Tag: competitive economy

Itron announced that Sydney Water, Australia’s largest water utility, will begin the 3-year-long installation of Itron’s high-efficiency meters to replace old meters that serve its residential and commercial customers in Sydney.  The new high-efficiency Itron meters will help Sydney Water continue to meet rigorous national water standards. Source:  Itron, Press Release, June 29, 2012.

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Nominations are open for Seattle Business magazine’s Green Washington Awards.  The program recognizes companies and individuals who hold our planet and its longevity in the highest regard and who are leading the way in sustainability and green business practices. The Washington Green 50 is a distinguished list of companies and organizations who are leaders in […]

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Premier Sponsor: Washington State’s Cleantech Leadership at the Inaugural WCTA Annual Meeting Michael K. Young, UW Elson S. Floyd, WSU WCTA’s Inaugural Annual Meeting hosted several hundred attendees from diverse industries and companies invested in clean technology. UW President Michael Young, and WSU President Elson Floyd participated in a discussion on innovation and commercialization in […]

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Maud Daudon, president and chief executive of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Sam Kaplan, president of the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, had an op-ed printed in the Seattle Times entitled “Wider Panama Canal Among Multiple Threats to Puget Sound Ports.” There are serious issues that threaten Washington ports.  Among them are […]

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A WCTA White Paper: J. Thomas Ranken, Washington Clean Technology Alliance, May 2012. See part 1 here. …So Prices are Dropping This dramatic increase in natural gas supply has put great pressure on prices.  In early 2011, John Deutch of MIT noted that “In the United States today, oil is three times as costly as […]

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A WCTA White Paper: J. Thomas Ranken, Washington Clean Technology Alliance, May 2012.  See part 1 here. Natural Gas Supplies are Up Dramatically The statistics are intriguing.  From 1990 to 2010, global proved reserves of natural gas have increased by 49%.  From 2000 to 2010, they increased by 21%.[1]  The International Energy Agency (IEA) has […]

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There has been a lot news and thought recently about the changing role of natural gas in the US.  This has been generated by the advent of two new technologies (fracking and horizontal drilling) that have created access to vast new supplies that were previously thought to be too expensive to extract. There are legitimate […]

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In 2010, the global biofuels industry contributed $277.3 billion to the world’s economy, produced 110 billion liters of fuel, and supported 1.4 million jobs.  Production has doubled since 2005 and is up three-fold in the last decade. Total biofuel production is expected to increase 66.2% from 2010 and 2020.  US production is expected to increase […]

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McKinstry is adding an 18,000 square feet of space and a conference center to its Innovation Center in Seattle.  The company recently opened an additional 38,000-square-foot center in Spokane. “Our vision was to create a springboard for the green economy – from clean tech innovations, to the education sector,” said McKinstry CEO Dean Allen. “We […]

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Fledge is a new Seattle organization that has been created to help create and accelerate cleantech and other environmentally-conscious and energy-conscious companies.  Fledge is a business incubator/accelerator, modeled after TechStars. Teams from around the city, region, and world apply at http://fledge.co/apply Fledge chooses 7-10 applicants to create a “cohort” Each chosen team receives $7,000 in […]

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