TechCrunch: Cleantech Incubator Program Energy Excelerator Selects Its 2015 ClassĬleantech Incubator Program Energy Excelerator Selects Its 2015 ClassĮnergy Excelerator, an accelerator program for cleantech startups based in Hawaii, has picked its 2015 class of 17 companies, which will receive a total of $5 million in funding. However, Hawai‘i produces a significant amount of food wastes, which primarily go to the landfill. This innovative project not only aims to provide biodiesel locally at different islands using various organic wastes, but also to produce feed for local poultry and aquaculture industries with concomitant waste valorization.” Khanal about the impact of the project, “The major challenge of producing renewable energy, especially biofuel and animal feed, is the availability of locally available bioresources. He and his group are working on innovative methods of converting food wastes into biodiesel products and animal/fish feed through harvesting black soldier fly larvae. (Professional Engineer), is leading the joint effort in bioprocess engineering. Among its grantees is the partnership between the UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)’s Bioenergy and Environment Research Group and the bioconversion company, ProtaCulture LLC, which was selected from a pool of over 250 applicants.ĬTAHR Professor Samir Khanal, PhD, P.E. The non-profit group Energy Excelerator has announced its selection of 17 grantee companies for 2015, its largest cohort to date. University of Hawaii, Mānoa Press Release: Partnership will tackle innovative methods of converting food wastes
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“These are really smart people that have vetted technologies and are eager to partner with our local businesses to help solve some of our most difficult energy challenges.” Read full article here. “We are excited to work with a new cohort of startups with a ton of experience in running successful companies,” says Dawn Lippert, Director of the Energy Excelerator.
The Energy Excelerator, with the help of key stakeholders, identifies the state’s most pressing energy challenges and selects a cohort of startups with innovative solutions to help solve them. Startups flock to the island state to launch their expansion to markets in the Asia Pacific and US mainland. The state is facing challenges with its energy system before most other markets, and its high energy prices make new solutions cost competitive there before nearly anywhere else in the world. In the world of energy, Hawaii is an excellent early market for startups to test and vet their technologies. Clean Technica: The Energy Excelerator Selects A New Cohort Of 17 Startups To Address 6 Challenges
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