Accelerating New England's Clean Energy Economy

11/14/2014
News from the New England Clean Energy Council
Accelerating New England's Clean Energy Economy
In This Issue
NECEC News
New Members
After a busy fall that included a DC Fly-­In, the Global Cleantech Meetup
and our 6th Annual Green Tie Gala, 2014 has kicked off with two lively
months here at NECEC.
On the early-­stage innovation front, our Innovation &
Entrepreneurship Programs, partnerships, and team are in the midst of
a significant transition and growth. We wrapped up our two-­year federal
grant for a pilot-­scale innovation network program and began an exciting
transition to our new innovation initiative. As announced on February
18th, NECEC has formed an alliance with Cleantech Open Northeast
and created a new program, Cleantech Navigate Northeast, to connect
cleantech entrepreneurs with valuable innovation help from across the
Northeast region. Alexandra Adler joined the NECEC team as our Senior
Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship to lead Cleantech Navigate, and
our collaboration with all of the region's innovation agencies and
partners.
Our policy efforts continue to provide the much needed guidance and
expertise the clean energy sector needs to move new legislation and
regulations forward. NECEC VP, Policy and Government Affairs,
Janet Gail Besser continues to take on strong roles in committees and
task forces with public officials in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
Rhode Island, cutting across renewables, efficiency, financing, siting,
transportation and other topics. Rhode Island Distributed Generation
legislation, the Grid Modernization proceeding in Massachusetts, and
solar net-­metering and wind siting in multiple states have been hot
issues in recent months and will continue to gather steam in 2014.
As the we learned through 60 Minutes' unfortunate mischaracterization
of the nation's cleantech sector in January, our role in education and
communications remains more important than ever, especially here in
New England where all six states have gubernatorial elections in 2014.
Our Communications Director Kate Plourd is driving a new, important
communications (and advocacy) initiative coordinating NECEC member
company executives to educate and influence the 2014 gubernatorial
candidates to support clean energy as part of their campaigns.
Policy & Government Affairs
Update
NECEC Institute Update
Upcoming NECEC Events
Cleantech Talent Fair
March 6, 2014
Greentown Labs, Somerville,
MA
Massachusetts Clean Energy
Day March 11, 2014
Boston, MA
Maine Clean Energy Day
March 20, 2014
Hallowell & Augusta, ME
Rhode Island Clean Energy
Day April 8, 2014
Providence, RI
Upcoming Partner Events
Cleantech Open Northeast
2014 Boston Kickoff
March 11, 2014
Boston, MA
E2Tech's Annual Augusta
Forum
March 20, 2014
Hallowell, ME
View Upcoming Industry
Events
Don't Miss
Cleantech Open Northeast's
2014 Kickoff events in Boston & New York Winter 2014
To our Members & Sponsors, thank you to those who participated in
the first in our series of Clean Energy Days this week in Hartford,
Connecticut. We are looking forward to seeing our members at our
upcoming Clean Energy Days in Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode
Island, as well as many industry conferences and networking events.
Members and the broad cleantech community in Massachusetts have a
double dose of clean energy activities on March 11, as we celebrate our
vibrant industry with Massachusetts Clean Energy Day at the
Massachusetts State House, and follow with the Cleantech Open 2014
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Read on to find out more about these and other NECEC initiatives.
Connect with us and let us know how to make our programs and your
companies more successful. Regards,
Learn more:
northeast.cleantechopen.com
Peter Rothstein, President
Welcome to NECEC!
New Core Members: BCC Solar Energy Advantage
Biomass Power Association
Bloom Energy Corporation
Cotuit Solar
Grasteu Associates
Gravity Renewables
Hannon Electric
HB Agency
Hyde Boston Capital
The Nanosteel Company
Newport Solar
Performance Talks
Quebec Government Office in
Boston
STEM Solar Explorations
Sustainable Strategies 2050
TDI (Transmission Developers,
Inc.)
Utilidata
Viewpoint LLC
Policy & Government Affairs Update
On December 11 and 12, we held our annual DC Fly-­In, where the
NECEC Policy and Government Affairs team brought executives from 10
member companies, to Washington DC for meetings with 19
congressional offices as well as key administration officials. We were
joined by our partners Advanced Energy Economy and the Pew
Charitable Trusts. Please read NECEC's Federal Policy Platform here.
On Thursday, February 27, we kicked off our 2014 Clean Energy Days
in Connecticut, where we recognized the leadership Senator Robert
Duff, Representative Lonnie Reed and Senator Clark Chapin with our
first Connecticut Clean Energy Champion Awards.
Massachusetts Clean Energy Day is on March 11, Maine on March 20
and Rhode Island on April 8.
