Clean & Green Energy Technology

Capital of California...The Clean Energy Capital of the World
Business success and job growth assets make the Sacramento region THE place to make your clean technology business vision a reality.

Our proven national leaders are ready to:

• Leverage key, strategic investments

• Pilot new technologies

• Incubate innovative new ideas

That's why, in just the past three years, more than 95 CEOs have selected the Sacramento region as the base for deployment of their clean technology company's vision.

One-of-a-kind business success resources keep us at the innovation economy's forefront...

• The Metro Chamber--committed to promoting clean technology business success and job growth...one business at a time:

1. Managing Partner in Metro Pulse (see below)
2. Founding member of Green Capital Alliance (see below)
3. Advocating a streamlined regulatory environment
4. Promoting clean technology market development initiatives
5. Promoting strategies to train the workforce of the clean technology future
6. Advocating incentives for clean technology consumers
7. Pursuing a "Clean Energy Sector Strategy" for the Sacramento region

• Unparalleled regional collaboration--connects you to the resources you need to grow your clean technology business:

1. Metro Pulse: Increasing the number of companies that our region's business success promoters are able to assist one-on-one; targeting the clean technology sector as a tent pole of our regional economy
    
2. The Green Capital Alliance: Facilitating direct dialogue with clean technology industry leaders and providing a hub for the information and initiatives that enhance our clean technology sector's regional prominence

• Leaders in harnessing human capital for a clean tech future:

1. UC Davis R&D: Supporting nearly 100 faculty researchers in clean transportation and fuels, energy efficiency, wind and biomass, and air quality
    
2. Sacramento State Clean Energy Center: Preparing science and engineering students to lead our clean technology companies
    
3. Los Rios Community College District GreenForce Initiative: Multiple community college campuses training our labor force for the clean technology future

• The heart of enviable capital flows: CalPERS (headquartered in Sacramento) and its $400 million for clean technology investments
   
• Sustainable land use vision that supports the clean technology future: Sacramento Region Blueprint promotes investment in long-term sustainability over short-term financial gain

The Sacramento Region's Clean Tech Green Pages | Click Here to Download

The Clean Tech Green Pages are the premier resource directory for the clean energy technology industry in the six-county region. Through the generous funding by PG&E, this one-of-a kind resource supports the United States' clean tech capital.

 A "Living Document"

Our region's business success and job growth resources are constantly evolving and the Clean Tech Green Pages will evolve with them.

Cluster of Clean Tech Companies in the Six-County Sacramento Region

The region's cluster of clean tech businesses has doubled in the past three years, as illustrated by this map of the six counties: El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba. Click here for a list of the region's clean tech companies.

—"By working together in a coordinated and cohesive manner, our region is becoming the place for clean and green energy companies to start-up, re-locate or expand," said Matt Mahood, Metro Chamber president & CEO. | For more of why the Capital Region is the clean tech leader, click here to download PDF.