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Gothenburg open for climate innovation
Gothenburg, Sweden – An app that lets you buy leftover food, restaurant menus showing the climate effect of what you’re eating, and a service giving you easy access to bicycles in cities around the world. These are some of the proposals that emerged in response to a recent call for ideas for how the citizens...
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Four Climate-KIC entrepreneurs on Forbes’ 30-under-30 list
Four of Climate-KIC´s social entrepreneurs with projects contributing to building a zero carbon society were featured in Forbes’ 30-under-30 Europe list. Earlier this year American business magazine Forbes revealed its annual 30 Under 30 Europe list that introduces 300 of the top young leaders, creative inventors and brash entrepreneurs in 10 different sectors. This year four...
start-ups
VoltStorage
VoltStorage’s vision is to make renewable energy available 24/7 and to bring clean power to every part of the world. Therefore they developed a smart device that enables everybody to store the collected solar power from the rooftop during the day in order to use it at night. The VoltStorage battery (size of a fridge)...
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Sunride
Sunride is a software platform that enables organizations to sell solar power directly from rooftops to end-customers. Thus solar projects are transformed into micro-utilities. The platform’s Unique Selling Point is data and process automation: Everything works just by the click of a button. Sunride’s technology platform enables micro-utilities to collect and aggregate all project related...
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Heliac
Heliac is a joint venture of technology providers, aiming to revolutionize the field of concentrated solar power. This is done through the use of micro- and nanostructured foils made using packaging process technology, ensuring low cost and high throughput. Heliac’s solution allows for a flat solar field bringing several advantages, such as lower cost, easier cleaning,...
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CLIMATE-KIC Start-Up Co-Founder Finalist in Forbes 30 Under 30!
Govinda Upadhyay co-founder of LEDsafari, a Climate-KIC Switzerland start-up, has been named one of six finalists in the $1 Million USD Forbes 30 Under 30, Change The World Social Entrepreneurs Competition – the World’s Largest-Ever Contest For Young Social Entrepreneurs. LEDSafari which is in Stage 2 of the Climate-KIC Innovate4Climate Accelerator in Switzerland, has designed...
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Mobile Solarkraftwerke Afrika
With their mobile solar power plant, Mobile Solarkraftwerke Afrika will be the first green and de-central energy provider in Africa to help the environment and people while generating sustainable profit. The company has been founded with the target to establish a sustainable and scalable business model for the distribution of the solar container...
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Milk the Sun
Milk the Sun operates an open online marketplace for photovoltaic installations. Developers and operators can post solar installations for sale on the portal, and investors can find environmentally friendly capital investment opportunities. In collaboration with specialised partners, Milk the Sun features services relating to the entire life cycle of a photovoltaic installation. The company also...
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Suntherm
The Suntherm system is based on thermal energy storage in phase change materials enabling storage of 20kWh worth of energy in a very compact unit. Suntherm’s The PCM storage is connected to solar thermal panels eliminating the need for heat-pump operations for up to 6 months of the year. The system uses weather forecasts and electricity...
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Physee
The first sustainable innovation of Physee is the PowerWindow. PowerWindows are patented and transparent double-paned windows that convert light into electricity. Physee developed a luminescent thin-film coating to produce clear and colorless windows that can be integrated in the design of any building without compromising the functionality or esthetics thereof, making it highly suitable for the built environment. It...
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