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Twelve Pacific Northwest Semi-Finalists Representing Diverse Technologies and Geographies Announced at Gala Event
After the challenging task of selecting twelve startups from 56 Pacific Northwest entries, twelve teams were named as 2009 regional semi-finalists on June 25. These startups will participate in the 2009 mentoring program and will vie for three regional prize awards in October.
Puget Sound Energy, one of our Competition Sponsors, hosted the announcement event at their headquarters in Bellevue, WA. Contestants and volunteers from the region attended the academy-awards style announcement of the selected teams. Each semi-finalist team was featured with a screen describing their business, and members of each team gave short pitches and acknowledgements. Selected teams are:
- Clarian Technologies - Smart-grid enabled wind and solar appliances, Seattle, Wash.
- Extreme Capacitors - Energy storage, Olympia, Wash.
- GoNano Technologies - High surface area nanomaterials for energy storage, Moscow, ID
- Green Lite Motors – 100 mpg commuter car/motorcycle vehicle, Portland, Ore.
- Hydrovolts - In-stream hydro turbines, Seattle, Wash.
- InnovaTek – Renewable hydrogen fuel cell technology, Richland, Wash.
- LivinGreen Materials - Advanced solar technology, Seattle, Wash.
- NHThree - Green anhydrous ammonia production, Richland, Wash.
- Pangreen - Mobile and web-based platforms enabling green living, Kirkland, Wash.
- Shorepower Technologies – Electric charging stations, Portland, Ore.
- Soluxra - Low-cost organic solar cells, Seattle, Wash.
- Veranda Solar - Plug and play solar appliances, Portland, Ore.
PNW CTO Innovation Partner Receives DOE Grant for Advanced Photovoltaic Technology Development
Washington Technology Center, a PNW Clean Tech Open Innovation Sponsor, just received a $136,000 DOE grant to "develop nano-imprinted diffraction gratings for light trapping in crystal-silicon film PV, since light trapping is essential in low cost thin crystalline silicon devices to ensure acceptable light absorption and current generation."OEN's Venture Northwest Call for Applications
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network’s Venture Northwest, to be held on October 29, 2009 at the Nines Hotel in Portland, is the premier forum for new and emerging investment opportunities in exciting companies throughout the Pacific Northwest. This conference will showcase venture-ready companies to investors.
If your company is venture-ready we invite you to apply. OEN is looking for strong companies from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia who are ready to present their promise to investors. Applications are due Wednesday, September 2 at 5:00 p.m. Click here to apply.
The Bend Venture Conference
October 16, 2009; Bend, OR
The 2009 conference will be held at The Historic Tower Theatre. Advance registration is available only online. Due to facility capacity, space is limited and early registration is encouraged. On-site registration will open at 7:30 am on Friday, October 16 at the Tower Theatre.
BVC 2009 ticket holders receive admission to the Pre-Conference Networking Reception on Thursday, October 15 (5 - 8pm) at the Broken Top Club and the full-day conference (including continental breakfast and seated lunch) on Friday, October 16th.
Qualified Plug-in Electric Vehicle Credit
– Jason Anderson, PNW CTO Financial Oversight Chair
On June 12, 2009 the IRS issued Notice 2009-54, which sets forth a process for manufacturers to certify that a particular vehicle meets the requirements of the new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit under I.R.C. section 30D -- as enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). Taxpayers purchasing such vehicles can rely on the domestic manufacturer’s (or, in the case of a foreign manufacturer, its domestic distributor’s) certification that both a particular make, model, and model year of vehicle qualifies as a plug-in electric drive motor vehicle under I.R.C section 30D, and the amount of the credit allowable with respect to the vehicle.
Update on Clean Technology Grants
– Jason Anderson, PNW CTO Financial Oversight Chair
On June 26, 2009 the House approved legislation (H.R. 2998) that is intended to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2012 and 2050 through an economy-wide cap-and-trade program, among other energy-related initiatives. Notably, the bill includes a provision that would allow the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to nonprofit organizations that conduct competitive programs to identify and support start-up businesses proposing products or services in the area of clean technology.
Thank You to our Competition Sponsors!
Washington Technology Industry Association: Improving Testing Collaboration in Agile Development - July QA SIG
2707NE Blakeley St.
Seattle, WA
July 8, 2009
6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
September 21 – 23, 2009
September 21 – 23, 2009
- Solar Now: Why the Industry is Taking Off
- Overview of Solar Materials RE Nano/Micro
- The Future of Solar in Thin Films/Nano/Micro Materials
- On the Importance of Investing in New Materials Now.
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