Colorado Cleantech Industry Association Announces Finalists for Inaugural Colorado Cleantech Awards

Oct. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Denver, CO - October 9, 2010 - The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association(CCIA) has released names of the finalists for its inaugural "Colorado Cleantech Awards Celebration" recognition event, honoring leadership in advancing cleantech.  "Winners will be announced at our now officially sold-out event on Tuesday, October 19, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Denver Marriott City Center,"  Christine Shapard, CCIA Executive Director announces, "We're extremely pleased to share the twenty finalists who emerged from our statewide call for nominations."

CCIA  - Leadership in Advancing Cleantech Awards - Finalists:

* High-Impact Cleantech Company of the Year
      Abound Solar (Loveland, CO) - http://www.abound.com
      Advanced Energy Industries, Solaron Business (Fort Collins, CO) - http://www.advanced-energy.com
      CoorsTek (Golden, CO) - http://www.coorstek.com
      Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO) - http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com

      Tendril (Boulder, CO) - http://www.tendrilinc.com
* Breakout Cleantech Company of the Year
      Ice Energy (Windsor, CO) - http://www.ice-energy.com
      OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. (Boulder, CO) - http://www.opxbiotechnologies.com

      ZeaChem, Inc. (Lakewood, CO) - http://www.zeachem.com
* Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year
      Green Garage (Boulder, CO) - http://www.greengarage.com
      RavenBrick LLC (Denver, CO) - http://www.ravenbrick.com
      VanDyne Super Turbo (Fort Collins, CO) - http://www.vandynesuperturbo.com

* Colorado Cleantech Entrepreneur of the Year
      Raymond R. Johnson, Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (Littleton, CO) -                 
      http://www.infinitepowersolutions.com
      Doug Schatz, Advanced Energy Industries (Fort Collins, CO) -  
      http://www.advanced-energy.com/en/Officers_Board.html
      Adrian Tuck, Tendril (Boulder, CO) -
       http://www.tendrilinc.com/about/management-team

* National Cleantech Leadership
      Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory - http://www.coloradocollaboratory.org
      National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) - http://www.nrel.gov
      Rocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, CO) - http://www.rmi.org  

* Governor's Award for Excellence in Cleantech Leadership
      Ron Bernal, NEA (Boulder, CO) - http://www.nea.com/Team/Default.aspx?id=27
      Richard Franklin, Clean Tech Open (Denver, CO) - http://www.linkedin.com/in/dickfranklin
      Paul Nelson, Saoradh Energy (Boulder CO) - http://www.saoradh.com

Further, according to Shapard,  "We've simply been overwhelmed by the response for advance reservations and thank the industry and business community at large for welcoming our new awards event with such gusto."

Ira Ehrenpreis, noted venture capitalist and cleantech industry expert is the keynote speaker.  

About the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association

The CCIA represents the interests of the state’s cleantech industry.  Its mission is to further establish Colorado as a world leader in clean technology.  Visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.

Contacts:

Shelly Curtiss, CCIA Communications Director, 303-623-2690, shelly@coloradocleantech.com

Maggie Chamberlin Holben, Absolutely PR - http://www.absolutelypr.com - 303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com

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The CCIA represents the interests of the state’s cleantech industry. Its mission is to further establish Colorado as a world leader in clean technology. Visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.