Smart Hydro Power (Gold, €7.500), Heliatek (Silver, €5.000) and Carpooling.com (Bronze, €2.500) win the Ecosummit Award 2012 Jury Voting. The German startup Smart Hydro Power convinced the expert jury which consisted of 53 judges representing smart green VCs, corporates, utilities, startups, press and service providers. Smart Hydro Power produces small power plants for rivers that generate renewable hydro energy for offgrid communities in developing countries. Organic PV startup Heliatek wins the Silver medal for taking solar energy where it has never been before. Carpooling.com is awarded the Bronze medal for their success with bringing ride sharing to the mass market. The winners of the Ecosummit Award 2012 Facebook Voting are Blablacar (Gold), Carpooling.com (Silver) and MyCO2 (Bronze). The Ecosummit Award 2012 is sponsored by Ecosummit and Climate-KIC with special media support of Wirtschaftswoche. Thanks a lot to all our nominees, judges, sponsors, partners and winners. We are proud of you!

From left: Michael Reinicke (Carpooling.com), Nicolas Brusson (Blablacar), Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Karl Kolmsee (Smart Hydro Power), Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche), Thibaud Le Seguillón (Heliatek) and Francois Bordes (MyCO2)

From left: Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Karl Kolmsee (Smart Hydro Power) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

From left: Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Thibaud Le Seguillón (Heliatek) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

From left: Michael Reinicke (Carpooling.com), Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

From left: Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Nicolas Brusson (Blablacar), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

From left: Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Michael Reinicke (Carpooling.com), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

From left: Franka Birke (Climate-KIC), Francois Bordes (MyCO2), Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit) and Sebastian Matthes (Wirtschaftswoche)

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