One of the driving forces behind technologies advance in our time is the availability of information.
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January 8, 2012
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Israel and Alternative Energy
Innovation and progress 2011
The link to the following report, The Israel Project provides a snapshot of the extensive and fast-moving developments in renewable energy in Israel. The profiles of leading companies and technologies reflect the range and depth of Israeli expertise in this field, and Israel‟s potential to serve as a regional and global hub for renewable energy. In addition to an ability to integrate diverse scientific disciplines, Israel brings an entrepreneurial culture and strategic urgency to reduce the world's dependence on oil.
http://www.theisraelproject.org/atf/cf/%7B9314a74c-c58d-43ae-83f8-73a434f7d1ea%7D/ALTENERGYKIT%2020110216.PDF
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September 19, 2011
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Funds Shortage choking off Israeli start—ups
Only 161 new technology companies were founded in January-September 2011, down from 500 in previous years, resulting in 25% fewer patent applications being filed, while the global trend is rising.
2011 is setting record bad numbers for new high-tech companies, and in the ongoing decline in new capital raised by venture capital funds, and in foreign patent applications by Israelis.
The problem does not end with the lack of money: it continues with decline in money invested in the early-stage companies, most of the available money being channeled to late-stage companies.
Luzzatto says that each investment in late-stage companies means no investment in ten new companies.
www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000683834
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August 30, 2011
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AquAgro targets $100m for second Clean Tech fund
30 Aug 2011. Source: AltAssets
Israeli venture capital firm AquAgro is to launch a new $100m clean tech fund, according to reports.
AquAgro invests from early stage to late stage companies, with a particular emphasis on early revenue and expansion stage companies.
AquAgro Fund was originally established in 2008 by Gaon Agro Industries, AquAgro GbR Germany and Ainsbury Properties, together with fund managers Hillel Milo and Nir Belzer.
The fund focuses on water technologies, including filtering and water recycling, irrigation management and control, automated fertigation. In addition is also targets opportunities in agricultural technology and clean tech sectors including energy generation, storage, infrastructure, energy efficiency and logistics, air quality, environmental IT and enabling technologies.
http://www.altassets.com/private-equity-news/by-region/middle-east-israel/israel/article/nz21753.html
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January 4, 2011
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Israel focuses its energy on clean technologies
By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Aron Heller, Associated Press Tue Jan 4, 5:29 am ET
JERUSALEM – After a successful run of high-tech and computer-related innovation, Israel is focusing its ambitions on the next big thing — preparing the world for life without coal and oil.
Israel is driving to become a world leader in alternative energy, with the government throwing its support to encourage cutting-edge technologies. The number of private entrepreneurs entering the so-called "clean-tech" sector has swelled dramatically.
Alex Klein, an analyst at Emerging Energy Research, a Cambridge, Mass., research firm, said Israel — a country of fewer than 8 million people — has in a way benefited from its small size, forcing it to develop products for export.
"Given that it has a small market locally, its role will continue to be innovating new next-generation technology. Pound for pound it is a pretty key incubator of technologies," he said.
The government is now pushing for that entrepreneurial drive to be directed into environmentally clean technologies, not only as an economic opportunity but as a necessity for an arid, resource-poor nation. Israel, which now depends almost entirely for its energy on imported coal and natural gas, has set a goal to have 10 percent of its electricity generated by alternative means by 2020.
In November, the government approved a plan to spend $600 million over the next decade to reach that goal, with much of the money poured into encouraging green construction and development of new technologies.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the plan as a security necessity.
"I view this as a national goal of the highest importance because the addiction to oil has led to the Western world being dependent on the oil-producing countries and harms the standing and security of the state of Israel," he said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/ap/20110104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_clean_tech
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November 2010
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Sharon Shulman, Head of tax desk of Ernst & Young © Globes Online, Israel Business Arena, November 2010
The economic arrangements bill, which we take a negative view of in general, contains some important news to encourage Israel’s knowledge and high-tech industry. The bill includes focused tax breaks for three groups: Investors, Scientists, and Experts – whose return to Israel will be more worthwhile from the beginning of next year. Continued
www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/printwindow.asp?did=1000601116
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October 6, 2010
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ISERD, Health, Agriculture & Biology, Environment & Energy Newsletter, October 6, 2010.
Energy ~ 260 MC
Additional funding Fuel Cell and Hydrogen through the: (FCH) joint Technology Initiative (JTI)
The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCHJU) is a unique private partnership supporting research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) activities in fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in Europe. Its aim is to accelerate the market introduction of these technologies, realizing their potential as an instrument in achieving carbon-lean energy systems. The European Commission funds this initiative and the European industries contribute in kind funding. www.iserd.org.il
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November 4, 2009
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Clean-tech Venture Capitalists Are Thinking Small
November 4, 2009 Anthony Ha
Clean-tech has been the industry of big money investment in ambitious projects, but that may be changing, judging from a venture capital panel of Venture Beat’s Green Beat conference today.
The most emphatic speaker on this point was Navin Chaddha, a partner of the Mayfield Fund. Chaddha said he is more interested in investing “Downstream” from energy generation, rather than in generation itself. That’s where entrepreneurs will find more opportunities, and those companies require less funding.
As positive examples, Chaddha pointed to Solar City (one of his portfolio companies) and Sun Run, which aren’t trying to build giant solar plants or factories, and are instead trying to change the solar distribution module by bringing it directly to the consumers.
Http://venturebeat.com/2010/11/04greenbeat-cleantech-venture-capital//utm.source=f
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