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 [...]

SEATTLE, WA:  Hydrovolts Inc. and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for development of hydrokinetic technology to provide renewable power for remote ocean sensors. Hydrovolts, based in Seattle, is an early-stage company with innovative hydropower technology. WHOI, located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, is the largest non-profit oceanographic [...]