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CLEANTECH CONNECT 10 NOVEMBER 2011, LONDON

WINNERS 2011

One to Watch: Nexeon

Fastest Growing Company: Solarlite

Fastest Growing Lager Company: PowerWind

Unique Leadership: AMEE

Best Global Potential: PowerSense

Most Innovative Company: Nujira

Judges Award: Nualight

For the third year running GP Bullhound is presenting the hottest and the fastest growing Cleantech companies in Europe. We are inviting the CEOs and founders of the shortlisted companies, the judges and industry leaders to Sketch Restaurant in London for the Cleantech Connect Awards Dinner celebrations.

Cleantech Connect features the hottest and fastest growing Cleantech companies in Europe and has become one of the key events for CEOs and industry leaders to network and share their experiences. Companies featured come from a wide variety of sectors including energy efficiency, solar, smart grid, water and transportation signalling a growing momentum across the Cleantech Sectors.

Andre Shortell, Partner, GP Bullhound, and a member of the Judging Panel, said, "Cleantech is such a fast moving space, and there are many innovative players entering each year. We have found the quantity and the quality of this year's entries to be extremely high and this is really challenging our judges. It speaks volumes about the coming of age of a number of Cleantech sectors."

Keynote speaker for this year is Anton Daubner. Anton is CEO of agri.capital, one of Europe's leading companies in biogas and biomethane. Agri.capital owns and operates nearly 100 sites in Germany, Italy and Austria with over 60 megawatts installed capacity.

JUDGING PANEL 2011

Award Categories 2011

Top 10 Fastest Growing Larger Companies 2011
(Revenues <€10m in 2010)

01. PowerWind
02. SolairDirect
03. Nualight
04. Climate Energy
05. Elstat
06. PE International
07. ECO Plastics
08. Solarcentury
09. Juwi
10. Micro-Vett

Top 20 Fastest Growing Companies 2011
(Revenues >€10m in 2010)

01. Solarlite
02. Smarter Grid Solutions
03. Epuramat
04. GreenRoad
05. Gaia-Wind
06. CPM Compact Power Motors
07. AMEE
08. E-Leather
09. PowerOasis
10. Nujira
11. PowerSense
12. Ashwoods Automotive
13. Eniram
14. PvXchange
15. Breathing Buildings
16. Intelligent Energy
17. Enertime
18. EnOcean
19. Applied Nano Surfaces
20. Power Plus Communications

Ones To Watch 2011

Alpheon
Bluewater Bio
Clean Mobile
CrystAl-N
Eight19
Electroengine
Enecsys
Femtogrid Energy Solutions
G24 Innovations
Heliatek
Heliex Power
Highview Power Storage
InnoSave
Innoveox
Isentropic
KiWi Power
myFC
Newlisi
Nexeon
Onzo
Oree
Oxford Photovoltaics
PassivSystems
SCFI Group
SenseLogix
Softcar
Topell Energy
Valoya
Vert Labs
XEMC Darwind

Judges

The high profile judging panel of industry experts and entrepreneurs will meet the nominated companies on 10 November 2011 to cast their vote.

Testimonials

"Cleantech connect team - great work pulling off such a good event in the first year. Met lots of interesting companies and some great opportunities for us all. Lots of praise for the event from everyone at my table. "

Manish Madhvani, GP Bullhound

"Thank you so much for including me in the Cleantech dinner last .I thoroughly enjoyed myself and learnt much from those I spoke to ."

Andrew Beeson,

"I just wanted to express my gratitude for a very well organized event yesterday and at the same time thank you on behalf of the ClimateWell team for the award! "

Per Olofsson, CEO, ClimateWell

"Congratulations on putting together a great occasion for Cleantech Connect -- it was truly one of the best events I've been involved with. Everything was handled extraordinarily well, both the work leading up to the evening and the actual event. "

Laurence P Naughton, Choate

"Thanks to the GP Bullhound team for arranging a fab night, well done. Just a shame I had to leave early to get a train."

Rhett Ryder, Power Oasis

Manish Madhvani, GP Bullhound

"Thank you most sincerely for a great evening yesterday. Receiving an award always helps make the enjoyable of course, but the fact is that everyone there last night were winners. Great venue, great food and really well run. Shame it had to end...."

Chris Powell, Helveta

"Thanks so much for inviting me to the awards dinner last night. I had a great evening. It was an excellent event – great company, lovely food, new contacts. "

Rachael Nutter, The Carbon Trust

"I didn’t get a chance to thank you in person. Enjoyable event. Well done!!"

Dudley Hawes, Yellow&Blue

"Thank you for inviting me to your event last night. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. "

Marcus Shadbolt, Vermillion Partners

"Many thanks for your kind invitation to yesterday evening’s event, which was very enjoyable and a great success. "

Alex Betts, Climate Change Capital

"Congratulations on organising and hosting a great event last night. I enjoyed the night and met some interesting & useful people. Also, having never been to Sketch, it was fun to be in such an unusual venue"

Alex Hook, Nesta

"Thanks for an excellent evening, very good venue and audience."

David Ward, MTI