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The Golden State shines in a new global listing from the UK’s Guardian<\/em> newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Detail of an interactive map of the world's innovative "cleantech" companies (Image: Guardian UK)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of all the companies around the world that the UK’s Guardian<\/em> called out for its second annual Global Cleantech 100<\/a>, roughly a third are based in California. The list spans technologies including energy generation, storage and efficiency; water and waste water; transportation and others.<\/p>\n

The special report includes an interactive map<\/a> of where the firms are located. It makes an interesting study by itself, showing a dense cluster of 31 firms over California, with a smattering of others around the US. About a dozen are concentrated in a few northeastern states. Four are located in China, two in India.<\/p>\n

The California contingent is diverse, with firms such as Oakland-based BrightSource Energy<\/a>, a builder of large-scale solar power plants<\/a> — but also companies working on LED lighting, desalination, plastics recycling, algae-based biofuels and other technologies. Also making the list is Potter Drilling<\/a>, a little start-up with fewer than 20 employees, that has created a buzz in energy circles. Google is among the funders backing Potter, which is developing a specific new technology that uses water to drill<\/a> for geothermal energy.<\/p>\n

Politicians, including former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, often like to point out that California soaks up an enormous share of the total venture capital flowing to “clean technology.” The Guardian<\/em> list provides a useful glimpse of where and how some of that cash is being deployed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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