The 10th annual Five Ventures Business Innovation Competition is underway and you may know an entrepreneurial team that could accelerate their success by participating. The competition offers start-up and early stage entrepreneurs an opportunity to improve their strategy and their story by participating in workshops. The entrepreneurs will submit an executive summary by March 1... [Read More]
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Five Ventures Business Innovation Competition for NC, SC, TN and VA Companies – Deadline March 1
February 14th, 2011Utility Technology Challenge: Call for Company Applicants by Feb. 18
February 14th, 2011Get ahead. Let the Utility Technology Challenge give you top-level visibility. Side-step tedious introductions and hopeful finger-crossing. Guarantee results and open new doors by applying for recognition as a Top Utility Technology. Reasons to get involved with the 2011 Utility Technology Challenge: • TESTING & ADOPTION. Interact with future demonstration and early adoption partners from... [Read More]
Community Energy, Inc. Sells 7.8 MW Solar Project to Constellation Energy
February 14th, 2011Constellation Energy to Acquire 7.8 MW Solar Project from Community Energy, Inc., One of the Three Largest Solar Projects in New Jersey BALTIMORE and RADNOR, Pa. (February 14, 2011) – Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and Community Energy Solar, LLC (Community Energy), today announced that Constellation, through its retail business, has agreed to acquire a 7.8... [Read More]
CleanLinks Lighting Panel in NC: Follow up Q&A
October 28th, 2010On October 18, SJF and CED held their fourth CleanLinks event this year at Hotel Indigo in RTP, North Carolina. The event brought together over 100 cleantech business professionals in the Triangle interested in growing the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, the smart grid, green building products and smart lighting, which was the topic of... [Read More]
SJF Supports California’s Cleantech Law: A.B. 32
October 10th, 2010SJF stands in support of California’s A.B. 32 and against a recent ballot initiative Proposition 23. The passage of Proposition 23 would essentially overturn A.B. 32, the state’s landmark cleantech legislation that is set to take effect in 2012. While Proposition 23 would have an immediate negative impact on entrepreneurial start-up businesses, job creation, and investment... [Read More]
SJF Leads Series A Investment in Community Energy, Inc.
October 5th, 2010SJF Ventures led a $4M Series A round for Community Energy Inc. (CEI) this week, see the press release below. We are thrilled with the CEI investment and its alignment with SJF’s mission and strategy. We call our cleantech investing strategy ‘capital efficient expansion’ as versus the ‘large technology bet’ approach of many larger cleantech... [Read More]
CleanLinks Panel Events in NYC, Oct. 7, and RTP, Oct. 18
September 10th, 2010Register now for the next CleanLinks events in NYC on October 7th and Durham, NC on October 18th. Listen to experts discuss Why Solar Works? at the offices of PWC in Manhattan and enjoy a cocktail reception following the discussion. Register here! In RTP, we will be convening a panel of industry and business representatives with stakes in... [Read More]
Intersolar & Need for US Policy in Global Marketplace
July 19th, 2010I am just back from the Intersolar conference in San Francisco and came away further convinced that the US needs to set forth a strong long term national policy to reduce emissions and foster renewable energy. German and Asian companies were quite well represented on the trade floor, as renewable and industrial policies have... [Read More]
North Carolina Companies to Watch Application Deadline is Monday, May 24
May 18th, 2010CED has partnered with the Edward Lowe Foundation to bring a unique awards program to North Carolina. Companies to Watch (CTW) honors second-stage companies that demonstrate high performance in the marketplace, exhibit innovative products or processes, or otherwise make those companies “worth watching.” The award ceremony will be September 23, 2010 at the Raleigh Marriott... [Read More]
North Carolina Forum on the American Power Act, June 15 at Cree
May 13th, 2010The American Power Act: Clean Technology Business, Investment, Job Growth, and Local Community Opportunities WHEN Tuesday, June 15, 9:30am to Noon WHERE Cree Auditorium, 4600 Silicon Drive, Durham, NC- (http://www.cree.com/about/map.asp) WHAT Educational Forum to learn about and discuss the recently proposed American Power Act, what it means for growing both the North Carolina and U.S.... [Read More]
