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Business Start-Up Orientation
SCORE
(Reno, NV)
May 15, 2012

Individuals who want to start a business but don’t know how to get started.

Business Strengths and Weeknesses of the Greater Reno-Sparks-Tahoe Region
EDAWN & Governor's Office of Economic Development
(Reno)
May 15, 2012

Global corporate relocation strategist, Dennis Donovan, will share his impressions on the business strengths and weaknesses of the Greater Reno-Sparks-Tahoe region, as well as corporate site selection trends. Contact Meghan Wagonseller for details at wagonseller @edawn.org.

Holland & Hart Law Firm at C4CUBE
C4CUBE
(Reno, NV)
May 15, 2012

C4CUBE sponsor, Holland & Hart, will be available for one hour to the CUBE's entrepreneurs and friends of the cube.

Mexican International Renewable Energy Congress
GreenPower Conferences
(Mexico City, Mexico)
May 15-16, 2012

As regulation and legislature change to allow private involvement this is a critical time to create the strategy that will maximize the opportunities presented by Mexico’s world-leading renewable resources. Have your say as the agenda is set for the future of Wind, Solar and Geothermal power in Mexico. Assembling power producers, Ministers, and energy officials from across the country, this event builds on the success of the Wind Power Mexico 2011 event and expands to include the rapidly developing solar market. With Mexico’s geothermal market well established but ripe for evolution, GeoPower Mexico is also a crucial part of this comprehensive congress.

Globalization and Renewables: The Future is Now
ACORE
(webinar)
May 16, 2012

Renewables must find their place in this changing world-wide economy as a solution to growing energy demands and as a competitive source of capital attraction.This webinar focuses on several key ways renewable energy can be more fully integrated into the global energy markets.   

Wind Powering America: Careers in Wind Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
(webinar)
May 16, 2012

This webinar will provide an overview of wind energy careers from an industry perspective. The webinar will focus on recent work in defining wind energy careers while highlighting some of the critical, but lesser known, career paths in the wind industry. This free webinar is part of Wind Powering America's 2012 webinar series.

1st Annual Anaerobic Digestion Conference & Expo
Renewable Waste Intelligence
(San Francisco, CA)
May 16-17, 2012

This ground breaking conference has been developed at the request of the industry. Speakers from Harvest Power, trailblazers in the management of waste organics; Waste Management Inc. the largest waste management company in the USA; Cascadia Capital, specialist renewable investors. The conference is also supported by the American Biogas Council.

Pine Tree Wind Energy Project
Solar NV Monthly Meeting
(Las Vegas, NV)
May 17, 2012

Searchlight Wind Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy, is proposing to develop a 200-megawatt wind energy generation facility on public land located near Searchlight, Nevada, approximately 60 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The proposed project would include up to 96 wind turbines.

Synergy Technology (Engineering) at C4CUBE
C4CUBE
(Reno, NV)
May 17, 2012

C4CUBE sponosr Synergy Technology is at C4CUBE for one hour consultation sessions for those in need of product based engineering and design. For C4CUBE members and friends of the CUBE.

Holland & Hart Law Firm at C4CUBE
C4CUBE
(Reno, NV)
May 22, 2012

C4CUBE sponsor, Holland & Hart, will be available for one hour to the CUBE's entrepreneurs and friends of the cube.

GEA International Geothermal Energy Showcase 2012
Geothermal Energy Association
(Washington, DC)
May 23, 2012

This event will highlight international geothermal projects, policies and development in top international markets. It will focus on success in the leading countries and geothermal markets. Participants from the countries which are showing the most dramatic growth will be asked to address the event. Discussion will highlight what measures are succeeding in expanding geothermal energy production, with special attention paid to U.S. geothermal exports and financing for international geothermal development.

Business Opportunity Forum
C4CUBE
(Reno, NV)
May 24, 2012

Presenters from around the country and local startups.

Holland & Hart Law Firm at C4CUBE
C4CUBE
(Reno, NV)
May 29, 2012

C4CUBE sponsor, Holland & Hart, will be available for one hour to the CUBE's entrepreneurs and friends of the cube.

