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Energy Challenges All three imperatives must be simultaneously addressed
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future Energy (Entrepreneurship) Challenges “Energy entrepreneurship is much harder than entrepreneurship in other sectors…” -Bill Aulet, MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer & Entrepreneur in Residence 1.Multi-dimensional knowledge: sciences, technologies, knowledge monitization, markets, manufacturing, etc. 2.Longer time frame: EnerNOC vs. Evergreen Solar. How does this work with year VC funds? 3.Larger scope and scale: $10s-100s investment required per technology/company 4.Public perception and emotion. Energy: a right or privilege? 5.Government affairs: regulation, subsidies, price setting
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future NREL: FY2009 Program Portfolio Estimated $460.5 Million Updated May 2009 Solar $65.2M Wind & Hydro $31.1M Bioenergy $33.2M Hydrogen $14.8M Vehicle Technologies $23.5M Buildings $28.3M FEMP $8.6M WFO $24.8M Other DOE $17.2M Basic Sciences $7.7M Facilities and Infrastructure $66.6M Weatherization $7.4M Transmission and Distribution $2.1M Geothermal $1.4M Water $.7M Systems Integration $4.5M Integrated Deployment $12.7M ARRA $110.7M
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More than half of the companies that participate in the Forum have received funding (91/171) Raised $635.62M in cumulative financing within one year; $1.12B within two years of participating in the forum Raised more than $2.5 billion (as of August 2009) since giving their presentations Added US jobs Realized $1 billion in sales NREL: Growth Forum cleanenergyalliance.com Denver, CO Industry Growth Forum
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