Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Illinois based Renewable Energy companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Renewable Energy industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Illinois Renewable Energy Startups
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LanzaTech
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Creating new economic opportunities for companies, communities and countries around the world.
Greenlight Planet
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Greenlight sells, installs and finances solar home systems for the 1.8 billion off-grid and under-electrified consumers in Africa and Asia.
Invenergy
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Invenergy is a global privately-held developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions.
Chromatin
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Chromatin is a biotech company that develops sorghum for traditional agriculture and applications in the renewable energy sector.
NuMat Technologies
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NuMat Technologies builts an Operating System for the commercialization of programmable chemistries.
Clean Energy Trust
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Clean Energy Trust supports early-stage startups working on solutions for clean energy, decarbonization, and environmental sustainability.
ampCNG
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ampCNG is engaged in the transition to compressed natural gas (CNG) as a transportation fuel in the commercial trucking industry.
Synata Bio
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Synata Bio is a developer of a fermentation technology designed to process synthesis gas from multiple sources into products.
REDWAVE ENERGY
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RedWave Energy is developing unique technology to generate renewable energy from the previously untapped infrared (IR) and near IR spectrum.
Eligo Energy
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Eligo Energy helps provide consumers and businesses with low cost energy solutions.
Palladium Energy
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A Lisle, Ill.-based provider of customized power solutions
GreenPoint Partners
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GreenPoint Partners delivers energy management and sustainability consulting services for commercial real estate owners.
EdgeMode
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EdgeMode is an infrastructure management platform.
Coskata
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Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company producing ethanol from a variety of input materials.
Brite Energy Solar Holdings
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Brite Energy Solar Holdings provides residential and commercial solar services.
Sigora
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Sigora provides microgrid management solutions making clean, reliable, and fairly-priced energy a reality in frontier markets.
Chicago PACE
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Chicago PACE Financing for the energy-saving, renewable, resilient and sustainable elements of our commercial real estate landscape.
Trajectory Energy Partners
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Trajectory Energy Partners brings together communities, organizations, and landowners to develop clean energy projects.
NETenergy
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NETenergy is a thermal energy storage company that is creating a thermal battery designed to offset peak electricity load.
Atlas Energy Systems
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Atlas Energy Systems is an energy technology company commercializing the direct heat-to-energy science of Thermionics.
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings
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Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc. is a leading producer of ethanol and related by-products.
Power-to-Gas Hungary Ltd.
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Aiming to develop commercially viable and disruptive solutions for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse.
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Navigate Power provides energy and natural gas brokerage and consulting services.
AgriScience
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AgriScience makes high performance, data-driven smart soil.
BrokerX
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BrokerX is a technology company that’s built a cloud-based platform for energy brokers to manage their entire customer lifecycle
Hecate Energy
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Hecate Energy is a developer of solar, wind, and energy storage projects.
Solar Simplified
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Solar Simplified is transforming the energy space by enabling easy access to affordable solar energy to everyone in the USA
Marathon Capital
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Marathon Capital Management is an taxation-driven, financial and business services firm catering to high net-worth individuals.
SunSource
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SunSource Energy owns, develops, engineer, procures, constructs and operates solar energy projects globally.
EV Energy Group
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We sell electric car charging solutions designed to help accelerate the adoption of EV sales worldwide.
Energy Distribution Partners
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Energy Distribution Partners is delivers propane and other energy products to retail, residential and commercial customers.
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Navitas Systems provides energy enabled system solutions and energy storage products.
The Power Company USA, LLC
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The Power Company (TPC) is a professional energy consulting firm.
Integrys Energy Group
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Integrys Energy Group is a holding company focused on regulated and non-regulated energy delivery in the United States.
AMCOL International
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AMCOL International Corporation is a producer and marketer of diverse specialty materials.
Mahoney Environmental
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Mahoney Environmental is an environmental services company specializing in cooking oil recycling services.
Lincoln Clean Energy
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LCE is a developer, owner, and operator of clean power projects with a focus on wind and solar power.
Intermatic Incorporated
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Intermatic incorporated develops and manufactures energy controls for commercial, industrial, government and residential applications.
Lakeshore Recycling Systems
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Lakeshore Recycling Systems is a renewables & environment company specializing in recycling, waste removal, and dumpster rental services.
Power Equipment Direct
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Power Equipment Direct is a retail company offering outdoor power equipment.
PULS
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P.U.L.S. is a power supply company focusing on the DIN rail power supplies.
Glidepath Power
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Glidepath Power develops solutions for the energy markets.
Elevate Energy
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Elevate Energy is a community of thinkers and doers who educate the people on efficiency use of energy.
