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New VC in Town... Eric Hansen of August Ventures

Posted Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:22am by Holli High

Based in Boise, "August Ventures is focused on renewable energy and sustainable approaches to reducing energy consumption. The fund is also focused on companies in the western U.S."

Read Glenn Michael's full post, 5 Minutes with Eric Hansen of August Ventures, on Highway 12's blog.

Celebrate VengaWorks LEED Gold Certification

Posted Thu, 10/08/2009 - 7:36pm by Krissa

You are cordially invited to help VengaWorks™ celebrate its LEED NC* Gold Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) under the U.S. Green Building Council.

Join VengaWorks and their partners, Wednesday, October 14th from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at 943 W. Overland Rd in Meridian. Take a tour, hear from designers and thought leaders on the future direction of green building and try your luck at one of the green door prizes.

Inovus Solar to Light Up Boise GreenTech Corridor

Posted Fri, 08/21/2009 - 7:50am by Krissa

BOISE—One of Idaho’s fastest growing young companies is relocating to a site in an area of town targeted for green technology firms after “graduating” from the WaterCooler small business incubator with 23 full- and part-time employees.

Inovus Solar’s flagship SmartPole product line offers solar-powered utility lighting systems that can connect to the electric power grid or operate independently.

Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference 2009

Posted Tue, 06/09/2009 - 8:25pm by Krissa

Attention all you uber techies... September 21-23 is the Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference in Portland, OR.

What? You've not heard of this? TechBoise has attended a few of these conferences. Let us tell you the brain power that will be present in the Doubletree Lloyd Center will blow you away. Don't believe us?

Check out these featured presentation topics:

Advanced MEMS devices and applications
Sensors and systems, e.g. for motion control
Nanoelectronics and biolectronics
Nanoscale patterning and fabrication processes

A Bi-Partisan Kick-in-the-Pants for Renewables

Posted Fri, 03/13/2009 - 4:50pm by Holli High

Last week something fun happened at the Idaho Legislature that I believe most folks missed. Republican legislators jumped on as co-sponsors of Democrat bills. Yep, that's right. Our legislature, long known for it's disregard of the minority party, is considering bi-partisan bills. Not only that, but these are bills introduced by Democrats and later co-sponsored by Republicans. I am not kidding.

Harvard Economist Suggests Libertarian Stimulus Proposals

Posted Thu, 02/05/2009 - 1:02pm by Chris

A Senior Lecturer in Economics at Harvard, Dr. Jeffrey Miron, recently outlined for CNN, some libertarian proposals to stimulate the economy, including something you wouldn't normally expect: a call to raise carbon taxes.

Throwing Serious Green at the Green Sector

Posted Wed, 01/28/2009 - 3:21pm by Holli High

At the Harvesting Clean Energy Conference last Monday in Billings, MT, attendees were all full up with the hope that Obama would come through with a stimulus package to solve our industry woes. In wind energy, we have long been challenged with the West's outdated transmission system and the absence of viable, cost-effective energy storage systems. Biomass and geothermal could use some federal loan guarantees along with some significant R&D dollars. Clean coal technology has all but disappeared from the energy radar.

Northwest Energy Innovation Summit 2009 [Day 1]

Posted Mon, 01/12/2009 - 11:38pm by Tac

  • Global electricity demand will grow to 2X by 2030.
  • Clean water demands will grow by 3X in that same time frame.

    • The Northwest Energy Innovation Summit is Coming to Boise

    Posted Tue, 11/18/2008 - 7:03pm by Tac

    How would you like to attend a conference on the future of energy innovation and entrepreneurship? How would you also like to hear from the following speakers:

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