April’s Colorado Cleantech Initiative began with Ron Ondechek of the Altira Group providing an overview of the energy-focused venture fund’s investment strategy. Altira, founded in 1996 and currently on its 5th fund, “defines energy technology very broadly” and as such invests across both clean and fossil based technologies. In investments, Altira is looking [...]
Albeo Technologies, Inc announced that its C-Series High Bay Luminaire has broken the $50 per kilo-lumen price barrier at an efficiency of 79 lumens per watt. The C-Series High Bay product uses white-LED lighting technology and is designed for industrial and commercial uses such as large retail facilities, warehouses, and data centers. For [...]
The Week Ahead: Clean Tech, April 27-May 4
Clean Tech
Tue, Apr 28: Colorado Cleantech Initiative, 4:30, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Thu, Apr 30: Emerging Contaminants: Threats to Colorado’s Water Supply 1:00, Boettcher Mansion on Lookout Mountain
Sat, May 1 – Sun, May 2: GreenFestival Denver, 10:00, Colorado Convention Center
Miscellaneous
Tue, Apr 28: Boulder Open Coffee, 8:00 am, The [...]
The Week Ahead: Clean Tech, April 20-April 27
Clean Tech
No clean tech events this week.
Miscellaneous
Mon, Apr 20: Startup Junkie: Winning Big in a Down Economy, 6:15, MADCAP Theater, Westminster
Tue, Apr 21: Inventors’ Roundtable: Colorado Springs, 5:30, Village Inn Restaurant, CO Springs
Thu, Apr 23: Inventors’ Roundtable: Northern Colorado, 5:30, Cipoletti’s Italian Restaurant, Loveland
Sat, Apr 25: Career Strategy [...]
At its first event, the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) offered its member companies insights into how to best position themselves for the competitive grants available through the stimulus package. The event called on both local and Washington experts at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to provide an overview of the moneys available and answer [...]
On Monday evening the Clean Energy Conference was held in Fort Collins, featuring a distinguished panel of speakers including German Member of Parliament Dr. Hermann Scheer and the environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The event, organized by local entrepreneur Katie Hoffner, was put together in a short time frame but still managed to attract [...]
The Rocky Mountain New Energy Markets Summit hosted by Holme Roberts & Owen included technological, policy-related and financial perspectives on the future of the energy economy in our state and nation. The full afternoon event featured speeches by Governor Bill Ritter and German Parliament Member Dr. Hermann Scheer, as well as several panels [...]
Today, Denver based venture capital firm Altira Group announced two investments in the clean technology space: A $4.5 million participation in the OPX Biotechnologies Series B round (which totaled $17.5 million) and a $3.6 million follow-on investment in Southwest Windpower, an Arizona-based manufacturer of wind turbines. In commenting on the OPX deal, Altira Managing Partner [...]
Abound Solar (formerly AVA Solar) will officially open the doors to its Longmont, Colorado production facility today. The Fort Collins-based company uses Cadmium-Telluride (CdTe) in production of its thin film photovoltaic solar modules. Abound achieved 12-13% conversion efficiency with CdTe cells during pilot production and believes it can deliver costs of less than [...]
On Thursday evening, TiE Rockies’ President Melodie Reagan opened the first Sustainable Energy Initiative Special Interest Group (SEI-SIG) by thanking those TIE members responsible for its formation: Ashutosh Misra of Ascent Solar, Probir Ghosh of invVEST, Lisa Hogan of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and Teddi Davis, marketing advisor to the energy and utilities industries. Ms. [...]
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