Awganic Feeds

Awganic Feeds wrote: Since 2014 the brown algae sea weed known as sargassum has been inundating the caribbean coast, costing tourism interest over us$6 billion dollars in lost revenue and another us$120 million in clean up costs. Awganic inputs processes this sargassum combining it will locally available organic agro-processing waste to produce a feed that is targeted to goat industry as a beach head. Data from 2014 says jamaica imported us$15 million worth of goat meat with yearly increases , with this the government of jamaica has seen it fit to increase the national goat herd from 700,000 to 3 million. (outside of theft) farmers report access to affordable feed as the primary issue... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Jamaica

B-Green-XL - sustainable green e-roofs

Brussels Green Deal wrote: B-green-xl - sustainable green e-roofs - greening brussels from the top down. Roof gardens with photovoltaics help tackle air pollution, increase biodiversity and transform buildings into self-sustaining living units. As the capital of europe, brussels should lead by example. The solution consists of green solar roofs as a nature-based services approach to improving air quality, serving as a carbon sink, reducing energy consumption and empowering brussels residents with “green deal challenge competition”. The target is to make 50% of roofs’ usable surface ‘working’ for cleaner air, heat absorption, energy production and well-being of residents by 2025 through community involvement via win-win challenge competition... Source: EIT Climate KIC's Climathon

Belgium

B-Preg

B-Preg wrote: B-preg technology offers recyclable, high performance and lightweight natural fiber reinforced biocomposites for the transportation industry to help in fuel-efficiency and lowering co2 emissions. To be more precise; a parcel shelf of a passanger car produced with b-preg biocomposite saves %60 of production cycle time and %43 of weight compared with a parcel shelf produced with current materials. Being responsible for global warming by generating ¼ of total co2 emissions in the world, transportation industry is faced with strict regulations (to reduce emissions otherwise pay penalties). Thus, vehicle lightweighting solutions b-preg offers is a key for future... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Turkey

Baby bodysuit extensions

BodyExtend.Me wrote: We all know how fast babies grow out of their clothes and what a struggle this is if you are a mom. We solved this problem by producing bodysuit extensions - an ecofriendly solution for moms with kids up to 3 years that offers a longer period of usage to a small bodysuit (3 more months). Thanks to bodyextend. Me extensions, the bodysuit will grow at the same time with your baby and instead of 10 bodysuits moms can use only 5 for a longer period, helping moms minimize the expenses on bodysuits and the number of bodysuits necessary to raise a baby. Also we can cut in half resources needed to produce bodysuits such as - work force, fabrics, energy, which will reduce negative impact of baby fashion industry waste on the environment... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Moldova, Republic of

Balancers of wind farms' surplus energy

EneStor wrote: There are times when the wind farms produce too much of an electricity than it was forecast. If this happens, they have to pay a fine for the balancing services for an imbalance they have caused. This is where the e-vehicles kick in and collectively start charging by absorbing the surplus energy from the wind farms at night. In order to make this work on the spot, enestor plays a vital role to notify an ev owner by sending a signal to one’s e-vehicle to discharge whenever the market price rises above the price e-vehicle’s owner buys the electricity for... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Lithuania

Bamboo winding pipelines to replace piping

Zhejiang Xinzhou Bamboo-based composites technology co., Ltd have developed a technology for bamboo winding pipelines that uses resin as adhesive instead of harmful chemicals. The company claims that bamboo pipes produced with their technology meets the security evaluation criteria of distribution equipment for drinking water. Thus, the solution has the potential to replace some welded steel pipes, PE pipes, and other traditional pipes in the market. Bamboo wood is a fast-growing source of timber which can be produced sustainably.

China

Banco de Áreas Verdes (Green Assets Platform)

Banco de Áreas Verdes (Green Assets Platform) wrote: We are an online platform where more than 130 rural real estates with preserved forests in brazil (6 billion square meters) are identified and presented (a) as a compensation product which can be bought by actors who are bound to compensate due to requirements resulting from an environmental licensing proceeding or due to a repressive determination arising from an administrative or judicial enforcement proceeding, and/or (b) as a potential green asset which can be monetized as an environmental service. All the areas registered on the platform have been previously subject to a preliminary legal audit. ... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Brazil

Batteries for EV range extension and grid services

EP Tender is a company providing services relevant in the area of electrical mobility. The company is focused on mechanical design and tuning, electrical system development and integration, design and coding of the control algorithms, modeling and managing the rental platform and network, and equipping their clients' cars with the additional charging interface. The interface takes the form of a tow-behind attachment to provide additional storage for electric transport solutions. The business model uses a customer driven tender system to charge and exchange batteries.

France

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Battery-swapping service for two-wheeler EV users

Batterypool offers a battery-swapping service for users of two-wheeler electric vehicles (EVs). The company claims that using this app-enabled swapping service, users will have their two-wheel EV fully charged in under 1 minute, compared to 4 hours with plug-in charging. They further claim that their solution also makes owning a two-wheeler EV 30 % cheaper than its petrol counterpart. The battery swapping service is enabled by patent-pending swap station hardware, product design, a small business retail model and an Internet-of-Things layer. With this solution, the intention is to drive the mass adoption of electric mobility among two-wheelers.

India

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Bbryte AS

Bbryte AS wrote: Current utility scale batteries are expensive, resource intensive and can't satisfy the global demand for energy storage, sustainably. Our goal is to change the way energy is stored and shared through the use of our in-house designed battery. The technology we have developed is adaptable to multiple uses, can easily be integrated into existing infrastructure and is nearly 100% reusable or recyclable. We want to create a compelling company that empowers the transition to clean energy without compromising future generations!.. Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Norway