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London Cleantech Cluster International Outreach Programme
Anne McIvor Cleantech Investor
18 July 2012
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International Outreach Programme
• Attracting cleantech businesses and investment from overseas
• Support for London cleantech businesses to expand internationally
• Networking with other clusters • Benchmarking against other clusters
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Cleantech Clusters: Drivers
• Government policy – industry (r&d and manufacturing; inward investment)
• Government policy – energy security (or water / food security)
• Access to Funding
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Cleantech Clusters: Drivers
• National vs. regional • Universities / research establishments • Existing technology clusters (ICT/
biotech)
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France: Poles de
Compétitivité Centrally planned clusters
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Denmark - Wind Energy Cluster
"The muscle in Jutland; the brain in Copenhagen"
(Danish Wind Energy Association)
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Ireland – Resource Dependency “Cleantech opportunities in Ireland are emerging because of specific resource dependency and emission challenges that need solutions, the country’s established skill base to address these issues, the challenging economic outlook that means new areas of competitiveness need to be found and because of the global demand for such solutions.”
Ernst & Young
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Israel: Scarce Water Resources
“The Silicon Valley of Water”
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Canada: technology innovation
• Sherbrooke Innopole (Quebec - Sherbrooke) - Cleantech is one of five key sectors
• MaRS Discovery District (Ontario - Toronto) - Three sectors: Cleantech, ICT and Life Sciences
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California: technology innovation
• Silicon Valley – access to finance • Los Angeles • San Diego – inward investment focus
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South Korea: Green Growth Vision • 2050 horizon - shift from ‘quantitative to
qualitative growth’. • Initial five-year programme targets 1.18 to
1.47 million jobs in the green industries and to stimulate production worth US$ 141.1 - US$ 160.4 billion.
United Nations Environment Programme / Ernst & Young
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Global Cleantech Cluster Association
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London and Cleantech: Shared experiences of cities • Shared experiences with other mega
cities in transport (H2? Evs?) / Built Environment
• Technology innovations by London companies with applications around the (increasingly urban) world
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London and Cleantech: Financial Centre
• Concentration of venture capital, private equity and stock market funding opportunities for cleantech
• Access to funding for cleantech companies from around the world
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London – a hub for UK Cleantech • Partnerships with other UK clusters?
- Offshore renewables manufacturing clusters (Hull/Humberside / Belfast): can London be a 'brain'?
• Oxford: de factor automotive cluster • Cambridge - formal Cleantech
Cluster already established
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London Cleantech Cluster International Outreach Programme
Anne McIvor Cleantech Investor
[email protected] 18 July 2012