AlwaysOn has officially kicked off its fifth annual GoingGreen Silicon Valley Top 200 Private Companies competition. We are looking for the top emerging private companies that are creating new business opportunities in green technology. This includes private companies that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technology in the following sectors: 

• Biotech, Biofuel, and Agriculture
• Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)
• Data Center Efficiency
• Energy Management, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency
• Energy Storage Systems
• Green Automobiles and Transportation
• Green Materials and Green Building
• Resource Recovery and Waste Management
• Solar Energy
• Water Technology and Treatment

To assist us in this competition by nominating a company, please click here. To view the form in a format optimized for mobile devices, please click here.

The winners of this competition will be officially announced in mid September and honored at GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2011, September 27th - 28th, 2011, at San Francisco City Hall as well as featured in the expanded 2011 GoingGreen Silicon Valley program guide and on the AlwaysOn website.

We look forward to sifting through the nominees to find the most innovative entrepreneurs who are transforming big industry and creating viable business models for green technology. Let the competition begin! To join us at San Francisco City Hall (and take advantage of the AO Insider discounted ticket rate), click here.

The companies that have been nominated to the 2011 AlwaysOn GoingGreen Silicon Valley 200 so far will be listed below by category.

Biotech, Biofuel, and Agriculture

Amyris
Emeryville, CA
www.amyrisbiotech.com

Australis Aquaculture
Turner Falls, MA
www.thebetterfish.com

Chemrec
Stockholm, Sweden
www.chemrec.se

Cobalt Technologies
Mountain View, CA
www.cobalttech.com

CoolPlanetBioFuels
Camarillo, CA
www.coolplanetbiofuels.com

Coskata
Warrenville, IL
www.coskata.com

EdeniQ
Visalia, CA
www.edeniq.com

Gevo
Pasadena, CA
www.gevo.com

KmX
Oakville, Ont., Cananda
www.kmxcorp.com

LS9
South San Francisco, CA
www.ls9.com

Mendel Biotechnologies
Hayward, CA
www.mendelbio.com

OPX Biotechnologies
Boulder, CO
www.opxbiotechnologies.com

Sapphire Energy
San Diego, CA
www.sapphireenergy.com

SG Biofuels
San Diego, CA
www.sgbiofuels.com

Solazyme
South San Francisco, CA
www.solazyme.com

Synthetic Genomics
La Jolla, CA
www.syntheticgenomics.com

ZeaChem
Lakewood, CO
www.zeachem.com

Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel)

