Triangle startup EcoPRT shows off vision for mass transit
WRAL TechWire
RALEIGH, N.C. — Startup EcoPRT is developing what founders call "the world's first entrepreneurial transportation system." WRAL TechWire Insiders can take a detailed look at Marshall Brain and Seth Hollar's vision for mass transit....
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Why there's still hope for cleantech startups to raise funds
WRAL TechWire
Cleantech capital isn't dead - just harder to get. Christa Wagner Vinson is program manager for the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster, which offers up advice and support for startups raising capital....
Watch out for GridBridge: It could be Triangle's next startup powerhouse
WRAL TechWire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — New means of power delivery is the secret sauce for Raleigh-based startup GridBridge, and the recently launched firm is quickly earning recognition from the Obama Administration as part of a $140 million power initiative plus a recent selection by NASA for beyond-this-world energy routing. What is GridBridge all about and who is its founder Chad Eckhardt? WRAL TechWire Insiders get the exclusive details in a Q&A....
Clean Tech Summit Promotes Local Innovation
Chapelboro.com
The North Carolina clean energy sector generated $3.6 billion in total revenue in 2013, according to a recent census administered by the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA). Additionally, the number of full-time employees has grown 20 percent, to 18,404, over 2012 numbers at the 570 firms who participated in the census.
Read moreCleantech Cluster Bridging the Gap
The Research Triangle Region Cleantech Cluster, part of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership in North Carolina, is a year old. It’s too young to have accomplished much, but it might be the energy business version of a new model of industrial organization. The theory of economic clusters, first proposed at the end of the 19th century, was given new life in 1990 when Harvard professor Michael Porter published The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Porter’s cluster idea became a powerful meme, used to explain everything from banking’s concentration in New York and London, software centers such as Silicon Valley and furniture making in North Carolina, to Hollywood, an early version of an industrial cluster.
Read moreBUILDING SMART CITIES IN NC AND BEYOND
NC Sustainability Center
With RTP positiong itself as a smart grid cluster, it's no surprise that the Smart Cities panel at the recent NC Clean Tech Summit was as vibrant as it was well attended. Panelists included representatives from some of the companies and organizations that are truly leading the way in Smart City development
Read moreEnergy tech firm Itron looks to expand in Triangle
WRAL TechWire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Itron, an international energy technology firm, that operates in more than 100 countries and has an office in Raleigh, has plans to grow its Triangle presence and affirms that commitment by joining the board of the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster....
Two more utilities join Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
WRAL TechWire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — ElectriCities of North Carolina and North Carolina Electric Membership Corp. are the newest members of the Research Triangle CleanTech Cluster.
Cleantech cluster lands OSIsoft as new member
WRAL TechWire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — OSIsoft, a company whose technology manages real-time data and events utilities and transportation operations, has joined the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster as an industry member....
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