Tribal Webinar: Today's Energy Supply -- Yesterday's Grid
U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs; U.S. DOE Tribal Energy Program; U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership Program; Western Area Power Administration
(webinar)
May 30, 2012

The webinars promote tribal energy sufficiency and foster economic development and employment on tribal lands through the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Tribes interested in responding to utility-offered renewable RFPs and/or interested in learning more about the competitive power market, utility staff, and other stakeholders should attend.This webinar will include an informative session and discussion on how utilities' generation portfolios are changing, often faster than the grid infrastructure that supports them, and the challenges utilities currently face in integrating new generation and demand (load) response technologies into a grid that was designed to operate a different way. Discussions will include transmission studies from the Western Grid Group and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

WindPower Conference & Exhibition 2012
American Wind Energy Assocation
(Atlanta, GA)
June 3-6, 2012

This event is the focal point for wind professionals to network with and learn from industry leaders and experts, and to discover the latest in industry products and services. It’s where wind professionals convene to grow their companies, find solutions to their business challenges, and reconnect with colleagues and friends.

Business Start-Up Orientation
SCORE
(Reno, NV)
June 5, 2012

Individuals who want to start a business but don’t know how to get started.

New Battery Chemistries & System Designs - Lithium & Beyond
Next Generation Batteries 2012
(Las Vegas, NV)
June 7-8, 2012

Breakthroughs in new battery chemistries, novel electrode & electrolyte materials, system integration for a vast array of mobile, portable and stationary applications, from micro medical devices to high-energy/high-power automotive, have paved the way for an emerging market with unlimited potential.

How to Win SBIR Awards Workshop
Nevada Small Business Development Center & C4UBE
(Reno, NV)
June 11, 2012

This workshop is designed to equip entrepreneurs and senior personnel to win federal SBIR/STTR awards (NOT just write proposals) on a consistent basis at all agencies. The instructor, training media and 100-page workbook will be provided by the SBIR Resource Center®, a supplier of business development resources to the SBIR/STTR community. This event is offered to coincide with VETS2012.

2012 Veteran Entrepreneur Training Symposium (VETS2012)
National Veteran Small Business Coalition
(Reno, NV)
June 11-14, 2012

VETS2012 brings government agencies, industry leaders and Veteran entrepreneurs together in a small, intimate forum to discuss issues affecting Veteran-owned companies. Contracting, Finances, Sales & Marketing. Verification. The VETS enjoyed a highly successful first year as the inaugural event introduced novice and advanced Veteran entrepreneurs to Federal agencies, prime contractors and to each other. The debut event promises event more information and opportunitys for Veteran-owned and service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB/SDVOSBs). The event featurs prominent speakers and an exhibit hall of products and services, as well as one-on-one Business Matchmaking Sessions.

Renewable Energy Finance: Trends and Innovations
SCORE
(webinar)
June 13, 2012

These monthly seminars provide an opportunity to network and discuss the subject matter with renewable energy lawyers, federal and state policy makers, and business experts

SunShot Grand Challenge: Summit and Technology Forum
U.S. Department of Energy
(Denver, CO)
June 13-14, 2012

This event will feature distinguished speakers, highlight progress made by more than 250 SunShot Initiative awardees, and identify the central issues that need to be resolved in order to reach the Energy Department’s SunShot goals.

Business Start-Up Orientation
SCORE
(Carson City, NV)
June 14, 2012

Individuals who want to start a business but don’t know how to get started.

TechConnect World: Cleantech 2012
(Santa Clara, CA)
June 18-21, 2011

This event includes symposia on solar power technologies and materials; energy storage and novel generation; oil, gas, nuclear and traditional energy; bio sources for materials and fuels, green chemistry and materials, water technologies, carbon capture, green building and construction, power electronics, smart grild, nanomaterials for clean and sustainable technology, cleantech industry applications, green electronics and nanomaterials for catalysis. The business program includes challanges, ventures and partnering along with the CTSI utiity technology challenge.

Business Start-Up Orientation
SCORE
(Reno, NV)
June 19, 2012

Individuals who want to start a business but don’t know how to get started.

9th Annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF) Wall Street
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
(New York, NY)
June 19-20, 2012

With dwindling federal support, high-profile bankruptcies and continued risk adversity from capital providers, the renewable energy industry has big obstacles to overcome as we move forward. The U.S. and the world continue to be under great economic scrutiny, but there are signs of encouragement: PPA and module prices are falling, and new lenders are waking up to the potential of renewable energy projects.

 

Wind Powering America: Success Stories
U.S. Department of Energy
(webinar)
June 20, 2012

Wind Powering America's National Technical Director Ian Baring-Gould will provide an overview of recent wind energy deployment success stories.

Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy
UC Davis Child Family Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
(Davis, CA)
June 25-29, 2012

The one-week Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy is an academic program for commercializing green tech innovations and is a springboard for moving green tech research out of the lab and into the world. The academy includes: a five day intensive on exploring the market opportunities surrounding your ideas and your research; daily seminars and interactive sessions taught by leading venture capitalists, angel investors, and entrepreneurs; the tools to communicate the broader potential of your research; a networking dinner with industry sponsors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors, focused on green technology; and evening mentoring sessions with industry executives and investors in the green tech arena. The academy is open to graduate and post-docs from national and international universities. Applications accepted on a rolling basis, through May 25.

