Tag: energy companies

These are the Energy and Climate Change bills that the Association of Washington Business is tracking: HB 1030 (Morris) related to the electric transmission line siting compact with the purpose of; simplifying and standardizing the application and filing process, create a transparent and streamlined process for review, minimize impediments and delays in siting, to name […]

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An important program is being launched at the Department of Energy in partnership with MIT: The Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Program, or C3E.  This program aims to advance women’s leadership in the clean energy sector. This year MIT is running a C3E Awards program to recognize outstanding efforts to advance women’s mid-career leadership in […]

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General Biodiesel was named an Emerging Manufacturer with a Silver Award by Seattle Business in the May 2012 edition of the magazine.

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According to Mark Muro of the Brooking Institute and colleagues at the Breakthrough Institute and the World Resources Institute, “In the absence of significant and timely energy policy reform, the recent boom in US clean tech sectors could falter.”  The authors of a new report entitled Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech On a […]

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Source:  John Cook, Geekwire, March 23, 2012. Bill Gates is a supporter of nuclear power and thinks we will likely see a nuclear reactor from TerraPower in2022.  Gates has funded the company with Intellectual Ventures founder Nathan Myhrvold.  The reactor will likely be built outside of the U.S. due to the difficulty in obtaining permits.  […]

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Source:  Mark Kinver, BBC, April 12, 2012. The US was the biggest investor in clean energy in 2011, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts.  The US invested more than $48 billion in the sector, an increase of $14 billion over the prior year. Total clean energy investment in China increased by $500 million to $45.5 […]

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Hydrovolts was featured in a KING5 News story.  See it here.  

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The energy and utilities sector ranked ranked second (behind health care) in dollars invested in 2011 according to the Halo Report.  Of all dollars invested by angels and reported, energy and utilities  accounted for 27.2 percent.  The sector ranked sixth in total number of deals completed with 3.8 percent of the total of angel investments […]

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Source: Ecova Press Release, March 1, 2012. Ecova has gained accreditation from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as a Carbon Calculation partner. The accreditation reflects Ecova’s success in helping its customers accurately calculate and report carbon emissions with the use of Ecova’s carbon accounting solution, Carbon Manager. Find the press release here.

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Source:  Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2012. Microsoft  founder Bill Gates, who spoke at the ARPA-e conference today, decried the tremendous lack of funding in the cleantech space,especially governmental funding.  “It’s crazy how little we are funding this energy stuff.”  “If we are underestimating how hard it is, we wind up underfunding,” said Gates.  90% […]

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