AlwaysOn's Top Clean Tech Companies

AlwaysOn, an insider network that brings together entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, has compiled its first list of the top 100 privately-funded clean tech (they call it greentech) companies. An oversight is the lack of a category for green building.

The entire list is below, but here are my favorites:

Phoenix Motorcars - unlike Tesla motors, they are building mass-market electric vehicles and have been at the forefront of technology innovation using advanced batteries. Cobasys/EEStor/A123 - one of these battery companies will likely have a breakthrough in developing batteries to power plug-in hybrid vehicles that can go a minimum of 50 miles on a single charge Gridpoint- is developing technology to bring the power grid out of the 20th century to make it more reliable and energy efficient. As the people of Southern California know, this is one of the most important missions for securing our energy infrastructure. Verdant Power - developing hydropower that doesn't require dams to block waterways Konarka Technologies - thin film solar could put renewable energy generation anywhere the sun shines

Automotive & Transportation AC Propulsion CleanAir Logix Myers Motors Mygistics Phoenix Motorcars PML Tesla Motors Think Global ZENN Motor Company

Biofuel & Agriculture Altra Biofuels Amyris Biotechnologies Chemrec Cilion ClearFuels Technology E3 Biofuels Gevo Greenfuel Technologies Imperium Renewables LS9 Mascoma Mendel Biotechnology RangeFuels Solazyme Targeted Growth

Energy Management & Efficiency Blade Network Technologies H2Gen Innovations Silver Spring Networks SmartSynch Verdiem

Energy Storage A123 Systems Bloom Energy Cobasys Deeya Energy EEStor GridPoint **OVERALL WINNER** Jadoo Power Lilliputian Systems ZPower

Nanotech & Materials Artificial Muscle d.light design EoPlex Technologies FiberTech Polymers Hycrete Nanoexa Nanostellar Serious Materials Space-X

Clean Energy (not solar or biofuel) Airtricitiy CoalTek General Compression Great Point Energy Nordic Windpower Orion Energy Powerspan Verdant Power

Solar Ausra Better Energy Systems BrightSource Energy Daystar Technologies Energy Innovations HelioVolt Innovalight Konarka Technologies Miasolé Nanosolar Silicon Valley Solar Solaicx SolarCity Solaria Solexant SolFocus Stion Stirling Energy Systems

Waste Management Earthanol EnerTech Environmental Intechra iReuse LanzaTech MBA Polymers TechTurn Ze-Gen

Water AbTech Industries Aqua Sciences Aquarius Technologies Atlantium Technologies Bio-Pure Technology Derceto EnviroTower GeoPure Water Technologies IDE Technologies Industrial Plug and Play MicroviBiotech MIOX Corporation NanoH2O Novazone P2W Pollution To Water PAX Water Technologies Poseidon Resources Seven Seas Water Superall Products