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ION Engineering Joins Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA)

ION has joined the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association.
http://www.coloradocleantech.com/
“We are pleased to announce that the CCIA is now home to 75 members.  CCIA members are leaders in the national and international cleantech movement and support one of the only state-level, cleantech industry specific associations in the nation.  This level of industry support solidifies Colorado as the [...]

ION Engineering Featured in Colorado Biz Magazine

As postgraduate students in chemical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Jason Bara and Dean Camper researched ionic liquids — essentially liquid salts made up of predominately charged particles. The pair found that ionic liquids worked quite well filtering carbon dioxide and other contaminants from gases.
Read the full article at COBizMag.com

ION Engineering at 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Representatives from ION Engineering will be in attendance at the 7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Pittsburgh, PA during May 4-7, 2009.
http://www.carbonsq.com

Governor’s Renewable Energy Program Makes Strides; BIC Implements Clean-Tech Businesses with GEO Support

BOULDER, Colo., Apr 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Governor Ritter’s Renewable Energy Technology Program is starting to produce results, creating clean-tech companies here in Colorado that are already making a global impact on alternative energy development and controlling climate change.
“One of the best examples is ION Engineering, founded by scientists at the University of Colorado. [...]

ION Engineering in March-April Issue of Carbon Capture Journal

ION Engineering has been featured in the March-April issue of Carbon Capture Journal. 
“ION Engineering aims to implement the lowest total cost solution for carbon capture using ionic liquids to optimize and enhance well-known and established processes,” said Buz Brown.
Download the issue PDF at carboncapturejournal.com (free registration).

CU research could make carbon capture cheap (Daily Camera, Boulder, CO)

By Laura Snider
Friday, March 13, 2009
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2009/mar/13/cu-research-could-make-carbon-capture-cheap/
BOULDER, Colo. — Researchers at the University of Colorado have created a technology that may finally make the removal of carbon dioxide from coal-plant smokestacks affordable…

New carbon capture technology promises cleaner power plants

February 26, 2009 While we are constantly covering advances in alternative energies the hard fact is that we are heavily reliant on the burning of fossil fuels to meet our energy needs - and in the medium term, given that the political will and economic benefits of finding green solutions is only just starting to [...]

ION Engineering Unveils New Technology to Capture and Control Greenhouse Emissions

University of Colorado Researchers Discover Scientific Breakthrough Using Ionic Liquids
BOULDER, CO – February 18, 2009 – Founded by University of Colorado scientists, ION Engineering is a new company that is the first to successfully integrate ionic liquid solutions into carbon capture and emissions control technology.
“A scientific breakthrough discovered at the University of Colorado has [...]

Carbon Capture on the Cheap?

Colorado startup ION Engineering says it has devised a cheaper way to clean contaminating gases from natural gas – and it’s seeking investment and stimulus funding to extend that to capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.  February 20, 2009 Ion Engineering says its new technology could cut the costs of capturing carbon dioxide from coal-fired power [...]

Venture Capital in the Rockies, March 3-5

ION Engineering has been invited to present at this showcase of the region’s most promising companies for venture investors and service professionals across the country.  Join us in beautiful Beaver Creek, Colorado!   Visit www.vcirwinter.com for details.