CONTENTS You Can Be an Entrepreneur 4 Eco-Friendly Cooking Fuel 6 Biofuel Start-Up Star Sanga Moses 8 Low-Emission Driving 10 Emission-Free Start-Up Star Lex Hoefsloot 12 Non-Polluting Power 14 Solar Start-Up Stars Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork 16 Energy from within Earth 18 Geothermal Start-Up Star Khaled Al Sabawi 20 Storage Solutions 22 Storage Start-Up Stars John Cooley Riccardo Signorelli and Joel Schindall 24 Entrepreneurs Changing the World 26 Your Start-Up Story 28 Glossary 30 Learning More 31 Index 32
YOU CAN BE AN ENTREPRENEUR Imagine never having to fill up a car with new businesses They sometimes have an innovative or original idea then turn that idea into a business that supplies those goods or services Start-ups are brand-new businesses created by entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs Changing the World The world is changing at a fast pace For decades we have powered our world using oil But the world’s supply of oil won’t last forever At the same time burning oil is contributing to global warming Luckily new technologies and ways of producing energy are being introduced We can meet the challenges we face if we use our science and technology skills to think creatively solve problems and work together And that is just what many bright young entrepreneurs are doing Lightyear’s cofounders developed their skills by taking part in international competitions gas ever again That’s the goal of Lightyear a Dutch car company that launched plans for a solar-powered car in June 2017 Solar panels on each car’s roof charge its batteries using energy from the Sun This means that the car does not need to be plugged into an electric outlet to charge up It uses completely renewable energy This groundbreaking car is a great example of how young entrepreneurs are using science to build technologies that can change the world What Are Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups An entrepreneur is someone who plans starts and runs a business that provides goods or services Entrepreneurs are people who take risks to develop new products and start 4
INSPIRING STORIES Early Thinkers In the late 1890s about one-third of the vehicles on the road in the United States were electric cars Steam automobiles were the most popular Gas-powered engines ranked third In 1903 Oliver Fritchle began making electric storage batteries and also repaired and built electric cars He established the Fritchle Automobile Battery Company in 1908 which built about 198 vehicles per year Fritchle’s cars had a system that recharged the battery when a car coasted The cars were efficient but they were also expensive The Ford Model T which had a gas engine and was less expensive soon became more popular than the electric car Fritchle ahead of his time had to close his plant in 1916 Once gas prices went down cars with gasoline engines became more popular Entrepreneurs of the Future In Fritchle’s time the car was a new invention and innovations came at a fast pace Even today new technologies continue to bring changes to our world Young people just like you could be tomorrow’s entrepreneurs Who knows perhaps you and your friends will create start-ups that lead to a sustainable future The Lightyear solar car is designed to be very aerodynamic which helps it use less energy to move Many of today’s successful entrepreneurs studied science and technology 5