Ambitech
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Ambitech is a full-service provider of engineering design services with deep expertise in Front-End Loading work.
Aether DBS
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Aether DBS is an energy company that environmentally-conscientious natural gas systems.
Energy BBDO
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Energy BBDO is a multimedia advertising agency specializing in building brand recognition.
Songvest
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Alternative Investment Financial Solutions for royalty based products or assets in Entertainment, Patents and Energy.
Russo Power Equipment
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Russo Power Equipment is a retail company specializing in outdoor power equipment.
Inpro/Seal LLC
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Inpro/Seal is an oil & energy company that offers bearing protection and shaft seals.
Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies
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Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies
Sunfox Capital
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Sunfox Capital provides is a renewable energy company that offers environmental-protection and energy-conservation solutions.
Econergy
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Econergy is an energy company that develops, finances, and manages renewable energy and portfolios.
Neptun Light
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NEPTUN is a well-diversified manufacturer of ENERGY CONSERVATION lighting products such as LED and Induction.
dbHMS
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dbHMS is an engineering company providing MEP design engineering and building energy analysis services.
VG SmartGlass
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VG SmartGlass is developer of film-based light and heat control window.
G-Ride
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G-Ride is a eco-conscious ride share company that only has green vehicles and plants a tree w/ every ride
Energy CX
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Energy CX is an energy advisory firm that procures the lowest electric and natural gas prices for its customers.
REX Electric & Technologies, LLC
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REX Electric & Technologies is a construction company that provides security tools, fire alarm, and energy management services.
Verde Solutions
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Verde Solutions is full service, energy efficiency consultant firm that offers knowledge and consulting for a brighter future.
Bell Fuels Inc.
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Bell Fuels is an oil & energy company offering petroleum marketing services.
The Hill Group
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The Hill Group is a construction company that offers energy efficient construction and maintenance services.
Aux Sable
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Aux Sable is an oil & energy company that provides gas processing services.
The Morse Group
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The Morse Group is an electrical contracting firm providing alternate energy, architectural construction, electrical construction services.
Energy Results
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Energy Results is a residential energy-based company that helps homeowners evaluate, implement, finance, and track energy-saving upgrades.
UChicago Argonne
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For six decades, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory has excelled in integrating world-class science
Grumman/Butkus Associates
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Grumman/Butkus Associates is an engineering company specializing in energy efficiency consultancy services.
Minerallac Company
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MC is a fourth-generation, family-owned American mfg. and master distributor that has been serving the electrical construction market.
Quantum Energy
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Quantum Energy provide advanced processing systems to promote green energy hydrocarbon processing.
Source North America Corporation
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Source North America Corporation is an oil & energy company offering gas station parts.
Carbon to Clean
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Carbon To Clean is an investment community dedicated to renewable energy and sustainable technology investing.
GreenOhm
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GreenOhm is the leading provider of zip code level energy cost savings for residential and commercial energy efficient products.
ConneXionå¨
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ConneXionå is a business supplies and equipment firm specializing in electrical distribution and energy management solutions.
Illinois Recycling Association
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llinois Recycling Association provides educational leadership through forums, programs, and materials for the exchange of information.
Haak Innovations
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Solving problems in the engineering fields of agriculture, energy and transport with unparalleled thinking, that is Haak Innovations.
Obama Energy
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Obama Energy Corporation offers our clients the best alternatives and products for energy efficiency now and into the future.
Althoff Industries
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Althoff Industries is a construction firm specializing in HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and energy saving services.
Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC
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Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC mission is to produce high quality, environmentally conscious renewable fuels.
Prairie State
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Prairie State Energy Campus is an electric generation company that delivers renewable energy solutions & environmental protection services.
Hayes Mechanical, LLC.
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Hayes Mechanical. is an engineering company offering power-generation solutions.
NAATBatt
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NAATBatt, a nonprofit consortium of energy businesses, focuses on the development of electrochemical energy storage technology solutions.
Conectiv
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Conectiv Energy is the competitive wholesale energy business of Pepco Holdings, Inc.
New Generation Power
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New Generation Power is an independent renewable-based power generation company focused on acquiring,owning and operating power projects.
Primary Energy
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Primary Energy Recycling builds, owns and operates clean and efficient energy recycling projects that mainly utilize waste energy.
Sterling Lumber Company
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A provider of timber mat and ground protection solutions for the energy, power, and infrastructure industries.
Indeck Energy Service
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Indeck Energy Service is dedicated to providing communities with reliable power using environmentally sound approaches.
Integrys Energy Services is now a part of Constellation!
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Integrys Energy Services is an oil & energy company specializing in energy asset management and natural gas aggregation programs.
Tribute Resources
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An energy and natural resource company.
