Cary, NC –The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) named Susan Sanford as its new executive director, but she isn’t new to RTCC. Sanford served as Director of Membership Development and Engagement before she was promoted to fill the vacancy of Jennifer Bosser, RTCC’s first executive director, who left in September to become Senior Manager of Business Retention for the City of Raleigh.

Cary, NC – The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) has announced Simon Hansen, Director of Regions, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group(C40), as the keynote speaker for their Annual Meeting taking place on Wednesday, September 7 from 11:00 – 1:30 pm.

Research Triangle Region, N.C. - The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) announces double-digit growth in its membership base over the last six months, adding 25 members since January 1. The organization creates a competitive advantage for the region by strategically focusing business, government, nonprofit, and academic stakeholders to promote cleantech innovation, regional growth, and international, market opportunities. RTCC aims to add 100 new members by July 2017 and will formally announce this goal and a new business plan at RTCC’s Annual Meeting Luncheon on September 7^th, featuring Simon Hansen with the C40 Cities initiative.

On May 12, RTCC partnered with Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy to host Lt. General Ken Eickmann (Ret.), a member of CNA’s Military Advisory Board, a non-partisan organization made up of an elite group of retired three and four star general officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who study pressing issues of the day to assess their impact on America's national security.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named Bellinda and Jim Higgins, of Stay Online Corporation of North Carolina, Exporters of the Year for 2016. The company is headquartered in Creedmoor, North Carolina. Bellinda is president and her husband Jim is general manager. They were nominated by Alex Viva, International Business Development Counselor at the North Carolina Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC).

RTCC was pleased to partner with and support the 2016 State Energy Conference held at NC State University’s McKimmon Center, April 20-21. RTCC served as a gold sponsor of the annual event and hosted the Conference’s inaugural career fair which brought together 16 exhibitors and more than 270 individuals who registered to attend the career fair.

RTCC was pleased to partner with and support the 2016 State Energy Conference held at NC State University’s McKimmon Center, April 20-21. RTCC served as a gold sponsor of the annual event and hosted the Conference’s inaugural career fair which brought together 16 exhibitors and more than 270 individuals who registered to attend the career fair. 

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC), along with community partners Capital Area Workforce Development Board and Work in the Triangle, will host the first annual Cleantech Connect Career Fair on April 21, 2016 from 3:00 pm – 5:00pm at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC.

On March 18, representatives from ABB, Duke Energy, Green Energy Corp., Real-Time Innovations (RTI), and ScottMadden discussed Duke Energy’s Coalition of the Willing Initiative. The Coalition of the Willing brought together 25 smart grid, software, communication, and utility leaders to examine how a simpler and more cost-effective electric grid could be created. 

On January 26, representatives from ABB, Strata Solar, TE Connectivity, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and RTI International used the results from RTCC’s recently released “Talent Needs for the Energy and Technology Industry” survey to frame a conversation about cleantech workforce development in the Research Triangle Region. 

Join us at DistribuTECH 2016 for our Power Play – a power-packed hour and a half mini-conference!