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We recently showcased the Finnish Cleantech Cluster, highlighting their exciting work within Finland and around the globe.
In addition to this, we would like to share more about what the Finnish Cleantech Cluster is up to in the coming months...
The GCCA and the Finnish Cleantech Cluster â?? in partnership with the Metso, Grant Thornton, and swisscleantech, among others â?? are hosting the California Cleantech Collaboration. The GCCA California Cleantech Collaboration are two one-day cleantech business forums that will highlight the U.S.'s two most active cleantech cities, San Francisco and San Diego.
The San Francisco forum on August 9 and San Diego forum on August 11 will serve to bring together cleantech companies from around the world to to meet with utilities, venors, and corporations involved in the cleantech sector. 
The event will also serve as a preview to the Ecocity World Summit in Montreal, at which point the nominees for GCCA's Later Stage Award will be officially announced.
Shawn Lesser, co-founder of GCCA, Watershed Capital Group, and Nina Harjula, co-founder of GCCA, Finnish Cleantech Cluster, will moderate the event. Also in attendance will be U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Mr Bruce J. Oreck and Finnish Ambassador to U.S., Mrs Ritva Koukku-Ronde.
The forum will include panel disuccsions on:
Following these discussions, Finnish Cleantech companies and global cleantech industry partners will have one-on-one meetings. Both days will conclude with a cocktail reception and networking dinner.
To register for this event, click here.
Until Next Time,

Angela Guss
The California Cleantech Collaboration originally appeared in Green Chip Stocks. Green Chip Review is a free 2x-per-week newsletter, is the first advisory to focus exclusively on investments in alternative and renewable energies.
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Investment in smart grid technology is necessary to promote growth, but even more so, it will determine which countries are best able to take advantage of emerging energy sources over the next two decades.
Smart grid investment is already big money, says Ricardo Berrios, Director of Clean Tech at the California - Spain Chamber of Commerce. And, he says, it promises to get much bigger even in the next few years.
Berrios pointed to a few key factors that will boost smart grid investment and technology in the short term during a presentation at Intersolar North America. Analytics, he said, will give the data that will increase understanding. Standards consolidation will make it easier to invest and implement. And the rise of solar and electric vehicles could be the demand shift that will require a greater urgency to integrate new tools and technologies.
There’s a lot at stake, said Berrios. The nations that best implement new strategies and infrastructure may help reshuffle the world pecking order. “There are emerging markets beyond the U.S.,” he said. “Emerging economies could leapfrog existing leading nations.”So, who’s investing and where will the action be?
China has already invested $7.3 billion in smart grid technologies and the U.S. is right behind at $7 billion. A nation like South Korea, which has a much smaller economy, has proven to be comparatively one of the biggest investers in smart grid technology, spending nearly $1 billion. He gave a closer look at how some global economies are approaching this challenge and the obstacles they face. BrazilSouth America’s leading economy is preparing for a 60 percent growth in electricity consumption between 2007 and 2017. To feed this, they’re planning for a 16 percent to 34 percent increase in renewables from sources like hydro, biomass and wind. But they have an aging grid that is currently a one-way power flow that needs to move in two directions. ChinaThe nation’s energy needs are expected to double by 2020. By that time, they project they will have spent $96 billion in smart grid technology. Many of the changes are going to happen in the homes themselves, with the nation accounting for 18.2 percent of global smart grid appliance spending by 2015.South KoreaAlready a leader in the technology sector, South Korea is quickly adapting toward a smart grid future. A $65 million pilot program on Jeju Island is implementing a fully integrated grid for 6,000 homes, a series of wind farms and four distribution lines. Its leaders plan to implement smart grids nationwide by 2030.
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