Last April, a MOU was signed between NREL and TENERRDIS. Here is a video by editor Mike Cote talking with NREL and its new French partner about forming a global partnership to move energy transformation forward, from ColoradoBiz.

Denver, July 23, 2010 – The Longmont Entrepreneurial Network (LEN), a Longmont, Colorado-based innovative technology incubator focused on assisting new start up companies in the fields of software, bioscience and biomass develop, grow and become profitable and sustainable, announced today that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with PETALE of Grenoble (Rhône-Alpes), France.

Large-scale deployment of electric vehicles (EV) looks increasingly imminent and France is busily preparing to play a leading role in this market. The whole value-added chain is represented in Grenoble-Isere, from basic research to technology platforms for developing prototypes. But there are still many challenges ahead, particularly for battery storage of electrical power.

Claude Ricaud, Senior Vice President, Power Innovation at Schneider Electric

A global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric is determined to play a leading role in developing electric vehicles. It has focussed the full force of its expertise on finding powerful, safe and easy-to-use solutions for charging vehicles. According to Claude Ricaud, Senior Vice President, Power Innovation, Grenoble-Isere has a key part to play in developing this technology, particularly with regard to R&

From 21 Jun to 25 Jun

The AEPI North America Office to attend the conference, manage the Grenoble presence and meet with companies and intermediaries. TechConnect World brings together over 5,000 business and technical professionals including leading researchers, buyers, entrepreneurs, corporate business developers, investors, service providers, commercialization/tech transfer officers, industry analysts and members of the media. This operation, conducted in partnership with GrIP (Grenoble Innovation Partners) will include a booth where the ensemble of Grenoble-Isere assets will be presented. Two projects will be highlighted at the TechConnect IP Partnering Summit: Valmat and 4DViews. In addition, Hughes Metras (VP, Marketing & Sales, CEA-Leti) is an invited speaker NanoTech/MicroTech and NanoBioTech sessions. In conclusion: Meet diverse Grenoble-Isere experts at this international conference! - Manager: Sharon Rehbinder in partnership with GrIP and CEA-Leti.

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Grenoble and Paris, France – April 12, 2010 – AEPI, the Grenoble-Isere Economic Development Agency, today announced the signature of a memorandum of understanding between TENERRDIS, a competitive cluster specializing in new energy technologies, and NREL, the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. The agreement is the result of two years of relationship building by the AEPI and its partner CORA (an initiative of the French-American Chamber of Commerce) in Colorado.

For the first time, Minalogic, UBIFRANCE, the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment (through the Directorate for Competitiveness Industry and Services), the San Francisco Trade Mission and the AEPI (Grenoble-Isere Economic Development Agency) will be organizing technological partnership meetings at ESC Silicon Valley 2010, to be held from April 26th to 29th, 2010 in San Jose, California. During the 3-day exhibition, attending companies and laboratories will demonstrate their technology and take part in targeted meetings with key players in the sector.

Brussels, March 4, 2010 – The two European Clusters of Dresden and Grenoble announce the foundation for a structured and strengthened cooperation , in the areas of R&D, Education, Industry & Institutions related to Nano-Electronics and Nano-Technologies .

Yassine Lakhnech, PILSI scientific coordinator

The International Software and Smart Systems Cluster (Pilsi) was launched in Grenoble-Isere in 2009 as part of the Grenoble University of Innovation initiative. It made sense to choose this particular location, home to a winner of the Turing prize, not to mention 500 firms and 38,500 jobs in information and communications technology. We talked to Yassine Lakhnech, one of the founders of this centre of excellence.

Force and tactile feedback from seismic data on a harpic virtual worktop

For several decades Grenoble-Isere has been a key global player in information and communications technology. It has succeeded in sustaining this dynamic over the years, constantly attracting new skills and technologies to feed the virtuous circle of innovation. The launch of the International Software and Smart Systems Cluster (Pilsi) is a good opportunity to take stock of ongoing developments.

Jemi France integrates SEMI

Semi Europe-Grenoble Office has just been launched, following the integration of Jemi France as part of Semi, an international organization representing 2,000 firms (of which 11% are located in Europe), mainly suppliers of equipment and materials used in semiconductor production, but also other technologies (photovoltaics, flat screens, MEMS, etc.).

Few sites boast as many technological, industrial and scientific assets as Grenoble-Isere to rise to the challenges of miniaturization, nanotechnology, and hard and software convergence. A centre for innovation in micro and nanotechnology, Grenoble-Isere also fields powerful skills in computer science and software, all valuable levers in developing next-generation technologies.