The future of niche commuter-mobiles is now, and Oregon’s Green Lite Motors is innovating the way with a sleek three-wheeled hybrid vehicle that right-sizes the commuter car
An idle mind is the devil’s workshop, unless that mind belongs to double Stanford graduate Tim Miller. In his case, Oregon and urban commuters could soon benefit from his [...]
Clean-tech entrepreneurs in Wisconsin are eligible for funding through a business competition, the Cleantech Open, that has expanded into the Midwest.
The largest business competition for inventors and entrepreneurs clean technology has opened a competition in the North Central region, including Wisconsin and five other states. Past alumni from the program have raised $65 million in venture capital so [...]
Contest helps companies find investors, hone ideas
Venture funding is still hard to come by for clean technology startups in the Northwest. But new funding opportunities do exist if companies know where to find them, said John Martin, operations chair of Cleantech Open Northwest.
Cleantech Open Northwest is one organization that aims to help clean-tech [...]
The last several years have not been easy for California’s San Joaquin Valley, which is arguably the nation’s bread basket—or perhaps, fruit basket for its plentiful citrus, stone fruit, and grapes. Sparse rain and reduced water moved from the Sacramento river delta region has resulted in barren farms and dying orchards. Meanwhile, irrigation runoff has [...]
Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire was the keynote speaker at the final awards gala for her state’s first cleantech business plan competition. About 200 people came to the ACT Theatre last night to see which three startups were selected as finalists. Congratulations to Green Lite Motors, Hydrovolts Inc., and LivinGreen Materials. Winning teams will compete [...]
Denis Du Bois: “Excitement…fear. Opportunity…risk. Urgency… indifference.” Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open Co-chair Byron McCann opened last night’s regional awards ceremony with a dramatized series of opposites.
It fit, because the theme of the evening was contrast and anachronism. The region’s hottest new technologies were showcased in Seattle’s second-oldest theater. Our governor headlined the ceremony [...]
Investors: Time for a Test Drive
With recent improvements in their third generation prototype, Green Lite Motors reports that they’ve reached another milestone. Last month they began letting prospective investors test drive the vehicle – giving them a first-hand feeling for the fun driving experience and technology that enables this breakthrough 100 mile-per-gallon fully-enclosed commute vehicle. [...]
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by Jon Knox
The Cleantech Open announced William Weihl, Green Energy Czar at Google, will present the keynote address during the “Academy Awards of Cleantech” Awards Gala at The Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 17, 2009.
As the Green Energy Czar at Google, Weihl leads efforts in energy [...]
San Jose CA: SunPods, creator of SunPods Solar Smart Technology Systems™ unveiled their SP-500 SunPods Solar Agriculture & Remote Site Power Systems™ today. Designed to provide solar power for on-grid and off-grid agricultural processing, wells, irrigation and water distribution systems. The SunPod SP-500 meets the remote site power needs for navigation systems, telecommunications, oil and [...]
San Jose CA. SunPods announced today the first public demonstration of their revolutionary SunPods’ EV Plug-N-Go™ Solar Powered EV Charging System. The world’s first transportable, modular, integrated solar powered electric vehicle charging station, ready to power up on delivery.
The SunPods SP-300 EV Plug-N-Go designed specifically for companies, institutions and public agencies that need an instant [...]
