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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:  Jan Greylorn, March 12, 2012. For their March meeting Drive Oregon (http://driveoregon.org/) presented a workshop on the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E  http://arpa-e.energy.gov/Home.aspx). Drive Oregon is a nonprofit public-private partnership with diverse membership from across the range of companies and organizations involved in electrifying the transportation system. Drive Oregon’s industry representation consists of companies […]

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Source: PNNL Press Release, March 1, 2012. Known for carrying green leaves as they march through tropical forests, leafcutter ants also cultivate underground gardens of fungi and bacteria. New PNNL research about the roles bacteria play in those gardens could eventually help scientists turn plants into biofuel. Read the press release here.

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