31 Northwest Ideas Compete in the GE Ecomagination Challenge

—Neighborhood Microgrids with Local Power Substations, Chris Torre, Central Point, OR

—PPRE’s Solar Roads Mass Roll Out through Highway Rest Areas, Benjamin Berry, Portland, OR

—Smart Grids Using Local Generator Substations, Chris Torre, Central Point, OR

—Soft Tube CFL, Zachary Bogle, Mill City, OR

Renewables

—AirShip Technologies Group Regenerative Drive Maglev Track Sphere Spherical Induction Motor, Benjamin Berry, Portland, OR

—Algae Power Plant Scrubs, Alexandre Cross, Bellingham, WA

—The Energy Tree, Michael Clarke, Portland, OR

—Geothermal Power, Scott Sutherland, Seattle, WA

—Grid Tied Exercise Bike that Plugs into Any Outlet, Adam Boesel, Portland, OR

—High Altitude Aerostat as Windmill, James Yarger, Portland, OR

—Home Hydrogen Extractor, Steve G., Yakima, WA

—Hydrogen Revolution, Kevin West, Klamath Falls, OR

—Plasmification of Biomass in Economically Blighted Timber Communities, Tom Daugherty, Spokane, WA

—Run of the River Power, Scott Sutherland, Seattle, WA

—Self Reliant Power Unit, David Warmenhoven, Issaquah, WA

—Solar Mug, Ab Mobasher, Portland, OR

—Storm Water Powered Turbine, James Yarger, Portland, OR

—Texas Wind Power, Scott Sutherland, Seattle, WA

—Use Wind Power to make Clean Coal Practical, Tom Craver, Portland, OR

—Wind Power on the Missouri River, Scott Sutherland, Seattle, WA

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Author: Thea Chard

Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.