· CleanTECH San Diego is a local trade organization helping accelerate San Diego as a world leader in the clean technology economy.

· CleanTECH San Diego's efforts have earned the organization a spot on the “Top 10 Cleantech Cluster Organizations for 2010” list in Sustainable World Capital’s list of global cleantech organization leaders.

· The San Diego region is home to more than 600 cleantech companies including Aptera Motors, Kyocera Solar Inc., Sapphire Energy, Inc. and Synthetic Genomics.

· San Diego is one of the greenest cities in the nation, according to the National Resources Defense Council. In 2009 San Diego was ranked 11 among the top 12.

· San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the world’s preeminent center for ocean and earth research.

· San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology was established in 2009 as a consortium of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute; University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; and San Diego State University to support the development of innovative, sustainable and commercially viable algae-based biotechnology solutions.

· The City of San Diego mandates that all new facilities and major renovation projects achieve LEED “Silver” Level Certification.

· The region’s cleantech companies received $197 million in venture capital investment in 2008.

Updated 5/10/10