3rd Annual Global Wind Power Finance & Investment
GreenPower Conferences
(London, England)
June 26-27, 2012

Key financiers, utilities and leading developers can form strategic partnerships and help drive growth in the wind power industry. Listen, meet and network with a unique group of the leading global wind bankers, investors, private equity, developers and utilities. With extended, focused offshore wind finance sessions; stimulating wind financing roundtable discussions; and more utility and dveloper case studies.

Biomass 2012: Confronting Challenges, Creating Opportunities - Sustaining a Commitment oto Bioenergy
U.S. Department of Energy; Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
(Washington, DC)
July 10-11, 2012

This year's conference will examine the dynamic playing field of bioenergy in 2012 as exciting new technologies move forward within a shifting policy, tax, and economic landscape.Biomass 2012 will bring together hundreds of diverse stakeholders with key decision makers in the public and private sectors, as well as a range of interdisciplinary experts, to discuss the latest advances in bioenergy technology, policy news, and financing strategies. Situated just blocks away from Capitol Hill, the White House, federal agencies, and the headquarters of numerous national and international organizations, the conference will provide a superb forum for open dialogue about overcoming common challenges and sustaining our national commitment to building the advanced bioenergy economy.

Next Generation Batteries 2012:Application driven development of new battery chemistries and system designs - lithium and beyond
Knowledge Foundation Technology Commercialization Alliance
(Boston, MA)
July 19-20, 2012

Breakthroughs in new battery chemistries, novel electrode and electrolyte materials, system integration for a vast array of mobile, portable and stationary applications, from micro medical devices to high-energy/high-power automotive, have paved the roadmap for an emerging market with unlimited potential. Will lithium-ion batteries deliver on the promises of power, energy, cost and safety in commercially available systems or does the the future lay somewhere beyond lithium-based chemistries? The experts in the fields of battery materials, systems design and integration, manufacturing and commercial applications will look into emerging issues underlining this pivotal time in the battery industry segment.

2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability
and the 10th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conference
ASME
(San Diego, CA)
July 23-26, 2012

If you work in the new energy economy as a researcher, engineer, scientist architect, consultant or policy-maker please participate in this exciting conference for exchange of innovative ideas, leading edge concepts, new technologies and devices, ongoing R&D efforts, prototype and demonstration projects, commercialization technologies and projects, and visions of the future related to the theme of Energy Sustainability. New technologies and systems-thinking offer a path forward from environmental and economic catastrophe to a clean energy future. At this critical time, it is essential for universities, industries, R & D laboratories & government agencies to cooperate and share information to propel clean energy technology into the future. The conference will consist of plenary talks, invited talks, panel discussions, technical sessions, poster presentations and exhibitions, thus providing a unique opportunity for communication and collaboration between academia, industry and planners in the areas of Solar and other Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Cells and Advanced Energy Technologies. The Conference will feature a day of workshops and tutorials as well as special activities for students interested in solar and energy efficiency.

National Geothermal Summit
Geothermal Energy Association
(Sacramento, CA)
August 7-8, 2012

This event brings together companies and individuals in the geothermal industry with experts, sharing real life approaches to getting geothermal projects done

GEA Geothermal Energy Expo 2012
Geothermal Energy Association
(Reno, NV)
September 30-October 3, 2012

The world's largest gathering of vendors providing support for geothermal resource exploration, characterization, development, production and management. It provides a unique opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their projects, equipment, services and state of the art technology to the geothermal community.
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Science for Biomass Feedstock Production & Utilization
U.S. DOE, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy; Sun Grant Initiative
(New Orleans, LA)
October 2-5, 2012

The conference will focus on the scientific progress in the field of biomass production, harvest, logistics and processing, conversion, and renewable energy, and will promote collaboration between academic, industry, non-profit and government partners. The conference will also highlight recent advances in the science and technology contributing to the deployment of advanced biofuels from agricultural and forest systems.

RETECH2012: 4th Annual Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition
ACORE
(Washington, DC)
October 17-19, 2012

This conference covers every discipline of renewable energy technologyand is the renewable energy industry's meeting place for over government, utility, finance and technology professionals worldwide.The conference sessions dcover business development opportunities, topical professional development, current trends, the newest technologies and important up-to-date information on the changing legislative and regulatory landscapes.  The exhibition offers an opportunity to meet, network and connect with companies and organizations in the renewable energy industry.

 

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