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New Generation of Innovators Celebrate Success at InnovEIT
Also see: KIC InnoEnergy and Climate-KIC celebrate joint EIT Award success EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) rewards Europe’s best innovators at the EIT Awards ceremony. Last night, the EIT Awards ceremony honoured Europe’s rising stars of innovation and entrepreneurship. The ceremony was hosted at InnovEIT, the EIT Innovation Forum, one of Europe’s most important...
start-ups
Desolenator
The Desolenator purifies water from any source and with the power of the sun alone. We aim to provide water independence to 1 million people by 2020. Desolenator Ltd has patented a method of water distillation that operates entirely by the power of the sun. It purifies water from any source with no chemicals, no...
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Climate-KIC start-ups raise €59 million in external funding
Climate-KIC has today (2 October) announced that its unique Accelerator, launched in 2010, has so far helped 45 European cleantech start-ups to collectively raise €59 million in external investment. The 45 start-ups represent technologies from consumer-facing apps to highly specialised techniques for improving the resource efficiency of industrial processes. This diversity demonstrates an increasing...
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Climate-KIC start-up Solease receives €100k boost from Utrecht Energy Fund
The newly set up Utrecht Energy Fund will support Climate-KIC start-up Solease with a loan of €100.000, the Dutch organisation announced yesterday (25 November). With the new funding, CEO Pierre Vermeulen hopes “to provide the first fifty customers in Utrecht with renewable energy.” Solease, winner of the Dutch edition of the Climate-KIC Venture Competition in 2012 and...
start-ups
SolarSwing
We believe in buildings that give more than they take! Buildings that make active use of the sun by using it’s daylight for a pleasant inner climate and harnessing it’s abundant energy to become independent of fossil fuels. We invented a smart solar tracker system that enables concentration photovoltaics, the world’s most efficient PV technology,...
start-ups
Naked Energy
Naked Energy Ltd is an award winning British design and innovation company specialising in solar technology and energy conservation. The company is redefining solar energy power with ‘Virtu™’ a revolutionary and patented hybrid solar panel that generates both electricity and heat for commercial and residential applications. What makes the company’s unique product so compelling is...
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State of the Planet: DiCaprio’s Oscar – Renewables Record – Floating Solar – COP21 Ratification
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the first – 4 March 2016 – edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The...
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State of the Planet: First Hyperloop Test – Saudi Arabia Pivots – Millionth U.S. Solar Set – Agriculture Cleans Up
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the 13 May 2016 edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The Planet. Don’t hesitate...
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State of the Planet: Apple Makes Recycling Cool Again – Solar Binge – Low Carbon Billions – Pig Power
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the 25 March 2016 edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The Planet. Don’t hesitate...
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Does Your Phone Charge on Coal or Solar? There’s an App For That!
Knowledge is power, and yet you probably have no idea where exactly the electricity you use to charge your phone comes from.
Where next?