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In this month's issue, we congratulate Terzo Power for winning the 2018 Sacramento Region Innovation Awards in the sustainability category and feature SPIN, a kinetic energy storage startup in Sacramento. We also invite you to join us for Green Drinks on November 13,  and our Cleantech Meetup on November 27.  And lastly, we've rounded up the latest clean tech news in our region so you can stay up-to-date!
Upcoming Events
Green Drinks Social Gathering
Tuesday, November 13, 6:00 pm
Big Stump Brewery in Sacramento
Come mingle with environmental enthusiasts!
Free to attend. RSVP

Cleantech Meetup -- Energy Efficiency
Tuesday, November 27, 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Valley Vision in Sacramento
Free to attend. Donations appreciated. 
RSVP 

The Sacramento Region Innovation Awards program announced the winners of the third annual contest during a ceremony on November 1 hosted by organizers Stoel Rives LLP, Moss Adams LLP and the Sacramento Business Journal. Three companies from our cleantech community made it to the finals. Efficient Drivetrains, the hydrid drive company that spun out of UC Davis, was a finalist in the Hardware and Electronics Category. In the Sustainability category, Terzo Power and BoxPower were the finalists. Terzo Power won the category. Watch the video featuring the technologies of Terzo and Boxpower  Read more on our blog.

Featured Company:
SPIN Storage Systems

Storing electricity is a problem that is commanding a great deal of attention as more and more of the power available on the grid from renewable sources is hard to control. There are two ways to store energy: chemical and kinetic. Most of the progress today has been around chemical storage like lithium-ion batteries. SPIN Storage Systems has been working on a design that could put flywheels back in the race using kinetic energy storage.  SPIN has spent 7 years and $5 million to perfect a flywheel design for a 30 kWh storage device and is ready to launch its product to the market. Put power in and the system acts like a motor to spin up a heavy wheel. Connect it to a load, and the spinning wheel becomes the rotor in a generator.  It’s reversible just like a battery.
Read more on our Blog

The Blog
CalSEED
Two Local Startups Compete for $450K CalSEED Grant
Enerdapt and Lucent Technologies, both recipients of $150K Phase 1 grants, are competing for $450K Phase 2 grants. Winners will be announced at the end of November.
 continue reading
Arch Nexus
Arch Nexus --Sacramento's Beacon of Sustainability
Sacramento architecture design firm Arch Nexus owns and works out of California’s first and only certified Living Building.  continue reading
Helios Altas
Helios Altas Hits New Milestones
Helios completed its microgrid Powerball installation in the Philippines. They also received an investor commitment to proceed with their 100-times larger capacity unitcontinue reading
Sac State Living Building
Sac State Certified Living Building
Sac State is on the path of making history with their new project that aims to create a certified living building on campus.  continue reading
News
Sacramento gets a cheap new way to cruise town with $44 million in electric vehicles
The Sacramento Bee

Sacramento clean tech company Enerdapt seeks to save building owners on power costs
Sacramento Business Journal

Profit Politics: Growing number of publicly owned CCAs offer cheaper and cleaner electricity than for-profit utilities
Comstock's Magazine

SMUD approves environmental report for what would be county's largest solar array
Sacramento Business Journal

Sacramento leads by example on cleaner energy with help from electrification

Environmental Defense Fund Blog

EV Sharing Program Comes to Fruition in Sacramento
Next Gen Transportation News

Opportunity Zones: a $100 billion investment for the clean economy?
Green Biz

CARB approves $483 million funding plan for clean transportation investments
California Air Resources Board

Electrify America announces second $200-million EV infrastructure investment plan for California
Charged EV Magazine

Daniel Sperling: How (Almost) Everyone Came To Love Low Carbon Fuels In California
Forbes

The U.S. DOE, GM and MathWorks Launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
Energy.Gov
 
Events

11/16 Innovations in Ag Irrigation Technology Demonstration and Showcase, Fresno

11/16-17 ARB Cycle 2 Plan Hearing, Sacramento


 
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