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01 . ISRAEL
Countries with CleanTech Innovators
Israel is the overwhelming leader in cleantech innovation and will remain so for the next decade .
time , as it ’ s one of the largest in the world . Cleantech in Finland currently employs 50,000 people , and the report projects that number will nearly double by 2020 .

01 . ISRAEL

Israel is considered the definitive “ cleantech innovation archetype for both embedding entrepreneurial spirit into its educational system and into its society ’ s everyday norms as well as for predisposing its start-ups to resource innovation — as a survival mechanism to overcome resource constraints and energy dependency .” Given the size of its economy , Israel has a large amount of cleantech companies and is still growing . Over the past two years , Israel has had an incredible amount of startups voted into the Global Cleantech 100 There is overwhelming evidence that it will remain a leader in the cleantech industry in the next decade .
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