The United Nations has stated the water-food-energy nexus is vital for sustainable development especially as the world population continues to increase. An integrated framework of the nexus is vital for...

13 CleanTech Companies to Watch Right Now (2022)

Electric vehicles are no longer a distant aspiration. Sustainable infrastructure has made its way to the top of the government policy priorities list. The International Panel on Climate Change AR6 report nudged climate conversations further into the mainstream, and COP26 illuminated ideas about what must be done to solve...

#91 David Slutzky Founder and CEO, Fermata Energy

David Slutzky Founder and CEO, Fermata Energy Prof. Slutzky is a recognized thought leader in the field of vehicle-to-grid technology. Slutzky founded Fermata Energy with the specific intention of developing and commercializing vehicle-to-grid technology in order to make electric vehicles more cost effective and the electric power grid more...

#70 Julia Hamm, President & CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA)

Julia is a visionary leader at the center of the transformation underway in the electric power sector to a clean and modern energy future.  For the past 20 years she has been advising and collaborating with utilities, solution providers and government agencies on business models, grid modernization, and clean...

#58 Walter L. McLeod, Co-founder and Managing Director with VSF Solar, LLC

Walter L. McLeod has more than 25 years of executive experience in business development, strategy and government relations in the energy and mobility sectors.  He has been actively engaged in clean technology deployment and finance for over a decade.  Mr. McLeod is the Founder and Managing Director of Eco...

#52 Louisa Ulrich-Verderber, CEO and founder of Undula Tech

Louisa Ulrich-Verderber is an artist, engineer, inventor, and founder of Undula Tech, a company dedicated to making renewable energy more accessible to those who need it most by taking inspiration from nature. She is currently a Senior Engineering and Management major at Clarkson University and has been a welding...

#45 Duncan Campbell, VP of Project Development at Scale Microgrid Solutions

Duncan Campbell is the VP of Project Development at Scale Microgrid Solutions, where he focuses on deploying hybrid microgrid systems for commercial and industrial customers throughout North America. Additionally, Duncan co-founded the NYC DERs Meetup, a monthly education and networking forum for professionals in the distributed energy space. Prior...

#37 Tom Ortman, Chief Technology Officer for Voltabox of Texas

Thomas Ortman is the Chief Technology Officer for Voltabox of Texas, Inc., a subsidiary of Germany-based Voltabox AG, a publicly traded, multi-national corporation manufacturing electro-mobility solutions with highly engineered battery energy storage systems (BESS). These systems are applied in a broad cross-section of industrial sectors from municipal buses, mining,...

#26 Michael Beitler CEO and Founder of Illum Applied Technologies DLT

Michael Beitler, Founder/CEO:  30yrs experience at IBM and Texas Instruments semiconductor engineering 

#19 Scott Deatherage is an attorney focused on environmental issues, energy, and climate change.

Scott Deatherage is a founding partner in the Austin law firm of Smith and Brown, LLP. Over the last 30 years, Scott has focused on environmental issues, energy, and climate change.  For most of his career, he worked with large law firms in Dallas, but two years ago he...

#7 Michael Martin Founder MM Solar Advisory

Native Dallasite Michael Martin is a passionate and experienced leader for the widespread adoption of clean and safe solar power. He wasn’t always this way as his first 2+ professional decades were in various business development roles in software/IT market segments.  Upon becoming a solar entrepreneur in 2010, he...