PolarPanel
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Cold Chain, Renewable energy |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , |
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Key people | Brad Cathcart (CEO) |
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| 🌐 Website | polarpanel.co |
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PolarPanel is an American clean energy and cold chain company based in Houston, Texas. It was created through a technological partnership between the University of Houston and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to commercialize intellectual property developed at Johnson Space Center.[1] The company installs photovoltaic systems on refrigerated containers using thermal energy storage to reduce diesel usage in intermodal freight transport.[2]
History
PolarPanel was founded in Houston, Texas in 2017 with the mission to develop the first zero-emission refrigerated railcar.[3] The company started with a retrofitting model to replace the diesel engines used in refrigerated shipping using solar thermal energy and phase-change materials (PCM).[3] The company received initial funding from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)[4][5] and the United States Department of Energy[6][7][4], and was a cohort member of the MassChallenge startup accelerator in 2020.[8][9][4]
Awards
PolarPanel was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2019.[10]
References
- ↑ "PolarPanel Team Masters Business Plan for NASA's Solar Refrigeration". uh.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "PolarPanel - Concept". polarpanel.co. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "VoyageHouston: Most Inspiring Stories". voyagehouston.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "PolarPanel - Our Story". polarpanel.co. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "MIT Clean Energy Prize rewards student innovation". news.mit.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Student-led, game-changing clean energy technologies highlighted in Houston". evergreeninno.org. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy". energy.gov. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "MassChallenge reveals its 2020 cohort". techngood.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "MassChallenge Texas in Houston Announces Summer 2020 Cohort". masschallenge.org. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Forbes 30 Under 30 - Energy (2019)". forbes.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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