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Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Division
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Clean Technology & Renewable Energy

The Clean Technology & Renewable Energy division will help move Minnesota to the forefront of the “clean” revolution by advancing breakthrough ideas and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in clean technologies, including conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels, and sustainable products and chemicals.

Awards and Benefits Include:

Clean & Green Division Winner:

All finalists:

  • Featured in a Twin Cities Business supplement (Fall 2010).
  • Detailed feedback of their final written entry and oral presentation.
  • The opportunity to present their plan through an oral presentation to the entire review board.

All semi-finalists:

  • An invitation to attend a semi-finalist reception at the James J. Hill Reference Library.
  • The opportunity to be paired with a University of Minnesota alumni mentor with extensive entrepreneurial experience.

All entrants:

Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Division Timeline


The First Round is now Complete!

Second Round:
Clean Technology & Renewable Energy semi-finalists will be announced on June 14th and will be invited to a reception at the James J. Hill Library on June 22nd.

Semi-finalists will be asked to write a in depth business plan by July 23rd.

Third Round:
After the review board has reviewed all semi-finalists business plans, 3 finalists will be announced on August 19th.

Finalists will make oral presentations to the review board on August 31st. The 2010 Clean Technology & Renewable Energy winner will be announced at this time.

Grand Prize:
The winner of the Clean Technology & Renewable Energy division will compete against five other Minnesota Cup division winners for the Minnesota Cup grand prize on September 13th.

Review Board for Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Division:

  • James Schmidt - Chair of Renewable Energy Committee and Partner, Eide Bailly LLP
  • Dan Lieberman - Co-owner, Lieberman Companies Inc.
  • Doug Cameron - Founder and Managing Director, Alberti Advisors
  • Erik Malinowski - Renewable Energy Attorney and Advisor, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
  • Jack Ryan - Co-founder and President, Ryan Kasner Bialke, LLC
  • Georgie Hilker - Special Assistant to the Director, Clean Energy Commercial Development, Minnesota Office of Energy Security
  • Debra Sundin - Director, DSM & Renewable Strategy and Planning, Xcel Energy
  • Dr. Massoud Amin - Director of the Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) at the University of Minnesota
  • Michelle Scarborough - Vice President, Investment and Commercialization, Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation
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