AUSTIN & DENVER: NEW ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES

ATI, Austin Energy form test-bed partnership
February 21, 2007 (Austin Business Journal)

- The Austin Technology Incubator is partnering with Austin Energy to create a testing ground for alternative energy companies looking to bring their technology to market. The groups say the test-bed is the first of its kind in the United States…
- Under the partnership, participating companies will plug their technology into Austin Energy's grid to prove whether it is viable. The incubator will hold a clean energy venture summit in May where startup companies can present their models to venture capitalists and energy companies…
- The Austin Technology Incubator is a project of the University of Texas' IC2 Institute. The Clean Energy Incubator provides in-house consulting, financial referrals and office infrastructure to companies focused on clean energy technologies.

Renewable energy agreement is signed
February 21, 2007 (Denver Business Journal)

- The Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory Agreement was signed Wednesday, creating a collaboration to develop new energy technologies…
- The agreement is between the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
- The Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory will work with public agencies, private companies, nonprofit institutions and all of Colorado's universities and colleges to increase the development and use of energy from renewable resources…