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Olga Malinkiewicz, PhD, founder and CTO at Saule Technologies Inc., has been recognized for her great work and world-changing idea! She became the first Polish woman in history to receive the European Inventor Award! Congratulations! 🥳 Olga and her team are developing solar energy technology through economical and environmentally friendly perovskite cells ☀️ We are very proud that such amazing innovations are #MadeInWroclaw! 💜 Read more about it in the article 👉 https://lnkd.in/d52CmVyz

📢 Today is the last day to apply for the #InnovationFund 2023 Call (launched in November 2023). 🌍 2DPLOY project, launched at the beginning of the year, will enable European EnergyIntensiveIndustries to increase the deployment of carbon-neutral technologies and processes by supporting Innovation Fund applications for disruptive and mature low-carbon technologies and innovations developed under #Horizon2020 and #HorizonEurope projects. #PavingTheWayToDecarbonisation EU Environment and Climate CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency EU Science, Research and Innovation SINTEF A.SPIRE VITO RINA CEINNMAT Evonik Oleon https://lnkd.in/ekf7YvMJ! https://lnkd.in/ebRfpBfS

Do you work with graphene, ionic liquids or carbon fibers? ⚗ Are you interested in cutting edge energy storage research? 🔋 Would you like to discover how European projects fuse academia and companies to catalyse real innovation? 💡 Register now and join the 1st EMPHASIS-Supercaps online workshop (free of charge) on 19th of March to learn all about this project as well as sister projects GREENCAP and HEDAsupercap. More information on the link below 👇 #supercapacitors #energy #innovation Solvionic

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I recorded this with David Richardson of InnovateUK so long ago (November 2023) that it feels like ancient history... except that it isn't: we still have lots to do to transform our energy system, reducing the emissions intensity of production and electrifying much of the end use of energy. There are lots of challenges - meeting the capital cost, sharing the operating cost savings in a fair way, ensuring sufficiently resilient supply, accessing opportunities for the wider economy and preserving (indeed, promoting) natural capital sufficiently - that require dialogue but also rapid decisions if we're not to risk emissions reduction across the whole of society that's too slow or too difficult.

✳️ 🚨 This week’s top 5 pieces of green technology + investment news ⬇️ 1️⃣🔋 £13.5 million in funding from UK Research and Innovation has been announced for engineering biology R&D projects that address sustainability and environmental issues. ❇️ Companies receiving the funding include Adopter clients Solena Materials Limited and Multus.  🔗 https://lnkd.in/e7rxzpRD 2️⃣⚡ The global green technology and sustainability market size is projected to grow to $135 billion by 2030, according to a report by MarketsandMarkets™. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eE26dx5v 3️⃣💵 A new accelerator from Founders at the University of Cambridge has revealed the 11 innovative businesses in its inaugural cohort, including BravelyCultured, Molyon, Protonera and VOLTQUANT 🔗 Oscar Hornstein (UKTN): https://lnkd.in/eySVyxMd 4️⃣🌿 The UK and German governments have signed a declaration to strengthen their collaboration in science, research and innovation with initiatives around AI and clean energy. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eeih4JEj 5️⃣🏠  A report by the UK National Audit Office has found that UK heat pump installations have been too slow and must accelerate 11-fold to meet government targets. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e99i2DAF - - - - - - ⏬ Companies announcing investment this week include ⏬ - - - - - -  💰  London-based electric courier startup Packfleet has raised £7.8m in Series A funding led by General Catalyst and Voyager Ventures. 💰 Spanish wave energy technology company Carnegie Clean Energy has secured a €2.1 million grant. 💰 Cleantech company Mission Zero Technologies has raised £21.8 million in Series A funding led by 2150. 💰 EV fleet management company NECTURE has secured additional funding, bringing its total Series A raise to €7 million. - - - - - - - - - ✳️ Follow me on LinkedIn for weekly #GreenTechNews and investment updates. Adopter (✅ B Corp) #GreenTech #CleanTech #ClimateTech

