World Economic Forum: Cleantech rules

September 3, 2010

With cleantech and green technologies becoming ever more important at the global level, it’s no surprise that startups in those areas have taken a record number of spots in the latest list of Technology Pioneers announced by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Of the 31 new companies judged to be the most innovative around the world, 13 — the most ever — are in the cleantech sector. They include a UK firm that’s developed a new cement that’s carbon-negative, a US-based company whose technology can help consumers and businesses monitor and manage their energy consumption and a California startup that enables wireless communications for the smart grid, water distribution and other services.