This document provides an overview of clean energy innovation in New York State. It discusses CNSE's Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) and clean energy incubator (iCLEAN) which work to develop and commercialize clean energy technologies. It also describes New York's comprehensive clean energy innovation ecosystem, which includes university research, business incubation, public-private partnerships, and established manufacturing facilities. The goal is to support clean energy startups and help transition technologies from the lab to commercial scale manufacturing. Metrics like private investment, jobs created, and new products introduced are used to measure the success of this innovation ecosystem.

1. Update on the New York State Clean Energy Boom
Nicholas Querques
Assistant Vice President for Clean Energy Programs
College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering
October 15, 2012
NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section Greentech Committee

2. Overview
 CNSE background
 E2TAC, CNSE’s clean energy R&D center
 iCLEAN, CNSE’s clean energy incubator
 Clean energy innovation in NYS
 New York Business Plan Competition
 Academic innovation and entrepreneurship in NYS
 CNSE’s innovation ecosystem
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3. CNSE’s shared-use, co-location model
NanoFab Central NanoFab X
$75M, 100K ft2 250K ft2
NanoFab North
15K Cleanroom
$175M, 228K ft2
35K Cleanroom
NanoFab 200
$25M, 70K ft2
4K Cleanroom
NanoFab South
$75M, 150K ft2
32K Cleanroom
NanoFab East
$100M, 250K ft2
• 800K ft2 cutting-edge facilities (with 80,000 ft2 of 300 mm Cleanrooms)
• Partners include SEMATECH, IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, AMD, Micron, Infineon, Samsung,
Tokyo Electron, and TSMC, US Army, NIST, and others
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5. Global Foundries
Technology Campus
Infotonics Foundry
(Saratoga Springs)
Center & Park
Marcy NanoCenter
Campus (Utica)
SEDC
(Halfmoon)
Watervliet Arsenal
Technology Park
Albany NanoTech Complex
Technology Hub
Lockheed Martin
Electronics Park
IBM East Fishkill
Innovation Requires Fab Campus
Close Coupling
Between R&D and
Manufacturing
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6. Energy and Environmental
Technology Applications Center
• Created in 1998 as an active expansion of CNSE
• Leverages CNSE’s intellectual power base and state-of-the-art
infrastructure to integrate new technologies to advanced energy and
environmental applications through:
– Technology Development
– Education and Outreach
– Business Acceleration
• E2TAC focuses on developing clean energy and environmental
technologies
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7. Clean energy technology thrusts
Evolutionary Disruptive Revolutionary
Smart Grid - Advanced Solar Energy Storage
Energy Efficiency
CIGS Batteries
Green buildings Thin film Ultracapacitors
Monitoring/control systems a-Silicon Fuel Cells/H2
Power electronics Polymer-based Catalysts
Power quality Silicon-based Electrodes
Sensors
Short Term Medium Term Long Term
Market Focus Investment Focus Policy Focus
Industry Driven Technology Driven Research Driven
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8. Developing a comprehensive clean energy
technology portfolio through partnerships
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9. Education outreach and workforce development
• Education Outreach
– K-12 workshops
– NanoHigh – partnership with City School District of Albany
– Girls Inc. Eureka!® program
– NanoCareer Days
– NANOvember
– CNSE Community Day
– Colloquium Series
• Workforce Development
– Technician, operator, and installer training programs
– Transitioning entrepreneur program
– Graduate (PhD and MS) and undergraduate programs (BS)
– Nano+MBA program
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10. NYSERDA funded incubation: iCLEAN
• Partnership with HVCFI & NYSERDA/STEP
• Leverages 10 years of experience
incubating over 100 companies in
partnership with Clean Energy Alliance
• iCLEAN incubates nanotechnology-
enabled, early stage clean energy
technology startups
• Goals and Objectives:
– Clean energy technology and business
development
Map of Tech Valley with three
– Commercialization acceleration iCLEAN locations highlighted.
