Top Illinois Energy Startups (30)

Energy CX is a family-founded energy broker redefining how businesses buy energy. Powered by ABEL™, a proprietary platform, the company uses math-based trading methodologies to help customers treat energy like an investment, not a line item. Energy CX replaces fragmented tools and legacy broker models with a centralized, technology-led approach—reducing risk, controlling spend, and bringing clarity to complex energy markets....

At Locusview, we help utilities control and optimize their capital projects while preparing for the coming challenges of building smarter infrastructure. This is why we built the world’s best Digital Construction Management (DCM) platform that helps energy, telecom and water utilities manage large scale construction projects from Planning to Revenue. We are fast-paced, and expect employees to use their creativity...

Amp Americas owns and operates one of the largest carbon negative fuels producing portfolios in the U.S. Amp makes ultra-low carbon intensity renewable natural gas (RNG) from dairy waste at 7 facilities in 3 states processing manure from over 100,000 cows. Amp operates three business units: Amp Americas Development, Amp Americas Services, and Amp Americas RNG Marketing. Amp’s dairy RNG...

Reactivate is a mission-driven renewable energy company, that develops, owns, and operates renewable energy projects to improve the lives of people in low-to-moderate income and energy transition communities across the country. Reactivate’s primary focus areas are community solar, small utility scale solar, energy storage, and EV charging projects. Reactivate creates positive social and environmental impact in underserved communities by delivering...

ElectronX (EXI) is the electricity exchange for the energy transition, providing power market participants with innovative trading products to manage price risk against short-term volatility. With offices in Chicago and New York, ElectronX is building the U.S.-regulated financial infrastructure necessary to support increased investment in clean energy development. We are proud to be supported by premier venture capital firms including Innovation...

With over 2 billion tons of coal reserves, we are among the largest holders of coal reserves in the United States and our reserves can support over 75 years of production at our current production level. We operate three mining complexes in the Illinois Basin. Our mining complexes use highly efficient longwall mining systems. This highly productive mining method coupled with...

Universal Energy Solutions is a dynamic network of independent sales offices that specializes in providing tailored solutions to energy companies. Established with the vision to revolutionize the energy sector, our network brings together a diverse range of sales professionals dedicated to driving growth and innovation in the industry.

The energy transition is accelerating, broadening, and deepening. But bottlenecks remain. High-quality development projects, advanced by management teams with the experience and capital necessary to deliver investable infrastructure at scale remain a scarce resource in many global markets. Bluestar Energy Capital is focused on addressing this scarcity. Through a combination of establishing our own regional development platforms as well as controlling...

PiN is a renewable energy company disguised as an online gamification platform via website and mobile apps. PiN is a social enterprise that is a hybrid between online and mobile games and penny auctions. Users can win prizes through skills games, initially trivia games, with renewable energy advocacy and education built in before each game.

HYZON Motors was established in the US in January 2020. HYZON is a global supplier of zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, including heavy duty trucks, buses and coaches. Headquartered in Rochester, NY and with operations in Europe, Singapore, Australia and China, the company is led by HYZON co-founders George Gu, Craig Knight and Gary Robb and commercializes Horizon’s 17...

Energy Foundry invests venture capital in today’s most promising energy innovators, and we work with the world’s leading energy companies to build and scale new ventures. Our approach merges venture capital with the perks of partnership, and includes an arsenal of essential tools and relationships to help bring great ideas to market.

At Horizon we want to profoundly change the way societies consume and store electricity, we beleive the best way to do this is through Education. Therefore we produce the leading worldwide educational product line for teaching renewable energy.We are currently recruiting for a curriculum developer for secondary science education. Are you also passionate about energy and sustainability issues? Do you...

Power Kiosk is a software as a service platform that discovers the best energy rates and act as a clearinghouse in the energy retail industry.

IncubEx is an incubator for exchange traded products, services, and technology solutions. At its core, IncubEx is a product and business development firm. The company works in conjunction with its global exchange partner, European Energy Exchange (EEX) and other leading service providers and stakeholders to design and develop new financial products in global environmental, reinsurance, and related commodity markets. IncubEx...

Advanced Alternative Energy Products Co. has been supplying the Chicago area with green energy products for 10 years.We are distributors of wind, solar, and geothermal products. In addition, we install home and industrial generators and EV charging stations. Check out our website at www.advanced-energy-products.com.Or call us at 847-378-8067 for your next renewable energy project. There are substantial rebates and tax...

Headline Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in Illinois and Texas. Our goal is to help people save money on electricity, become resilient from the utility, and create a positive environmental impact. Founded in late 2018, our HQ is in Hoffman Estates, IL, and serves all of Illinois and all of Texas. We are a solar panel sales, service, and...

Nature’s Fynd is a groundbreaking food tech company born out of NASA-supported research on extremophiles in the geothermal pools of Yellowstone National park. Our novel fermentation technology produces a sustainable source of complete protein using only a fraction of the resources required by traditional agriculture. As the challenge to feed the world’s expanding population grows, our mission is to create...

Solar Simplified is an online platform that matches renters and homeowners who care about the environment and want to save money on the electricity bill with local solar farms. We take the hassle out of supporting renewable energy and make the sign-up process easy and transparent. For developers, Solar Simplified is a sales and marketing jackpot. The company was started...

Verde has a simple purpose - to save Chicago businesses and non profits energy and money. We are an industry-leading energy efficiency company with unmatched utility rebate expertise. We assess & install energy efficient equipment, ranging from lighting to HVAC units (and everywhere between), to improve your business and reduce your operating costs

We make fuel cells and and electrolyzers better by allowing them to start with better materials. Principally, we focus our efforts on the membranes, ionomers and catalyst for the systems. Right now, we are developing nanocomposite membranes that will serve as a viable replacement to incumbent proton exchange membranes to extend the operational range to low humidities and elevated temperatures....