Jan 2010 5280 Magazine: Colorado's entrepreneurs go clean and green for the future

The CCIA's Founding Executive Director Chris Shapard is ringing in the New Year in Julie Dugdale's "Tech Savvy - Colorado's entrepreneurs go clean and green for the future" column. Chris' quote:

"The potential is huge," says Christine Shapard, executive director of the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association. "And not just for windmills and solar farms. There are so many opportunities here."

Go buy it at the news stand now (Colorado's own Dana Perino and keynoter at the PRSA Colorado member retreat this year or read it online by clicking here.

Recap: 22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum November 3-5, 2009

The 22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum was an overwhelming success, attracting nearly 600 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and policymakers to participate in the three-day event highlighting emerging clean energy technology firms and business developments.

The CCIA was a sponsor.

Link to the overview

Christine Shapard: Climate Change Person Biographical Entry: The Carbon Capture Report

Christine Shapard: Climate Change Person Biographical Entry: The Carbon Capture Report

Ten clean technology predictions for 2010

Continuing an annual tradition, Cleantech Group Executive Chairman Nicholas Parker offers ten trends to watch for in 2010:

1) Private capital growth recovers, record fund year
2) Clean economies become the new space race
3) Electric cars take the back seat to smart mobility
4) Resource constraints beyond carbon rise to the fore
5) Commodity tradeoff debates intensify
6) Energy efficiency, driven by ICT, eclipses solar
7) Marketing suddenly matters
8) Buffett leads the super rich into cleantech
9) Acquisitions and consolidations accelerate
10) The rise of waste-to-energy, geothermal and aquaculture

Link to the full article at the Cleantech Group Web site

CCIA helped host the German wind energy delegation last month

"Colorado caught the attention of several German companies involved in Europe’s wind energy manufacturing industry when their representatives visited the state in a mid-November scouting trip.

The reps spent a day touring the Vestas wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Windsor, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, and the wind energy research lab in Boulder that’s operated by German company Siemans Energy Inc.

The German-American Chamber of Commerce’s Colorado chapter sponsored the group, whose members also spoke at a Nov. 13 networking breakfast. The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade sponsored the breakfast."

Link to the DBJ article: German energy companies tour Colorado

Link to the Nov 6 DBJ announcement

Sunny Skies Ahead For American Solar -- article quoting CCIA's Chris Shapard

CCIA's Executive Director Christine Shapard was quoted in this national article:

“Colorado's solar manufacturers have noted that they benefit from the state's low business costs, availability existing facilities for ramp up of production, and a local workforce familiar with technologies applicable to solar manufacturing,” says Christine Shapard, executive director, Colorado Cleantech Industry Association.

Link to article posting

Colorado International Trade Office Receives $363,135 matching grant to support Colorado cleantech companies in China & Mexico, involving CCIA

11/12/09: "The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that the Colorado International Trade Office (ITO), a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT), is one of five recipients of the Market Development Cooperators Program (MDCP) for 2009. The ITO will receive $363,135 in matching funds over the next three years to support Colorado company exports of clean and environment-related products and services to China and Mexico. . .While the ITO is the lead organization for the CO-EXist program, the following partners will also play an integral role: The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA); the U.S. Export Assistance Center, Denver; the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service Offices in Mexico and China; Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE); the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT); the Colorado CleanTech Industry Association (CCIA); and the City of Denver Office of Economic Development. Other support organizations include the World Trade Center, Denver and the Colorado Springs Office of International Affairs."

Link to the ITO news release