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News for the Week of September 8, 2011 |
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Join the Online Dialogue — The Energy Leaders Forum
More than 20 New England Clean Energy executives, entrepreneurs and investors sounding off!
The Energy Leaders Forum is a collaboration between the New England Clean Energy Council and MHT, bringing together more than 20 leaders from the clean energy cluster in New England to post an ongoing dialogue on the energy issues of the day. Each Thursday, read a new post as well as comments from other Forum members — join the dialogue today!
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Proposed Employment Law Would Create New Protected Class: The Unemployed
Bills recently introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate would make it illegal for employers and employment agencies to screen out unemployed job seekers. Like other employment laws, the proposed legislation is well-intentioned. However, it would significantly affect how businesses evaluate job candidates and would create a new source of legal claims. For a full explanation of the proposed law, see MBBP's Good Company blog.
For more information on this legislation, please contact Bob Shea.
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Is your cleantech business prepared to weather a perfect storm?
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Flagship Ventures' Jim Matheson: Even more so than the weather, the system model predicting the future of our global economy is massively complex, and right now most predictions point to continued stormy skies ahead. I offer an emergency preparedness checklist – modified from the few I read preparing for Hurricane Irene – for startups who are trying to weather this perfect storm of inaction.
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Innovation All-Stars
Mass High Tech & The Boston Business Journal are joining forces to create a powerful new event in 2011. Capitalizing on 16 years of selecting High Tech All-Stars, combined with the region’s most promising rising stars under the age of 30… Innovation All-Stars will become the pre-eminent event where promises meets performance. 15 individuals will be honored as tech luminaries and 15 individuals will be honored as rising stars.
CLICK HERE for more event details and to register
November 16, 2011, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
House of Blues, Boston
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Smart grid test site in Worcester lays plans for Mass. strategy
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A town meeting-style summit of 300 people, organized by National Grid, in Worcester this month will help to shape a smart grid strategy for Massachusetts’ second largest city, but also will lay the groundwork of a smart grid serving 1.2 million electricity customers in 168 Massachusetts communities.
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Appliance Solutions: Where Software Meets Hardware
MHT, Network Allies and Intel will host a panel discussion on the future of appliance-based software solutions, including strategies for lengthening product life cycles and increasing application performance and speed to market. CEOs, CTOs, Directors and VPs of Engineering, and leaders within ISVs and other software organizations are encouraged to attend this exclusive breakfast seminar.
Wednesday, September 28 – Breakfast, Keynote and Panel Discussion 8:00-11:00am Click to register
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Mass., Israel seek companies to apply for $2M in partnership grants
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Massachusetts and Israel are looking for life sciences, cleantech and clean energy companies to participate in a previously announced partnership between the two regions, and they’ve got $2 million to support the initiative and those companies.
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Sidera Networks is the Smarter Choice for Speed
When it comes to high speed, ultra low-latency connectivity, Sidera Networks is the smarter choice. Hundreds of industry-leading businesses throughout Massachusetts trust Sidera to deliver reliability, flexibility, low latency and capacity to advance their business performance. To learn more about how Sidera does this, download our white paper “When Low Latency Matters – Its Sidera Networks”.
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Cape Wind wins a round, but heads to the SJC
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A bid to target the proposed Cape Wind project through a ballot initiative that would have restructured elements of the Massachusetts Green Communities Act was rejected by Attorney General Martha Coakley today.
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Free technical update for network, voice and data center engineers and managers
Cisco is pleased to offer Tech Days to provide you with the latest developments in cloud, video, borderless networking, collaboration and data center technologies. Join us on Wednesday, October 12 at the Cisco Systems Boxborough, MA campus for an in-depth discussion of the newest innovations-products, features, demos and roadmaps-so that you can develop strategies and deploy solutions that increase resiliency, agility and productivity. Register now.
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Semiconductor developer MTPV gets $6.5M in Series B funding
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Clean energy semiconductor company MTPV LLC announced today that it has raised $6.5 million as part of a planned $8 million Series B round.
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Harvest Power acquires mulch maker
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Waltham-based Harvest Power, which is focused on producing energy from organic supplies as well as soil and mulch products, has acquired Delaware-based soil and mulch manufacturer Coastal Supply Company Inc.
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General Compression squeezes $6M more from backers
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Newton energy storage firm General Compression Inc. has bumped its Series B round from an already impressive $54.5 million to a clean $60 million, federal documents show.
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MIT and Mass. companies get solar boosts
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In a week when the solar energy sector has been under fire, MIT and three Massachusetts companies are among the beneficiaries of a U.S. Department of Energy solar technologies program that has awarded $145 million to 69 organizations in 24 states.
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Harvest Power pulls in $1.25M in new funding
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Harvest Power Inc., a biogas manufacturing company in Waltham, has raised $1.25 million of a targeted $2.25 million new funding round, according to a federal document.
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UMaine gets $3M grant for offshore wind research
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The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration has awarded a $3 million grant to the University of Maine to purchase equipment for the university’s deepwater, offshore wind laboratory.
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Tech Pulse Poll: How did Hurricane Irene impact your job?
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Hurricane Irene was downgraded to Tropical Storm Irene by the time it hit much of New England, but that didn't stop it from wreaking havoc for some people and some property. How did it impact you in your ability to do your job?
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