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Michigan Students Showcase Geothermal Technology in Final of National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition (DOE)

Black Pine Engineering's pilot compressor in California. (Courtesy Black Pine Engineering)

In April the student team of Black Pine Engineering from Michigan State University took top honors at the Eastern Midwest regional competition of the Energy Department’s National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.

Black Pine Engineering took the top regional student prize of $100,000 for its Woven Wheel System, an advanced turbomachinery system composed of carbon fiber, used for retrofitting geothermal power plants.

However, yesterday REEcycle from the University of Houston won the Energy Department’s National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. The competition, now in its third year, is part of President Obama’s Startup America Initiative,  which aims to celebrate, inspire and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation.

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