1. Creating Cleantech Clusters & Beyond: Imagining an Israeli Cluster-Platform
PD Philip Cooke. Cardiff, Trondheim & Aalborg Universities
Presentation to Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Forum
February 26-27, 2011

2. Co-location, Agglomeration, Cluster
Co-location ...little relevance in terms of competitive performance; firms do not emphasise the local area, or firms within it as important vis-à-vis their own competitiveness
Agglomeration ...co-location enhances firms’ competitive performance, but does so for reasons that are- in essence- ‘passive’. The place / area is regarded as important by firms, but for reasons other than active interaction with other local firms
Clustering …co-location enhances firms’ performance because it facilitates collaborative working relationships with a range of local suppliers, customers, competitors, universities, research institutions, etc.

3. Cleantech Platform EmergenceD U L A R C H P S
SEMBLY
Vattenfall (CHP Generation)
DONG (CHP Generation)
Geotermisk (Geothermal
NIRAS (Consultants)
Exergi (Biogas)
Bruun & Sorensen
(CHP Design)
Logstor (Pipework)
Baracon (Biogas)
Arcon (Solar)
Grundfos (Solar)
Vestas (Wind)
LM Glasfiber (Wind)
SolarVenti
Fiberline (Wind)

4. Cluster to Region Policy ‘Emergence’
Production
Industry
Logistics
Mobile
Heights
Tourism
Sustainible
Business
Hub
Life
Science
Sustainable Cities
Training
Regions
Healthcare
Materials-
Science
Personal Health
Municipal
Initiatives
Food
Academy
Media
Evolution

5. Example 2: 20 California Entrepreneurs Who “Mutated” from Infotech into Cleantech With their dotcom and broadband-based winnings, serial entrepreneurs of the ICT age have moved into the energy and cleantech markets
Shai Agassi, (SAP), Founder, CEO Project Better Place, Palo Alto, SV
Bob Metcalfe, Partner, Polaris Venture Partners, CEO GreenFuel (Camb.MA)
Vinod Khosla, Founder Khosla Ventures.
Sunil Paul, Seed investor, early stage cleantech, Nanosolar, Oorja.
Elon Musk, Chairman, Tesla, Chairman, CEO SolarCity
Steve Jurvetson, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Bill Gross, Founder Idealab
Steve Westly, Founder The Westly Group.
Dan Whaley, Founder, CEO Climos..
Martin Eberhard, Founder, former CEO Tesla.
Martin Roscheisen, Founder, CEO Nanosolar.
Martin Tobias, Former CEO Imperium Renewables.
Manny Hernandez, CFO SunPower.
Jonathan Gay, CEO of GreenBox
Jeff Skoll, Founder Skoll Foundation, investor in Tesla, Nanosolar.
Mitch Mandich, CEO Range Fuels.
Larry Gross, CEO of Edeniq.
Bruce Sohn, President First Solar.
David Kaplan, Founder V2Green.
David Cope, CEO of PurFresh.

6. Entrepreneurial Evolution
Pythagoras Solar was founded in 2006 by Gonen Fink, previously at Check Point Software, The company has an R&D centre in Hakfar Hayarok, Israel and a US office in San Mateo, California
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a leader in research and development of technologies in the fields of water, energy and the environment, will invest in Israel Cleantech Ventures, Israel’s first cleantech focused venture capital fund
Israel Cleantech Ventures was established in 2006 to invest growth capital in Israel's energy, water and environmental leaders. To 2008, the Fund had invested in 6 companies
Israel Cleantech Invests in Pythagoras Solar Pythagoras is a solar energy company developing innovative photovoltaic technology to revolutionize the cost of solar electricity.
Israel Cleantech Invests in AqWise AqWise develops and implements innovative solutions for biological wastewater treatment and rapid filtration using movable plastic biomass carriers
Israel Cleantech Invests in Emefcy Bioenergy Systems Emefcy is designing an innovative wastewater treatment system which will harness the energy inherent in organic components in wastewater
XJet Solar Energy Entrepreneur from Semiconductors
Orion Solar Energy Entrepreneur from Aerospace

7. Rotem Industrial Complex & Incubator, Negev

8. Eilat-Eilot Cleantech Center
The Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor in 2010 chose the Eilat-Eilot group to establish and operate a new renewable energy technology center.
The Eilat-Eilot consortium includes a range of partners such as Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Elbit Systems Ltd. Ormat Industries Ltd. ProSeed Venture Capital Fund, Consensus Business Group (UK), and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

9. Modular, Challenge Driven Cleantech Platform
Climate
Change
Mitigation
Challenge
Level
Cluster
Level
Agro-food & Water Cluster
Solar Cluster
Agro-food B
Firm Level
Solar C
Water A
Solar B
Solar A
Water B
Agro-food A

10. Concluding Remarks Cleantech Clusters are Found Worldwide
Unlike Cluster theory, not specialised
Evolutionary, Integrative
Modular, Variety
Recombinant knowledge
Israel has strengths in Solar (compare Denmark) & Water plus outliers
China is moving fast & in an integrated way
Israel would benefit from an integrated, learning strategy