{"id":226827,"date":"2010-01-25T14:39:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T19:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenenergyreporter.com\/?p=5828"},"modified":"2010-01-25T14:39:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T19:39:52","slug":"bill-gates-invest-in-vinod-khosla%e2%80%99s-renewable-energy-fund-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/226827","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates Invest in Vinod Khosla\u2019s Renewable Energy Fund [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In an interview published Sunday, Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates tells Cnet News’s Ina Fried that he has invested in Vinod Khosla’s renewable energy fund, Khosla Ventures.<\/p>\n

About Khosla, Gates says:<\/p>\n

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He is backing some great entrepreneurs. I get some exposure to them as part of that. Innovation is called for in a big way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nGates other renewable energy investments have been in algae fuel company Sapphire Energy. Along with former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, he’s also backing TerraPower, a developer of breakthrough nuclear power plants, according to Cnet News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to clean tech, Khosla, who back in September<\/a> closed two new funds with more than $1 billion in capital commitment, tends to go for the cutting-edge. It currently backs LS9, a developer of enzymes-based diesel fuel. It’s also invested<\/a> in HCL CleanTech, which has developed a process that turns cellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars. Last month it led a $13.2 million investment<\/a> in Danotek Motion Technologies, a maker of generators and components to supply wind energy to the power grid.<\/p>\n

It’s not been smooth sailing for all of Khosla Ventures’s investments. Earlier this month AltaRock Energy, a geothermal developer that’s also backed by Google, gave notice to the Department of Energy<\/a> that it would abandoned its Geysers drilling project.<\/p>\n

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