Decentralised solar thermal system for industries

Traditionally, industries use electricity, high speed diesel or furnace oil to achieve process heat temperatures ranging from 70 to 120 °C. Aspiration Energy has developed a solution to meet low and mid temperature process heat demand through decentralized energy generation based on a solar thermal system. Although solar collectors generally heat up to about 70°C, Aspiration’s innovations in fluid pressure, as well as system and module design, have been able to achieve temperatures of up to 120 °C.

India

Decentralized biomethane mobility solutions

Atmove offers products and services necessary for decentralized biomethane mobility. The Atmove circular economy system offers an integration of biogas infrastructure to use organic waste from the agriculture, biomethane upgrading, BioGNG filling stations, vehicles and services within a one-stop-shop. According to Atmove, their solution compared to fossil alternatives cuts fuel costs by 50% and CO₂ emissions by 90% with a standardized product range that covers 80 % of the market needs.

Brazil

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Decentraslied waste to energy managment

Innovopilis Waste Solutions wrote: Innovopolis offers a decentralized waste management service that contains waste within the built areas of the community and turns it into energy at the point where it is generated: a self-sufficient service which eliminates the need for waste collection, waste incineration and waste landfilling. Our solution can be applied to any community, from rural communities like islands to large multi-complex properties such as high-rise buildings and by doing so we reduce the annual carbon footprint of every inhabitant by 1 tonnes of co2... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Switzerland

Deep insight into green infrastructure

TrustWorth-E wrote: There is interest in green infrastructure investing but investors find it difficult to benchmark, analyze and understand the performance of these assets. We provide business intelligence – data. Analytics. Tools – to green infrastructure investors worldwide. . Data: we have data experts on-the ground in 10 geographic regions. They continuously collect and consolidate vast amount of macro-economic and asset-specific data that can drive returns of green energy investments. Analytics: our team of data scientists, mathematicians and full-stack developers builds an advanced-analytic system to identify from historic data the probabilities, correlations and impact of all likely factors driving returns... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Germany

Deep-well geothermal heating and cooling system

The QHEAT product is a geothermal heating and cooling system, utilizing geothermal heat wells. The innovative part of the solution is the depth of the well, which is around 2000 meters (compared to conventional residential geothermal heating systems that are around 300 meters). The product can provide seasonal energy storage. Several buildings can be connected to one well in a low-temperature energy network, allowing for energy to be exchanged between buildings in the network. The innovation also includes more energy efficient technology compared to conventional geothermal heating for residents. The innovation would replace conventional heating and cooling solutions, based on burning of fossil fuels.

Finland

Delivering bio-alkanol gel fuel

Alkagel Ltd wrote: This innovation addresses agro/biowaste conversion and therefore exploits fruit peelings and poultry-derived eggshells as raw materials to deliver economical and renewable biofuel capable of significantly lowering wood-based fuels, parafin and gas-based fuel dependency by rural communities in kenya,uganda and tanzania. Biofuels play significant roles in decarburization of our future energy needs and act to mitigate deleterious impacts of greenhouse gas emissions. The bio-alkanol gel fuel has orange peals as a raw material. Orange fruits accumulate the monoterpene limonene in their oil glands (badawy et al. 2017). Bio-akanol gel repels mosquitoes since d-limonene is incorporated into the bio-alkanol gel fuel... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Kenya

Delivering bio-diesel at the door-step

Bio-Diesel Delivery wrote: People waste time for getting their vehicles refueled at pumps, businesses waste their resources in refueling by getting cheated by employees, fake bills and spilling of the fuel stored in drums. Getting it delivered at door-step will bring an ease in their life and moreover bio-diesel being the green fuel, helps in saving the environment, which enhances social responsibility image of the company as well as individual... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Democratizing car charging network

GetElectric wrote: We are going to democratize electric cars charging network allowing anyone to become a charging service provider. Following the airbnb and uber business model, we are crowd-sourcing the electric cars charging service. We handle all transactions and earn a premium from each. We provide extra income to venues and households and stimulate adoption of electric cars... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Estonia

Desalinating sea water

Aqua Ziwa wrote: With our solution we are able to desalinate 2000l of sea water in an hour into drinkable water. The whole solution is estimated to cost 380. 000€ per unit and does not require many maintenance nor special employee to operate it. Our sollution could be applied into variable areas like ports, hotels, govrnments, but our beachhead market are privately owned islands. As the owners of them are usually also supporters of green technology we believe we'll also with their support have easier antrance in muncipality and government markets... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Slovenia

Desert Restoration

Desert Restoration wrote: Using allan savory’s holistic management (hm) and holistic planned grazing (hpg) systems we intend to turn desert land into lush grasslands in a sustainable system that employs large livestock to restore the land, sequester massive amounts of co2, and break down methane. Produce from such ranches are one of the only types of animal produce that do not add to the climate change catastrophe, as a matter of fact, they present one of the most promising solutions to it. It’s not the cow, it’s the how. Climate friendly produce is labelled and marketed accordingly. This system mimics nature and relies on only natural means... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Sudan