Companies and Organizations

• IBM: GridWise, Partners
• Intel Research (INTC)
• Electric Power Research Institute EPRI
• Smart Metering: Silver Spring Networks: Silicon Valley Area
• ˆCTIUS stock index, component companies, and description.

Venture Capital Funding

• Notes from SDForum Quarterly Venture Breakfast with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Pillsbury Winthrop 21 July 2009.
  • Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portfolio
  • Sierra Ventures Portfolio: Jobs
  • Alloy Ventures Portfolio
  • US Venture Partners Portfolio
  • Battery Ventures Portfolio
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Portfolio
• Wall Street Journal 28 Apr 2009: VC Funding
• Energy Priorities Energy Venture Capital and Angel Investors
• EnerTech Capital Portfolio
• FA Technology Ventures Portfolio
• Foundation Capital Portfolio
• NthPower Portfolio

Government

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Jobs

Searches and Conferences

• Pillsbury Law periodically have energy-related forums, listed under Resources > Events.
• SDForum sponsors forum events, listed on their Calendar page.
• Stanford University Energy Seminar (Wednesdays 4:15)
• Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Events - Forum, Conferences, and Talks
• Bing Search: "VC Capital Smart Grid"
• Thomas Weisel Partners Alternative Energy Conference
• Google Search "Alternative Energy Conference"
• Google Search "Venture Capital for Energy"
• Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations Conference
• Industry Whitepapers (commercial)

Workforce

• SolarTech, includes registration information
• Solarworkforce.com - Installer training resources