Efficient wind turbine

KiteX wrote: We are developing a new kind of wind turbine, using kite and drone technology. It is very suitable for deploying in remote locations such as islands that are often relying on expensive and dirty diesel today... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Denmark

IoT water management device

IoTap wrote: Ever disturbed your sweet dreams for checking on your water tank?. Paying unnecessarily "extra" water and electricity bills?. People unknowingly tend to waste a lot of water, knowing that freshwater is a scarce commodity on earth. But wait!!!. It's 21st century, where you sleep and your smartphone does all the work!. And that's what we do at iotap. It's a smart iot based water management device which senses and notifies. The user via an app of the water level in his/her storage tank, from where the user can monitor and turn on/off the pump motor when required to avoid overflow and overuse of water, thereby saving on water and electricity costs(by over 40%)... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Kvist Solutions

Kvist Solutions wrote: Building and construction are responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world. Today, constructing a green building is expensive and requires a lot of competence. Consequently, the majority of buildings are built using old methods, materials and systems, which is harmful to the environment. Our goal is to lower the bar for implementing sustainability assessment methods, such as breeam, in future projects and hopefully contributing to an increase in the number green buildings. We want to help the construction industry towards a green and digital future... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Norway

The technological pavements company

Pavnext wrote: Pavnext consists of an equipment to implement in the road pavement surface of speed reduction areas, where vehicles needs to dissipate energy to reduce their speeds, that is able to harvest vehicle's kinetic energy and with a very high conversion efficiency transforms it into electrical energy, which can be injected into the grid or used locally in electrical applications as road illumination or traffic light signs, being more relevant if connected to the urban micro grids. It's also adapted to the smart cities, by providing information about traffic and speeds, supporting road safety... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Portugal

Electricity Anytime, Everywhere.

PORT-E wrote: Port-e redefines the concept of portable electricity. It harnesses and stores the heat generated while cooking at restaurants, cafeterias and household to power up the building at a later time of the day. Being rechargeable and reusable the port-e units can reduce the footprints of the ghg by avoiding the fossil fuel-based generation of electricity. Restaurants use several units of electricity per hour accounting to a significant share in the overall power generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Heat rechargeable port-e units absorb heat by placing them around the cooking vessels or even in the kitchen. These can then be fitted into the sockets, allowing the heat stored to be converted into the electricity... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Enabling sustainable aquaculture

Synthesea wrote: More than 50% of fish eaten around the world come from aquafarms. However, fish need omega-3 to grow healthily and be nutritious. Wild fish are caught and crushed into fish oil, which is then fed to the farmed fish as a source of omega-3. . This means aquaculture contributes to overfishing. One third of all the fish caught around the world are used as feed, not eaten by humans, and the price of wild fish continues to rise as fish consumption continues to grow. . We provide a cheap and sustainable alternative to wild fish derived omega-3. We are developing a bacterial strain that coverts plant oil into a cheaper and purer omega-3, circumventing the need for wild fish... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

United Kingdom

Reduction of losses in distribution grids

Dlaboratory’s solution register and visualizes incidents in the electrical grid, allowing identification and reaction to faults in the grid. This is done through monitoring of the distribution grid, where, according to Dlaboratory, most of the interference takes place. The collection of real-time data is then combined with an algorithm which analyses and categorizes events and generates a recommend course of action for the user. This solution can both help in reducing the number of incidents which lead to significant energy losses while also reducing the cost for operation and maintenance.

Sweden

Toilets that seperate and collect urine

Urbantransitioners wrote: We partner with low-income communities like keko machungwa in dar es salaam to build toilets that separate urine. We then collect the urine and sell it as fertilizer to large scale farmers, subsistence farmers and gardeners. With our solution we help farmers to fertilize, irrigate and repel their crops. We also tackle the challenge of water scarcity, work for affordable sanitation and promote health and hygiene. . Our goal is that by the end of 2017 we have five farmers as early adopters using urine on their crops. Secondly, because we want to see dar es salaam as a lush and green city, we will built 10 000 toilets in dar es salaam by 2027. Ultimately, we aim to dry sanitize dar es salaam and make it an example worldwide... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Finland

Accelerating solar rooftop adoption

Sunintown Renewables wrote: Sunintown is a clean energy company building solution to accelerate the solar rooftop adoption in india. We understand the issues in solar rooftop adoption by the roof owners and challenges of system integrators. We are mapping all the roofs in urban spaces in india through gis & web technologies and sensitizing roof-owners by providing a transparent and personalised pre-feasibility report for free. This will answer questions on system size, area required, cost, energy generation, returns, green contribution, local incentives and processes involved without the need of site visits thereby saving energy and cost... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

India

Recycling of plastic waste into Eco-bricks

Arena recycling Industry wrote: Over 8 million tons of plastic waste are thrown in the ocean every year ,these plastic waste disprut the ocean eco-system which lead to climate change. . We ate arena recycling we recycle plastic waste into affordable eco-building materials for construction . What we do... Source: EIT Climate KIC's ClimateLaunchPad

Tanzania, United Republic of