Triangle Business Journal

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) has announced its first industry member: OSIsoft, based in San Francisco, Calif., with an office in Wilmington.

The company provides software packages for smart-grid infrastructure and assists cities moving towards smart grids.

WRAL TechWire

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — A delegation from the Triangle, including executives with the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster, the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber are among executives briefing White House officials and members of Congress about cleantech efforts in the region....

Triangle Business Journal

Members of Congress will hear from Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) leaders on Thursday about how the federal government can help grow the clean-tech sector.

WUNC

Smart water, energy and electric vehicles are turning out to be a major growth sector in the Research Triangle region.

Charles Hayes is President and CEO of The Research Triangle Regional Partnership.  He says all the growth in smart grid and clean technology caught them by surprise.

Electric Light & Power

There are now 96 smart grid firms operating in the North Carolina "Research Triangle." The region, located in and around the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill areas of the state, had 59 smart grid companies in operation in 2011 — a 60 percent increase in two years.

The Henderson Daily Dispatch

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Triangle Business Journal

My July 19 print article about the Triangle’s cluster of “cleantech” companies focused mainly on their prospects for continuing to grow if relevant governmental regulations change.

Triangle Business Journal

RALEIGH – Companies that focus on new types and efficient uses of energy have grown precipitously in the last decade, into a cluster of related industries that employ more than 6,000 people in the Triangle.

Renewable Energy World.com

I’ve been helping behind the scenes on a new cleantech incubator recently launched in Vancouver, Canada called the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator. And in the process, I’ve been getting the opportunity to learn what other accelerators and incubators are doing well, and not so well, around the world.

 WRAL TechWire

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Networking company Cisco Systems is the latest Triangle technology company to join the Research Triangle initiative to accelerate cleantech technologies....
Read more at http://wraltechwire.com/cisco-joins-research-triangle-cleantech-cluster/12419671/#sqjMhTjLdrvR7wxa.99