👉 Innovation for a Sustainable Future: EU Pioneers Perfect Solar Cells with Austrian Support 🌍💡 Europe is ramping up its efforts in photovoltaic production to stay competitive on the global stage, particularly against Asia. By incorporating innovative technologies and pioneering new materials in production, Europe is on the path to developing solar cells that are not just efficient but also remarkably thin and lightweight. 🔍🔧 The "Platform Zero" project is a testament to this initiative. This collaborative effort, involving 11 leading European research and industrial partners, is set to transform solar production through advanced technologies and "zero-defect production". In Austria, contributions come from the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and RISC Software GmbH , with a pilot plant to be put into operation at the Tyrolean startup, Sunplugged . 👇 derStandard reported on this (in German): https://lnkd.in/dHJBEFZZ 👉platform-zero-project.eu #RenewableEnergy #Innovation #SustainableFuture #PhotovoltaicProduction #zerodefectproduction #high-performancevision #inlineinspection #qualityinspection #CenterVisionAutomationControl Laurin Ginner Nicole Brosch

An early-stage idea can hold a world of promise. Just look at the 23 winners in the CONCEPT Phase of the #CommunityEnergyInnovation Prize competition! 🏆🌿💡 Thirteen competitors in the Clean Energy Ecosystem Track and ten competitors in the Manufacturing Ecosystem Track have each won $100,000 for their promising ideas, and now they advance to their respective PROGRESS phases to put ideas into action. The Clean Energy Ecosystem Track competitors are drawing from a range of CEIP initiatives, technologies, and areas of focus to craft projects that advance community-based clean energy transitions in disadvantaged communities. The Manufacturing Ecosystem Track competitors are helping communities and organizations that have been historically underserved further the development of innovation ecosystems. Their projects are showing how to build the stakeholders, resources, and activities—and the relationship and connections between them—that drive technological advancement. Winners of the PROGRESS Phase in each track will earn a cash prize and be eligible to demonstrate success in the final IMPACT Phase for a chance at the grand prize. Get details on the winners from the Clean Energy Ecosystem Track and the Manufacturing Ecosystem Track here: https://lnkd.in/g4jq3p6v

Introducing the six entrepreneurs in our third West Gate cohort who are ready to embark on a career-changing two-year program soon at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Representing a range of transformative #energy technologies, Cohort 3 is a diverse class of innovators with promising companies. We are so proud to welcome them to the LEEP (Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program) network!   Julia Curley, EsterCycle, is pioneering a chemical #recycling technology that decomposes both petroleum- and bio-based polyester plastics into their original building blocks, enabling circularity for compostable and non-compostable plastics.   Simon Julien, Latimer Controls, Inc.,-Inc., is enhancing the reliability of utility-scale #solar power by using machine learning to transform intermittent solar generation into a controllable, flexible resource for improved grid stability and economic performance.   Heather A. S. Platt, Mana Battery, is advancing sodium-ion #battery technology by developing a low-cost platform and high-energy design to produce cheaper batteries that will outperform their lithium-ion counterpart in cost, supply chain abundance, and safety.   Michael Solomentsev, Palanquin Power, is revolutionizing #EnergyManagement with a novel architecture that eliminates multiple intermediate power conversion steps, ensuring more power flows to servers, significantly reducing operating costs and enhancing efficiency.   Reamonn L. Soto, Sensatek Propulsion Technology, Inc, is transforming #wind turbine maintenance by using wireless sensors to detect structural damage early, enabling timely repairs that boost turbine efficiency, cut inspection costs, and reduce operational expenses.   Spencer Whitman, Ph.D., Aquarry, is tackling global warming and environmental contamination with pit lake alkalinity enhancement, a scalable technology that adapts ocean carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) techniques to pit lakes, offering a cheaper, easier solution for cleaning up contaminated mine sites.   Read more about all the newest LEEP innovators: https://lnkd.in/gzpEjkEm

🎤 Eurogas Director Andreas Guth is speaking today at E-world energy & water, during the panel "How can I be sure that my gas sourcing will respect future regulations?" 🤔 There is an increasing need for reliable and verifiable information about the intensity of the #greenhousegases that we consume in Europe. 🔎 We'll need to account for full #lifecycle emissions to reach our ambitious 2040 targets. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Methane Emissions Regulation will provide the necessary data, incorporating the entire #valuechain in our calculations for emissions reductions.