{"id":3468,"date":"2018-09-20T20:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T20:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2018-10-11T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T16:30:33","slug":"congratulation-alex-tavasoli-on-being-selected-as-a-finalist-in-the-mars-women-in-cleantech-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=3468","title":{"rendered":"Congratulation, Alex Tavasoli, on being selected as a finalist in the MaRS Women in Cleantech Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/AlexT-Women-in-Cleantech.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1112\" title=\"Cover Final\" src=\"http:\/\/nanowizard.info\/wp-content\/media\/AlexT-Women-in-Cleantech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The University of Toronto Solar Fuels Group is proud to announce that Alex Tavasoli has been selected as a finalist in the national Women in Cleachtech competition, hosted by MaRS Discovery District and Natural Resources Canada. Alex\u2019s proposed company, \u201cSolistra\u201d, offers a greenhouse gas (GHG) to fuel technology that converts waste CO2 and methane into syngas using solar energy and novel, nanostructured, light-activated materials.<\/p>\n<p>The Women in Cleantech Challenge seeks to identify top female innovators from across the country who are developing technologies to tackle the world\u2019s most daunting energy and environmental challenges. Of the hundreds of applications received, 10 semi-finalists were invited to deliver their pitch live to a public audience and prestigous jury, amongst which included Margaret Atwood.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists will now participate in an intensive 30-month business accelerator program, with support valued at $800,000, before competing for the $1-million prize to invest in their business.<br \/>\nThe full list of finalists can be viewed at: https:\/\/www.womenincleantech.ca\/semi-finalists\/.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More information about the technology can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y49q-A8jKhc\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CQf_P_sZbuo&amp;feature=youtu.b\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toronto Solar Fuels Group is proud to announce that Alex Tavasoli has been selected as a finalist in the national Women in Cleachtech competition, hosted by MaRS Discovery District and Natural Resources Canada. Alex\u2019s proposed company, \u201cSolistra\u201d, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/?p=3468\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3490,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanowizard.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}