Tag: energy companies

Source:  Itron Press Release, February 21, 2012. The Cairns Regional Council in Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia has chosen to deploy the Itron smart water metering system.  The same system has been installed in Kalgoorlie.  The system helps the Cairns Regional Council track water consumption and optimize supply according to demand.

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Source:  Curt Woodward, Xconomy, February 14, 2012. Seattle-based EnerG2 is opening a factory in Albany, Oregon.  The company says it chose the location due to its work with Oregon Freeze Dry. EnerG2 was founded in 2003 and spun out of the University of Washington.  It received a $21.3 million stimulus grant from the federal government. […]

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Gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee has released a 30-page jobs plan as part of his campaign for governor.  His priorities include clean energy, aerospace, the military, small business, information and communication tech, and agriculture.  Representative Inslee (D-WA) serves in the US Congress. Five pages are devoted to Clean Technology.  Read the cleantech portion of the plan […]

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Source:  Smart Grid News, The votes are in: Meet 12 smart grid companies we’ll be watching this year, January 31, 2012. PowerIt Solutions of Seattle was named one of twelve smart grid companies to watch by Smart Grid News.  Readers cast 7,000 votes for the companies that they believed had the most promise. Powerit Solutions […]

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Source: Northwest Innovation News, January 6, 2012. Seattle-based Calico Energy, the provider of energy data management and analytics software and services, said Thursday that it has expanded its board of advisors. The firm said it has added Jesse Berst, Managing Director of Global Smart Energy, and Dr. Subramanian Vadari, President of Modern Grid Solutions to […]

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Source:  Hydrovolts Press Release, December 20, 2011. NASA, USAID, The U.S. Department of State, and NIKE identified Hydrovolts for its innovative approach to society’s most pressing energy challenges. Seattle (December 12, 2011) – Hydrovolts announced today its selection as one of the ten innovators of LAUNCH: Energy, a competition founded by NASA, the United States […]

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Source:  Hal Bernton, Seattle Times, December 19, 2011.  Hal Bernton: 206-464-2581 or hbernton@seattletimes.com.  Biodiesel-fuel producer Imperium Renewables had a troubled debut. But founder John Plaza says Imperium has turned around, making profits and boosting production. John Plaza | Position: Founder and CEO of Seattle-based Imperium Renewables | Background: Raised in Talkeetna, Alaska. Worked as a […]

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Source:  Michelle Lang, TechFlash, December 19, 2011. Boston-based wind energy company First Wind Holdings Inc. has taken in a $210 million funding round to support its subsidiary, Palouse Wind LLC. The Portland, OR-based subsidiary will use the financing to continue building its 105 MW Palouse Wind project in Whitman County, Wash., the company said in […]

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Source:  Itron Press Release, December 14, 2011. Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that it is ranked number one in a number of market position estimates in the latest water meter market analysis report published by IMS Research. The report, The World Market for Water Meters—2011 Edition, published in October 2011 and authored by Nicole […]

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