Our C2C cohort teams are chosen to accelerate bold energy innovations across four focus domains. These innovators are making waves with breakthrough technologies and are pushing the boundaries of hard tech development across cutting-edge test beds at Argonne National Lab, Berkeley Lab, Idaho National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab, and The Engine. They are also sharpening their business acumen through The Engine’s Entrepreneurial Blueprint program and receiving personalized guidance from C2C's Warrior Team comprised of expert mentors.
Backed by DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund and administered by the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization, C2C is proud to support these innovators as they push toward market impact with their game-changing solutions. Know more about our Cohort teams here: https://c2c.lbl.gov/innovation-teams.
Aris Hydronics is a cleaner, more efficient, more enjoyable way to heat, cool and provide hot water to buildings in both retrofits and new construction with can cut building energy costs in half.
Q Sense is a thermal-LiDAR sensor used to easily and inexpensively improve occupant comfort while saving energy and money for building owners.
Cycleau provides a compact water treatment system that retrofits under sinks, showers, and laundry units to treat greywater to drinking water, using four stages of filtration, disinfection, and heat recovery to treat over 200 contaminants. Installing Cycleau can reduce building water footprints by up to 80% and the energy footprint of building water utilities by 40%, combatting challenges of water scarcity and contamination.
Revert is a technology company focused on delivering the lowest hanging electricity savings for offices, hotels, gyms, and schools. Revert’s enterprise software platform leverages smart IoT power adapters, utility grid pricing analytics and machine learning to help businesses manage large networks of appliances, saving up to 30% on their electricity bills.
Better Zinc Batteries will provide property owners with affordable energy storage solutions for both backup power and everyday savings.
Builds & deploys resilient, flexible EV infrastructure to support community adaptation to climate risks
AmPower is building a zero-emissions hydrogen-electric powertrain with onboard hydrogen generation for long-haul, heavy-duty transportation applications.
Calectra electrifies industrial process heat by storing excess renewable electricity as high-temperature heat in our patented bricks and discharging it to industrial processes on demand.
Coulomb Technology provides safer, cost-effective rechargeable batteries for e-mobility, energy storage, and back-up power, aiming for a cleaner climate with non-toxic materials and empowered employees for excellent customer satisfaction.
Alpha Nur recycles highly enriched spent fuel using a more safe, affordable, and weapons-resistant electrorefining process to minimize nuclear waste volumes by a factor of twenty and bolstering U.S. advanced nuclear fuel production from 0 to 100% capacity, with institutional support from Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories, the greater DoE, and the University of Chicago.
Hydrohaul's patented hydrogen storage and production technology will impact industries relying on hydrogen, including transportation, energy production, and manufacturing. By offering more capable and safer hydrogen storage, this technology supports the transition to hydrogen as a renewable energy source, fostering a more innovative energy landscape.
Materium Technologies is focused on improving solar panels through material selection. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, Materium is working to enhance the efficiency and durability of solar panels by optimizing their thermal and optical properties.
Mvmnt-X is a carbon removal technology company in the agriculture space, making the sequestration of gigatons of carbon in soils economical, through capturing lost carbon at farmgate with biological scrubbers.
SolidSky builds carbon conversion systems using patent pending catalyst technology and modularity to produce carbon neutral ethylene for plastics manufacturers. SolidSky's mission is to turn industry circular by converting their emissions into valuable products - upending the climate fight as we know it.