Student clean energy plans win cash and acclaim
Thursday, 04 March 2010 13:23 | 
The University of Michigan Clean Energy Prize winner is a student business plan that proposes scavenging energy from small vibrations.
A student group proposing to make tiny device that scavenges energy out of small vibrations won the second annual University of Michigan Clean Energy Prize Friday.
The winner, Enertia, got $50,000.
Its technology will use vibrations to power small electronic devices, including sensors and medical devices.
A student group proposing to make tiny device that scavenges energy out of small vibrations won the second annual University of Michigan Clean Energy Prize Friday.
The winner, Enertia, got $50,000.
Its technology will use vibrations to power small electronic devices, including sensors and medical devices.
Four videos of Friday's event can be found at GLITR's YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/theglitr.
Other finalists included GreenSilane, which developed a method to produce silane gas on-site for customers in a novel manner that is flexible, low-cost and environmentally benign; ReGenerate, which seeks to place small food digesters outside restaurants and cafeterias to produce natural gas from decomposing food; and Advanced Battery Control, which will offer a proprietary smart battery management system, enhancing battery utilization in electric vehicles.
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Author:GLITR