2024 Sustainable Aviation Cleantech Challenge Announces Chosen Companies

DENVER - Feb. 14, 2024 - PRLog -- Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA) has announced the 13 technology companies selected to present at the 2024 Sustainable Aviation Cleantech Challenge on March 7, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. Finalists were selected from a competitive international pool of applicants.

The Aviation Challenge is one in a series of Cleantech Challenges that connect large industry partners directly to innovative clean technology solutions. The 2024 call for applications asked for companies capable of working on issues related to  technologies: Active Load Alleviation, Advanced Auxiliary Power Units, Advanced Composites, Aircraft Surface Treatment Technologies (LEAF), Alternative Wing Designs and Wingtip Devices, Autonomous Flight Solutions, Carbon Capture Use and Sequestration, Digital Thread, Double Bubble Fuselage, Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL), EV Charging, Hydrogen & Hydrogen Infrastructure, Propulsion Innovations, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), Onboard Power Solutions, and other applicable technologies.

Submissions were vetted and program sponsors selected 13 companies as finalists to present during the program. Finalists will pitch their technologies to major Aviation companies and investors represented by the program partners.

CCIA developed the Aviation Challenge in partnership with an internationally recognized team of industry leaders, including United, Southwest, Gevo, DEN, ConocoPhillips, Arnold & Porter and the Consulate General of Canada in Denver.

Companies selected to present include:

• 9T Labs
• Ampaire, Inc.
• AsimicA, Inc.
• CATAGEN Limited
• Centroid Lab
• Electra.Aero
• i6 Group
• OMC Thermochemistry
• Tamarack Aerospace Group
• Universal Fuel Technologies
• Vertimass, LLC.
• WeNeW Carbology
• WheelTug

"CCIA is excited to partner with industry leaders and innovators at our technology scouting event, aiming to bring cleaner solutions to the aviation industry. Our partners utilize this significant program to efficiently vet promising, early-stage companies and discover technology applications that will ultimately enhance their operations and move us closer to a sustainable aviation future," said Laura Hickernell, Interim Executive Director of CCIA.

About Colorado Cleantech Industries Association

Founded in 2008, CCIA is a statewide, industry-led, industry-focused organization dedicated to promoting Colorado's cleantech industry. CCIA impacts Colorado's policies, people, products and programs that drive expansion of a cleaner, cheaper, more efficient and secure energy economy. Through advocacy, public policy leadership, development and education, CCIA works to ensure that Colorado is a global cleantech leader. For more information, visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.