– Education and training
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11. iCLEAN technology commercialization approach
Government Funding Public-Private
Partnerships Private Funding
• Expand to overcome the “Valley of Death” and “Mountain of Debt”
• Market transformation strategies require funding throughout the lifecycle of the
product development process
• Create and grow public-private partnerships through robust network
• Align objectives between federal, state, and industry programs to leverage funds
most effectively
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12. iCLEAN services and programs
• Business Assistance (on-site and virtual)
– Business/marketing/financial plan development
– Investor pitch development and other investor readiness activities
– Coaching and mentoring through EIR program
• Technical Assistance
– Proof of concept testing to manufacturing assistance
– Market validation, technology maturation, and commercialization
roadmap development
• Education and Outreach Assistance
– Networking events
– Collegiate business plan competition
– Cleantech startup investor forum and competition
– Bootcamp training and information forums
– Entrepreneurial development series
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13. Clean energy innovation in NYS
• Initiatives championed by NYSERDA
– 6 incubators, including iCLEAN, across the state
– New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium
(NY-BEST)
– NYS Smart Grid Consortium
– Proof-of-Concept Center Initiative
• CNSE’s Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium
– Cooperative R&D among industry, university, and government
partners to accelerate the development, commercialization, and
manufacturing of next-generation solar photovoltaic technologies
– Focus on manufacturability – pilot manufacturing leading to wide-
scale manufacturing
– Overall investment of $300M over 5 years from DOE, industry,
NYS, and others
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14. Measuring the clean energy economy in metros
Brookings Institution 2011 Report: “Sizing the Clean Economy”
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15. New York Business Plan Competition
• Venture creation and innovation competition established in 2009
• 2012 competition featured 125 teams from 25 institutions
• 2013 competition has been expanded to feature the 10 Regional
Economic Development Council zones
• Only leading collegiate business competition in the nation that is
a regionally coordinated, collaborative statewide program
• The winners are selected each year by investors including
venture capitalists, angels, investment bankers, other
sophisticated public and private investors, and seasoned
entrepreneurs
• At the end of the 2012 competition, more than $310K in cash
and in-kind prizes have been awarded to student entrepreneurs
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16. Past winner: B.E.S.S. Technologies
• 2010 NYS Business Plan
Competition grand prize winner
• CNSE spinout company
• Developing better anodes for
Li-ion batteries
• $150K in NSF funding
• $525K in NYSERDA funding
• Currently finalizing investment
agreement with strategic private
investor for $1.5M seed
investment
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17. Pipeline for innovation ecosystem
• iCLEAN
– NYSERDA funded clean energy and nanotechnology incubator
• Tech-VIP
– CNSE’s internal idea competition for students and faculty
• New York Business Plan Competition
– Statewide collegiate pitch competition for all startups
– Over 30 early investors – VCs, angels, sophisticated public investors
– Over $225K in cash prizes and $30k in services annually
• New Energy Symposium
– Northeast regional pitch competition for cleantech startups
– Over 50 investors and bankers – VCs, angels, institutional investors
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18. Case in point: CNSE
A comprehensive clean energy innovation ecosystem
University
Consortium US PVMC space
University/National PVMC technology programs Industry
Lab collaborations
Basic research Early stage Technology transfer High-volume
development to member manufacturing
development
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19. CNSE’s innovation ecosystem model
Established
Companies
• Companies are ready
Later Stage for commercialization
Startups • Manufacturing scale
• Incubation and facilities are readily
acceleration available
activities • Existing supply chain of
Early Stage • Creation of large companies in
marketing and region for support
Startups
business plans,
• Proof of concept technology
and RD&D roadmaps, and
• Grant identification investor
and writing presentations
assistance to fund • Prepare companies
initial technology for investors and
and business strategic
development partnerships
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20. Examples of metrics and impacts to strive for
• iCLEAN measures its company’s
success by the following metrics: University
Research
– Private investment raised Scientists
– Public investment raised
– Jobs created or retained
Industry
– New products introduced Business
Scientists &
Incubator
– Revenue generated Engineers
• CNSE’s Economic Impact
– Since 2001: $14B investments and over • Incubation is just a piece of
2,600 high-paying R&D jobs currently on site the entire ecosystem
• You also need R&D and
– Projected by 2013: 3,500 R&D jobs
manufacturing to build a
– Since 2001: 12,000 jobs created/retained;
successful clean energy
$1B total wages; $20B total investment innovation ecosystem
– Projected by 2015: 20,000 jobs
created/retained; $2.25B wages
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