Advanced and Alternative Energy: Growing Companies

Founded in 1995, Dovetail Solar and Wind began modestly, installing solar systems for rural-Ohio residents seeking to go off-the-grid.

419-913-0317
2600 Dorr St.
Toledo, OH 43606

In the biomass research business, AdvanceBio Systems, of Milford is gaining energy -- and attention from everybody but the U.S. Department of Energy to Penn State University.

513-864-6688
5405 DuPont Circle, Suite A
Milford, OH 45150

A solar array gathers sunlight for electricity. But something has to convert that energy from direct current to alternating current before it can be fed into an electric power grid. Toledo-based Nextronex Power Systems says it has come up with a simpler and more efficient way of doing that.

419-838-7889
4400 Moline Martin Road
Toledo, OH 43447

You don't have to be a meteorologist to know which way the wind turbine business is blowing. You just have to know that better models are on the way, thanks to companies like ADI Wind in Sheffield Village.

440-277-4141
4686 French Creek Road
Sheffield Village, OH 44054

Refractory Specialties Inc., a Sebring-based company that has a 40-year history of supplying insulation and other products for high-temperature manufacturing processes.

330-938-210
230 W. California Ave.
Sebring, OH 44672

Nexergy is working to develop the new generation of better, longer-lasting battery packs for today's high tech electronics and equipment.

614-351-2191
1909 Arlingate Lane
Columbus, 43228

At Tremco, it's not only about being a part of the "green" movement. It's about staying ahead of the curve.

800-852-9068
3735 Green Road
Beachwood, OH 44122

Christopher Clark's vision is to bring low-tech solar power to the developing world.

440-289-2380
10550 Carnegie Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106

Juice Technologies is helping the University of Toledo with an energy audit and in managing the evolution of the institution as one that will someday leave no "carbon footprint." But the company sees a future in which it is also leader in management of plug-in vehicle charging and energy management technologies.

614-247-1610
930 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212

Transforming old tires and polymeric trash destined for the landfill into readily useable fuel. That's Vadxx's goal

440-591-8994
1768 East 25th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114

Akron-based Polyflow has a fantasy: turning trash to treasure.

330-253-5912
526 S. Main St., Suite 230
Akron, OH

Starting this summer you may see them zip past you on the road, glide up to parking meters and idle at the corner stop sign. But never at the gas station.

513-360-4704
4540 Alpine Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Energy Technologies is working to take its fuel cell technology from the laboratory to the battlefield. And the Mansfield-based company hopes to add a few jobs along the way.

419-522-4444
219 Park Ave. East
Mansfield, OH 44902

Banking on a homegrown, high-tech solar cell system, GreenField Solar Corp. is positioned for a fast-paced growth.

440-596-6045
126 Artino St.
Oberlin, OH 44074

Quasar Energy Group is banking on the promise of alternative energies and an abundance of farm, food processing and other biomass that can be converted to electricity, gas and heat.

216-986-9999
7624 Riverview Road
Cleveland, OH 44141