Pacific Northwest Energy Companies to Unveil New Power Products at Regional Conference in Canada

Energy predicted to become dominant industry in NW region, spark job market growth

Seattle, Wash. – June 10, 2004 – A dozen of the best new energy technology companies in the Pacific Northwest will present their technology at the first annual Northwest Energy Technology Showcase (NETS) July 13, 2004 in Victoria, British Columbia. Key decision-makers from utilities, governments, venture firms, and industry from Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest will attend the NETS conference, an annual energy event where emerging energy technology companies from the Pacific Northwest Region debut innovative products preparing to launch in the energy market.

“The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a significant share of the global market activity in new energy technology development,” said Jeff Morris, Director, Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative. “Natural resources combined with strong innovation and world-class research facilities make this region particularly competitive in this industry,” Morris adds. “New jobs in the emerging energy technology sector could reach 30,000 by 2010, making this industry as dominant as software or aerospace. The global energy market is estimated to be $180 billion.”

NETS is the first part of a two-day series of events organized by the Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative (NWETC), a joint effort of business, government, non-profit, and educational institutions committed to accelerating the emergence and growth of the energy technology industry in the Pacific Northwest region.

On July 14, early to mid-stage energy technology companies are invited to attend the “EnVenture Northwest Boot Camp,” which provides energy technology companies in the Pacific Region the opportunity to present to the venture firms interested in funding this level of industry development.

The following 12 companies from Washington, Oregon and Canada will be presenting their technologies at the NETS conference:

• AquaEnergy Group Ltd (Mercer Island, WA)
• Heuristic Engineering Inc (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
• InPowerSoft Corporation (Vancouver, WA)
• Lignol Innovations Corporation (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
• Mariah Energy Corp (Calgary, AB, Canada)
• PCS UtiliData (Spokane, WA)
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA)
• ReliOn Inc (Spokane, WA)
• Severon Corporation (Hillsboro, OR)
• Tantalus Systems Corp (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
• 3TIER Environmental Forecast Group Inc. (Seattle, Washington)
• WestTech Energy Inc  (Kelowna, BC, Canada)

The Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative was founded in 2002 by the Washington Technology Center as the flagship program under WTC’s Emerging Industry Initiative program. Today, NWETC’s partnerships extend to Puget Sound Energy, Avista Corporation, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Bonneville Power Administration, SIRTI, INTEC, and The Washington Community Trade and Economic Development Energy division.

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