CLEANTECH
A Shining Star of Bipartisan Cleantech Support
Amid all the negative publicity that Solyndra’s failure has brought to the Administration’s cleantech efforts, one program has received broad bipartisan support: the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency. It’s the one government initiative that can help seed the disruptive advances needed in our energy economy.
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CU Cleantech Program Selects Mentors
Six executives with business backgrounds have been selected by the University of Colorado’s CleanTech Program to help student entrepreneurs and federal researchers ready their projects for the commercial market.
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In Recognition … Colorado Companies Lead the Way in Cleantech and Energy Innovation
The Clean Energy Collective was chosen Innovative Green Power Program of the Year, part of the DOE’s
Green Power Leadership Awards. The two big winners at the CCIA Awards were Englewood-based Gevo as High Impact Cleantech Company of the Year and RavenBrick for Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year.
Top 5 Things Cleantech Entrepreneurs Fail to Understand About Raising Venture Capital
Compared to traditional VC investment ecosystems, cleantech companies are much more likely to be led by first-time entrepreneurs who often struggle to create an ecosystem of experienced people around them.
Here’s what they need to understand.
Colorado Clean Energy Supply Chain
Initiative Launched
Under the direction of Thomas Despres, the program aims to grow the Clean Energy supply chain in the state through the identification of capable component suppliers and ensuring connections among suppliers, customers, and industry resources.
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Drive Like the Wind
Many people think of electric vehicles as electricity consumers. But the PNNL researchers say a partially charged vehicle sitting at work or at home represents a potential asset for grid operators; a vehicle’s ability to start and stop charging, to adjust for varying windpower, could serve as a shock absorber on the grid.
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Developer Withdraws From Loveland
High Tech Park
Citing the inability to secure financing under tight deadlines, Minneapolis-based United Properties is withdrawing from the Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park project.
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Complimentary Consulting Available for Clean Energy, Renewable Fuels Companies
Are you running a clean energy or renewable fuels business that will be, or is, seeking capital? Could your efforts benefit from 50-100 hours of FREE consulting provided by experienced energy professionals? Then, you could benefit from a unique, academic-industry partnership under the auspices of CU’s Global Energy Management Program.
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Denver Ranks 5th in Latest Major Green City Study
The Mile High City actually placed first in energy and environmental governance, with “clean and efficient energy policies that are among the most robust in the Index.” Among the areas examined: CO2 emissions, energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air quality and environmental governance.
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Green Economic Development Partnership to Boost Colorado Startups
“CREED will boost growth in the energy sector by bringing together innovation, entrepreneurialism and job-creation,”
said TJ Deora, Director of the Governor’s Energy Office, speaking about the new collaborative effort between NREL
and the State of Colorado.
CleanLaunch Opens Doors at Golden Facility
CEO Stephen Miller noted that there are already three new tenants in the incubator: Green Grid Partners, Fleet Energy, and PureSilicon, a Rocky Mountain Clean Tech Open finalist in 2010. These three companies join CleanLaunch’s nine other existing virtual clients, who have collectively raised over $10 million in investment capital over the last three years.
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Loveland Technology Park Names Developer
United Properties joined government officials at the meeting to provide the latest news on the proposed Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park — ACE, for short. Discussions with at least 25 potential tenants will be launched next week, according to project backers.
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CSU Facilities Engineer Honored at Renewable Energy Event
Dollard received the award as part of the annual Colorado Renewable Energy Society conference concluded over teh weekend in Fort Collins. “She is a tireless advocate of clean and renewable energy alternatives and is well deserving of this honor,” said CSU’s Amy Parsons.
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People Power for DG
It will take a lot of “People Power” to overcome the stranglehold on renewable energy progress in Colorado and much of the U.S., argues Ceal Smith of the San Luis Valley Renewables Community Alliance. She offers three actions you can take now to support point of use “rooftop” distributed generation.
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