Seeking Executive Director and Operational Support
NY-BEST is seeking an Executive Director and an organization to provide operational support.
Are you, or your organization, a potential candidate or do you know someone who is? Read more at SolicitationSummer2010.
NY-BEST™
The New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST™) is an industry-led coalition working to build and promote a vibrant, world-class, advanced battery and energy storage sector in New York State. New York State and NY-BEST are aggressively building an energy storage industry with corporate, academic and federal partners. New York is home to:
- Three federal Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) focusing on energy storage;
- Almost twenty academic institutions with facilities, researchers and students working on energy storage solutions;
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, a Federal Department of Energy Lab and home to the National Synchrotron Light Source (NLSL) and the NSLC II under construction, one of the world’s most widely used facilities with 2,100 academic, federal, and corporate researchers conducting projects each year;
- Two of the world’s most powerful supercomputers at RPI and Stony Brook/Brookhaven National Lab which are available for industry and academic use in energy storage modeling; and
- A robust cluster of energy storage companies that span the product development pipeline from new materials to complete storage systems and integrated systems.
NY-BEST through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is seeding $25 million in state funding to the New York energy storage industry for research and testing to bring new projects to market and build a strong network of battery and energy storage professionals. Our many New York-BEST member companies, universities, and partners can work with you to bring your project from idea to implementation and manufacturing.
Featured Opportunity
GE's Ecomagination Challenge
GE is awarding $200 million to ideas in partnership with Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, KPCB, and Rockport Capital. After registering, you may enter as many ideas as you wish in the three categories: Renewables, Grid Efficiency and Eco Homes/Eco Buildings between July 13 and September 30, 2010. The entry should include a detailed proposal describing a smart grid technology that is both innovative and proprietary.
