The signing of new member PTI-Brazil capped a week of activities hosted by PTI including tours of projects in biogas, organic medicine, sodium battery technology and electric vehicles. A highlight was a private tour of Itaipu Binational, the world’s largest generator of renewable clean energy. It is the world record holder of annual energy production […]
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), dedicated to creating an inclusive, green economy by unlocking innovation, transforming markets and enhancing community, today announced that the Network for Global Innovation (NGIN) initiative is now a new organization led by Fred Walti, LACI’s Co-founder. NGIN will remain headquartered at the La Kretz Innovation Campus, home to LACI.
A LETTER OF AFFILIATION was signed this week by PARQUE TECNOLÓGICO ITAIPU (“PTI”) and the NETWORK FOR GLOBAL INNOVATION (“NGIN”) making PTI the Network for Global Innovation’s newest member.
NGIN Director of Strategic Development, Liz Morrison, joined the International Cleantech Network’s Annual Meeting 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 28 February to 2 March 2018. The event provided a great opportunity to experience the value of organized international cluster collaboration, to meet the leaders of the world’s leading cleantech clusters, and to engage […]
In 2011, Fred Walti and his team were asked by the City of LA to develop a clean technology innovation center. Now, LACI is consistently recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI, and was awarded the High Impact Incubator of North America award which shows that our focus […]
Mexico City was de-industrialized during the 1980’s and 1990’s due to large GHG emissions of pollutants and waste generation that became public health problems and then economic problems. NGIN member Green Momentum contracted with NGIN to develop an action plan for a cleantech incubator with a prototyping lab. LACI then first implemented the Global Innovation […]
The World Bank has seven Climate Innovation Centers – five in Africa, one in Jamaica, one in Vietnam. NGIN through LACI was engaged to review the Climate Innovation Center in Ethiopia and make recommendations in four areas: 1) Program enhancement 2) capacity building 3) enhanced resource management 4) provide ongoing customer support and coaching
The State of Washington’s Department of Commerce requested LACI to conduct a gap analysis of the acceleration needs of the state’s clean technology sector and to create specific program development recommendations based on the findings of the gap analysis. This report included recommendations both for acceleration and enterprise incubation including early stage financing needs. The […]
The NGIN team, in partnership with LACI, is currently working on the development of an Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence for a Northern California city. This project involves an Ecosystem Scan, a GAP analysis, innovation center plan, financial strategy, preliminary architectural designs and recommended programming. This Ecosystem Plan is scheduled to be completed in early […]
There is no “there,” there. Organizations that are funded largely are not able to respond quickly and now. The urgency we need requires entrepreneurial spirit and action.