Lightning Hybrids garners award at NREL Industry Growth Forum

Loveland-based Lightning Hybrids earned top prize among 30 presenting clean-tech companies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Industry Growth Forum in Golden.

Lightning Hybrids was named Best Venture.

The company makes hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles.

Lightning Hybrids was one of 30 competitively selected companies presenting at the forum, and will receive in-kind commercialization support for its triumph.

Two other companies — Stone Mountain Technologies out of Johnson City, Tenn., and Sun Number out of Denver — received Outstanding Venture awards.

“It’s always fun to get validation,” Lightning Hybrids president and co-founder Tim Reeser said in a release from NREL.

Earlier this year,…