The prospect of algae production holds a great level excitement today in the biomass industry, where fuel is derived from recently living organisms. Algae – due to a highly accelerated growth rate – potentially yields fifty to several hundred times the oil per acre than soybean or corn based crops. The reason this biomass has [...]
May’s Colorado CleanTech Initiative offered perspectives from Anita Burke on the future of the planet along with two company business cases from Corvid and SolSource. Burke, a former oil industry executive, began by reminding the audience that the earth is an island and as such has finite resources. Burke believes we are currently in a [...]
The Week Ahead: Clean Tech, May 25 – June 1
Clean Tech
Tue, May 26: Colorado Cleantech Initiative, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, 4:30
Mon, June 1: CORE Distinguished Speaker Series, Molson Coors Tap Room, Denver, 5:30
Miscellaneous
Tue, May 26: Boulder Entrepreneurs Meetup, Tusk Bar, Longmont, 7:00
Wed, May 27: TIE Mentorfest, PPA Event Center, Denver, 1:00
Thu, May 28: BMA [...]
After a month off, May’s Green Tech Meetup took place in the more spacious confines of the Wittemyer courtroom in the Wolf Law building at CU Boulder. The evening afforded all those in attendance a comfortable seat along with presentations from four diverse companies.
May’s Innovation After Hours featured a brief update from Judy Dorsey followed by a presentation from Ed VanDyne of VanDyne SuperTurbo. Dorsey described some of the activities of the Northern Colorado Clean Energy Cluster which she described as both a “public private partnership” and a “project oriented” organization. Most visible of the organization’s [...]
The Week Ahead: Clean Tech, May 18 – May 25
Clean Tech
Thu, May 21: NET IMPACT: Return on Sustainability, Daniels College of Business – Marcus Commons, 12:30
Miscellaneous
Mon, May 18: Startup Junkie: The Invention of the Boogie Board, MADCAP Theater, Westminster, 6:30
Tue, May 19: Inventors’ Roundtable: CO Springs, Village Inn Restaurant, CO Springs, 5:30
On Wednesday CORE held a Sustainability Breakfast at the offices of WhiteWave Foods, during which time Carolyn Parrs & Irv Weinberg from the green marketing communications firm Mind Over Markets gave a presentation entitled, “The Ten Commandments of Green Marketing.” The firm, located in Sante Fe, New Mexico, was founded in 2003 and has represented [...]
Clean Tech
Wed, May 13: CORE Sustainability Breakfast, Whitewave Foods, 7:30 am
Thu, May 14: Climate Change Policy in CO, DGS Denver, 7:30 am
Thu, May 14: Innovation After Hours, Stonehouse Grille, Fort Collins, 4:00
Thu, May 14: Green Tech Meetup, CU Campus Wolf Law, 7:00
Fri, May 15: Renewable Energy Task Force, South Metro Chamber of Commerce, 10:00 am
Miscellaneous
Tue, [...]
The Week Ahead: Clean Tech, May 4 – May 11
Clean Tech
No clean tech specific events, although the two university events of the week feature energy-related topics (included below).
University
Tues, May 5: CSU Clean Energy Supercluster and Cenergy Expo, 8:30 am, Lory Student Center, CSU
Thur, May 7: Voices of Experience: Dick Kelly, Xcel Energy, 6:00, The Cable [...]
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