News + Accomplishments

7/26/2010

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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7/21/2010

Pennsylvania DEP
Department of Environmental Protection $6 Million Available for Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects
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7/13/2010

GE Ecomagination
GE launched the $200 million innovation experiment, GE Ecomagination Challenge.
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6/25/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
Region powers up as a hub for alternative-energy firms
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6/14/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PIDC and Ben Franklin offer investments to help companies develop energy efficient technologies
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6/11/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
Grants available for Phila. business energy savings
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5/28/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
SRS Energy taps engineer to lead commercialization
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5/19/2010

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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5/2/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer
Green Pa. business eyes greener pastures abroad
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4/30/2010

Vision Architecture
PEDA Announces $16M Funding Program
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4/27/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer
The Southeastern PA region has been awarded a $25 million stimulus grant
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4/19/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
Synergy and critical mass propel local clean tech sector
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4/9/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
Synergy and critical mass propel local clean tech sector
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2/8/2010

Press Release
Register now for Capital and Alternative Energy/Clean Technology Briefings
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1/29/2010

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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1/29/2010

Press Release
Energy Commercialization Institute Issues Alternative Energy RFPs
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1/27/2010

MAYOR NUTTER ANNOUNCES $27 MILLION IN NEW LOANS, GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Programs ill Help Small Businesses Keep Development Projects On Track, Save Energy, Renovate or Expand Facilities.
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1/15/2010

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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1/15/2010

Philadelphia Business Journal
Bridge Business Center & BFTP/SEP: Clean-tech focus sparks growth
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12/28/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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12/17/2009

Press Release
PIDC Pilot Energy Technology Fund
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12/10/2009

Phila. region jointly seeking $40M in stimulus funds. Ben Franklin was part of the group of public and private organizations that assisted in the development of the proposal.
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12/2/2009

PR Newswire
Philly condos test AI-enabled management system from GRIDPLEX
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11/28/2009

PR Newswire
Governor Rendell: Major Solar Project in Philadelphia Navy Yard to Create 400 Jobs
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11/28/2009

Philadelphia Inquirer
Solar-panel factory coming to Navy Yard
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11/27/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
Y-Carbon hires biotech vet Horan as 3rd CEO since 2008
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11/25/2009

New Energy World Network
Viridity and Con Edison team up for New York smart grid project
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11/12/2009

Cloud Computing Journal
Governor Rendell: New State Investments Will Keep PA at Forefront of Alternative Energy, Energy Conservation
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11/10/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
Bridge Business Center - one of 3 finalists for Best Commercial Renovation in the Philadelphia Business Journal's Best Real Estate Deals
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11/10/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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10/29/2009

Press Release
U.S Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu visited Philadelphia to announce a $200M Smart Grid Stimulus award to PECO, to upgrade PA's energy infrastructure. Ben Franklin, PECO and regional energy-sector companies have partnered to pursue targeted Smart Grid customer deployment and renewable energy applications
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10/27/2009

Philadelphia Inquirer
Local companies receive awards from $3.4B Smart Grid Federal Stimulus Smart Grid Investment Grant
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10/27/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
Peco's stimulus strategy pays off
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10/23/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
Pa. wasting no time setting up stimulus-funded projects
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10/8/2009

Press Release
Penn State awarded $3.5million for Mid-Atlantic Solar Regional Training Center
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10/8/2009

Philadelphia to receive $14,108,700 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and conservation activities. From this funding, $500,000 will be available for the Greenworks Pilot Energy Technology Fund, which will be used by PIDC to make grants available to businesses in Philadelphia for the development of an energy efficiency technology industry. Ben Franklin is working with PIDC on the development of this program.
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9/16/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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9/16/2009

Weekly Press
Urban Land Institute holds Cities Go Green Forum at Union League
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8/31/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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8/25/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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8/13/2009

Departments of Energy and Treasury
U.S. Departments of Energy and Treasury announce more than $2 billion in recovery act tax credits for energy manufacturers
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8/13/2009

Drexel University
Drexel University becomes first U.S. institution to adopt smart grid technology
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8/13/2009

Pennsylvania
Governor Rendell announces $20.7 million investment in clean energy projects
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8/11/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
PECO to Spend $650M on Smart Energy Grid
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7/31/2009

Greentech News
Covering regional news on green technology business, policy, issues and events
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7/29/2009

Philadelphia Inquirer
Navy Yard Energy Campus to Generate Ideas
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July 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded funding for a Mid-Atlantic Clean Energy Applications Center (CEAC) headquartered at The Navy Yard. The project proposal was led by Penn State College of Engineering with support from Ben Franklin, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), DVIRC and the U.S. Navy. The national CEAC program seeks to develop clean energy systems as solutions to the energy issue facing our nation.

 

June 2009

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company has been awarded a $17,875,310 contract to consult a Full Scale Electric Drive Test Facility in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
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June 2009

MaxPower Inc. of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, has been preliminarily awarded up to $500,000 for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)to further develop a battery management system for lithium-ion batteries. The project is part of the DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program, which seeks to develop high-efficiency electric drive vehicle battery technologies.

 

5/8/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
Quantum helping Drexel commercialize technologies
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4/02/09

NewPA.com
PA approves $40MM Alternative Energy Development Program, managed by Ben Franklin Technology Partners
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3/13/2009

Philadelphia Business Journal
PIDC, schools, Navy say they're 'in sync' with Energy funding opportunities
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