Recent months have been active on state policy issues from wind siting
and grid modernization to net metering and helping influence state
energy plans. For an update on the our state activities, please visit the
NECEC website for full details on developments related to the state
policy topics below: Connecticut
RFP for Biomass, Landfill Gas and Hydro Projects
Wind Siting Regulations
Departure of DEEP Commissioner Dan Esty
NECEC Blog Highlights
A Step Towards the Bridge to
Clean Energy
NECEC Announces Formal
Alliance with Cleantech Open
Northeast Assessing New England's
Cleantech Innovation
Landscape
NECEC Members Named
Most Innovative in the World NECEC President Defends
Rhode Island's Renewable
Energy Standard
NECEC Goes to Capitol Hill
to talk Energy Innovation
Clusters Maine
Maine Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee Meetings on
Carry Over Renewable Energy Legislation
Legislative Proposals to Halt Wind Energy Development
The Maine Public Utilities Commission approval of the Aqua
Ventus I 2-­trubine 12 MW floating offshore wind technology
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Grid
Modernization Proceeding
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Proceedings
on Electric Vehicles and Time Varying Rates
Solar Renewable Energy Credits II and Net Metering
Governor's Clean Energy Procurement Bill
Renewable Thermal & PACE Bills
New Hampshire
Wind Siting and the Defeat of Wind Moratorium Bills
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News from the New England Clean Energy Council
New Hampshire 10-­Year State Energy Strategy
Future looks bright for clean
technology in Maine Maine
Offshore Wind Project Clears
Important Hurdle
Cleantech Strikes Back
NECEC Member News Conservation Services Group
Partners with Retroficiency to
Deliver Advanced Building
Analytics to Thousands of
Multifamily Residences
To build DC presence, Boston
PR firm merges with rival
Construction Begins on
Ground-­Mounted Fixed Tilt
Solar PV Project in
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Continues to
Lead in Energy Efficiency
Solar Power To Save Kuala
Lumpur International 2.1 Million
RM Per Year In Energy Costs
First Wind Surpasses Projected
2013 Portfolio Growth
FirstFuel Ends 2013 with
Record $250 Million in Annual
Energy Savings Found Through
Its Analytics Platform
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Rhode Island
Distributed Generation Legislation
Rhode Island State Energy Plan
Regional Policy
Regional Green House Gas Initiative
Regional Infrastructure Initiative
Contact: Janet Gail Besser, [email protected]
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
The past few months have been a transitional period for our innovation
programs, announcing new partnerships and a new initiative, while
ramping down and wrapping up Cleantech Innovations New England
(CINE), our US Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Agency (EDA) funded Virtual Proof of Concept Center program. Over the
past two years the CINE program directly managed eight solicitations,
evaluated more than 165 different businesses and awarded a total of
$381,000 of direct financial support to 15 companies in 11 different
cleantech sectors. These awards resulted in the creation of more than
25 jobs throughout the region and at least $15.5 million of follow on
funding to date. A total of 35 percent of these awards went to companies
located in distressed areas, six companies were formed as a result of
the support, and more that 60 regional advisors were leveraged to
support promising cleantech companies. Read about one of the
numerous grantees Pika Energy on our blog and stay tuned for more
updates about how CINE funded entrepreneurs are growing their
companies.
To grow our support for innovation and entrepreneurship, we are
pleased to announce that NECEC has formed an alliance with Cleantech
Open Northeast and has created a new initiative called Cleantech
Navigate Northeast. With support from MassCEC, NYSERDA, National
Grid and other innovation partners across the Northeast, Cleantech
Navigate Northeast will launch over the next few months as a strong
region-­wide network to help cleantech entrepreneurs from New York to
Maine connect to the Northeast's innovation ecosystem and robust
innovation resources. In addition to this exciting news, we recently
published New England Cleantech Innovation Landscape, a one-­of-­a-­
kind cluster analysis that provides a snapshot of the region's cleantech
innovative capacity, showcasing clusters of cleantech startups and the
robust network of resources that support them. We have also published
a new online directory of cleantech innovation labs, test beds and
demonstration sites throughout the Northeast.
Contact: Alexandra Adler, [email protected]
Cluster Research & Economic Development In the last quarter of 2014, our Cluster Research & Economic
Development program continued to finalize plans for the 2014 launch of
NECEC's Corporate Sustainability Initiative to accelerate the creation
and adoption of sustainable technologies. The goal of the NECEC Institute's
Corporate Sustainability Initiative is to accelerate the creation and adoption of
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sustainable technologies. NECEC staff is working with the Boston Green
Ribbon Commission, among others, to connect the region's technology
innovators with large energy users in order to facilitate demonstration projects
and access to first customers. This will be accomplished through technology
roundtables and a demonstration project practice guide.
Contact: Charity Pennock: [email protected]
Education & Workforce Development -­ Kevin Doyle
Our partners at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)
have begun accepting applications for the spring session of the 2014
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Internship Program, which means
students and recent graduates can now apply online for paid internships
at Massachusetts-­based cleantech
companies. Visit http://ma.cleanenergyeducation.org/ for more details
on the program, which is a partnership between MassCEC and the New
England Clean Energy Council (NECEC). Contact: Kevin Doyle, Workforce Development, [email protected]
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