Accelergy
Palo Alto, CA
www.accelergy.com

Alphabet Energy
San Francisco, CA
www.alphabetenergy.com

AltaRock Energy
Sausalito, CA
www.altarockenergy.com

Bloom Energy
Sunnyvale, CA
www.bloomenergy.com

CoaLogix
Charlotte, NC
www.coalogix.com

FloDesign
Wilbraham, MA
www.flodesign.org

GreatPoint Energy
Cambridge, MA
www.greatpointenergy.com

Innwind
Stavanger, Norway
www.innowind.no

Luca Technologies
Golden, CO
www.lucatechnologies.com

Nova Thermal
Philadelphia, PA
www.novathermalenergy.com

Potter Drilling
Redwood City, CA
www.potterdrilling.com

Sierra Energy
Davis, CA
www.sierraenergy.net

Ze-gen
Boston, MA
www.ze-gen.com

Data Center Efficiency

1E
New York, NY
www.1e.com

Green Platform
Mountain View, CA
www.greenplatformcorp.com

MokaFive
Redwood City, CA
www.mokafive.com

nlyte
Menlo Park, CA
www.nlyte.com

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Palo Alto, CA
www.parc.com

Power Assure
Santa Clara, CA
www.powerassure.com

Redwood Systems
Fremont, CA
www.redwoodsystems.com

Sentilla
Redwood City, CA
www.sentilla.com

Vantage Data Centers
Santa Clara, CA
www.vantagedatacenters.com

Viridity Energy
Conshohocken, PA
viridityenergy.com

Energy Management, Smart Grid, and Energy Efficiency

Adura Technologies
San Francisco, CA
www.aduratech.com

AlertMe
Cambridge, U.K,
www.alertme.com

Array Converter
Cupertino, CA
www.arrayconverter.com

BPL Global
Cranberry Township, PA
www.bplglobal.net

Bridgelux
Sunnyvale, CA
www.bridgelux.com

EcoFactor
Redwood City, CA
www.ecofactor.com

eMeter
San Mateo, CA
www.emeter.com

Energy Plus
Philadelphia, PA
www.energypluscompany.com

Enmetric Systems
Belmont, CA
www.emetric.com

ENXSuite
San Bruno, CA
www.enxsuite.com

Federspiel Controls
El Cerrito, CA
www.federspielcontrols.com

Green Plug
San Ramon, CA
www.greenplug.us

GreenSimian
Seattle, WA
www.greensimian.com

Grid Net
San Francisco, CA
grid-net.com

GridPlex Networks
Upper Darby, PA
www.gridplexnetworks.com

Hara Software
Redwood City, CA
www.hara.com

Illumitex
Austin, TX
www.illumitex.com

Landis+Gyr
Zug, Switzerland
www.landisgyr.com

Lunera Lighting
Redwood City, CA
www.lunera.com

OnChip Power
Boston, MA
www.onchippower.com

On-Ramp Wireless
San Diego, CA
www.onrampwireless.com

Recurve
San Francisco, CA
www.recurve.com

Scientific Conservation
Berkeley, CA
www.scientificconservation.com

Silver Spring Network
Redwood City, CA
silverspringnetworks.com

SmartSynch
Jackson, MS
www.smartsynch.com

SynapSense
Folsom, CA
www.synapsense.com

Tendril Networks
Boulder, CO
www.tendrilinc.com

Trilliant
Redwood City, CA
www.trilliantinc.com

Verdiem
Seattle, WA
www.verdiem.com

WiTricity
Watertown, MA
www.witricity.com

Energy Storage Systems

Amprius
Menlo Park, CA
www.amprius.com

Contour Energy Systems
Azusa, CA
www.countourenergy.com

Deeya Energy
Fremont, CA
www.deeyaenergy.com

EnerVault
Sunnyvale, CA
www.enervault.com

EnStorage
Zichron Yaakov, Israel
enstorageinc.com

Enxwuite
San Bruno, CA
www.enxsuite.com

Glacier Bay
Union City, CA
www.glacierbaytechnology.com

Ice Energy
Winsor, CO
www.ice-energy.com

Leyden Energy
Fremont, CA
www.leydenenergy.com

Porous Power Technologies
Lafayette, CO
www.porouspower.com

Premium Power
North Reading, MA
www.premiumpower.com

Primus Power
Hayward, CA
www.primuspower.com

Sakti3
Ann Arbor, MI
www.sakti3.com

Seeo
Los Altos, CA
www.seeo.com

Simbol Mining
Houston, TX
www.simbolmining.com

Widetronix
Ithaca, NY
www.widetronix.com

Green Automobiles and Transportation

Achates Power
San Diego, CA
www.achatespower.com

Better Place
Palo Alto, CA
www.betterplace.com

CODA Automotive
Santa Monica, CA
www.codaautomotive.com

Coulomb Technologies
Campbell, CA
www.coulombtech.com

Fisker Automotive
Irvine, CA
www.fiskerautomotive.com

Getaround
San Francisco, CA
www.getaround.com

Pinncle Engines
San Carlos, CA
www.pinnacle-engines.com

RelayRides
San Francisco, CA
www.relayrides.com

Green Materials and Green Building

Calera
Los Gatos, CA
www.calera.biz

CalStar Products
Newark, CA
calstarproducts.com

Lunera
Redwood City, CA
www.lunera.com

Serious Materials
Sunnyvale, CA
www.seriousmaterials.com

Soladigm
Santa Rosa, CA
soladigm.com

Resource Recovery and Waste Management

BigBelly Solar
Newton, MA
www.bigbellysolar.com

ecoATM
San Diego, CA
www.ecoatm.com

MBA Polymers
Richmond, CA
www.mbapolymers.com

Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies
Vancouver, BC, Canada
www.ostara.com

ReCommunity
Charlotte, NC
www.recommunity.com

RecycleBank
New York, NY
www.recyclebank.com

Solary Energy

Abound Solar
Fort Collins, CO
www.abound.com

Agile Energy
San Bruno, CA
www.agileenergy.com

Array Converter
Sunnyvale, CA
www.arayconverter.com

Bloo Solar
Sacramento, CA
www.bloosolar.com

BrightSource Energy
Oakland, CA
www.brightsourceenergy.com

Chromasun
San Jose, CA
www.chromasun.com

Clean Power Finance
San Francisco, CA
www.cleanpowerfinance.com

eIQ Energy
San Jose, CA
eiqenergy.com

Enphase Energy
Petaluma, CA
www.enphaseenergy.com

eSolar
Pasadena, CA
www.esolar.com

Flexcell International
Hillsborough, NC
www.flexcellint.com

Green Light Solar Industries
Lake Havasu City, AZ
www.greenlightsolarindustries.com

HelioPower
Murietta, CA
www.heliopower.com

Miasolé
Santa Clara, CA
www.miasole.com

Nanogen Power Systems
Cocoa, FL
www.nanogenpower.com

Nanosolar
San Jose, CA
www.nanosolar.com

Petra Solar
South Plainfield, NJ
www.petrasolar.com

Pythagoras Solar
San Mateo, CA
www.pythagoras.com

SolarCity
Foster City, CA
www.solarcity.com

Solaria
Fremont, CA
www.solaria.com

Solexant
San Jose, CA
www.solexant.com

Sopogy
Honolulu, HI
sopogy.com

Stion
San Jose, CA
www.stion.com

Suniva
Norcross, GA
www.suniva.com

SunRun
San Francisco, CA
www.sunrunhome.com

Tioga Energy
Los Gatos, CA
www.tiogaenergy.com

Wilson TurboPower
Woburn, MA
www.wilsonturbopower.com

Xunlight TurboPower
Toledo, OH
www.xunlight.com

Water Technology and Treatment

AquaCritox
Cork, Eire
www.scfi.eu/aquacritox.html

BioPetroClean
Tel Aviv, Israel
www.biopetroclean.com

Epuramat
Redwood City, CA
www.epuramat.com

NanoH20
El Segundo, CA
www.nanoh2o.com

Oasys Water
Cambridge, MA
www.oasyswater.com

PMC BioTec
Exton, PA
www.pmcbiotec.com

zNano
San Jose, CA
www.znano.biz