Greentech Exchange Vancouver (GTE) in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a monthly networking and learning event featuring presentations from leaders in the green technology field and entrepreneurs. 
GTE provides a platform for all those in the green technology field to network with entrepreneurs, professionals, investors, government representatives, and more...
The GTE is open to anyone interested in the cleantech industry — specifically Greentech SMEs, entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, industry leaders, government partners, and supporting service providers.
The GTE has developed and launched three new programs in 2011 to facilitate growth in the green economy in BC and greater market access for BC-based companies abroad.
They are:
Market Access Program (MAP) – Recognizing that market access is crucial for the business success of greentech and cleantech Companies (GCCs), the MAP links GCCs with Market Access Experts.
Talent Matching Program (TAP) – The Greentech Exchange is working with Simon Fraiser University (SFU) Business' Career Management Centre to help greentech and cleantech enterprises grow with the help of talented SFU students and alumni.
Northern Cleantech Showcase – The Greentech Exchange, Kachan & Co. and Deloitte have partnered to present up to eight of the most promising Vancouver-area clean technology companies at the Northern Cleantech Showcase pitch event in Silicon Valley in April 2011.
Other news in 2011 for the cluster and its members is that a number of them have been nominated for the GCCA Later Stage Award.
- Energy Efficiency: dPoint Technologies, Light-Based Technologies, Pulse Energy
- Renewable Energy, Other: General Fusion, Nexterra Systems
- Solar: Day4 Energy
- Transportation: Rapid Electric Vehicles, Westport Innovations
- Water: Paradigm Environmental, Saltworks Technologies
- Wind: Endurance Wind Power
Here is a closer look at the kinds of innovation and technologies a few of the nominees are currently working on. ..
Nexterra develops, manufactures, and delivers advanced gasification systems that enable customers to self-generate clean, low-cost heat and power at industrial and institutional facilities using waste fuels.
Saltworks Technologies provides sustainable and economic solutions for desalination and brine treatment. Their breakthrough Thermo-Ionic™ technology harnesses renewable heat from the sun or waste heat from industrial processes to provide energy-efficient, low-cost desalinated water and treat waste salt water with minimal environmental impact.
Endurance Wind Power is an employee-owned, engineering-driven manufacturer of advanced wind turbines designed specifically for distributed wind power applications. They design, test, manufacture, and market induction-based wind turbines across North America and an expanding global market.
Until Next Time,
Angela Guss
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