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Most Promising Energy
Startups in Europe
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MOST PROMISING
ENERGY STARTUPS IN
EUROPE
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Alleantia
In this leaflet you can find a short introduction
of the most promising energy startups in Europe
listed by Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society.
The listing made by evaluating more than 200 potential
startups in Europe. The team behind the listing has gone
through thousands of pages of information and choosing the top30 out of so many potential candidates was
for sure not easy.
Regardless of the rigorous ranking process, we felt that
putting the top 30 companies on a specific order would
have been inappropriate. The companies were widely
spread from startups with communal value to those utilizing cutting-edge technology on an all new field with
a bold new way.
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http://www.alleantia.com/en
Linkkerbus
One thing all of these companies have in common. We
are going to hear about them in the future.
Ossi Cavén
Chairman, Vaasa Entrepreneurship Society
ENERGYWEEK2015
http://www.linkkerbus.com/
Alleantia mission is to enable plug&play Industrial Internet of Things for legacy and new devices. Its exclusive
XPANGO technology transforms in seconds any electronic device into a ‘Internet-ready’ smarter device.
Alleantia sells off-the-shelf software and integrated appliances for the most frequent needs: energy management, renewable energy, industrial plants and machinery, easily deployed thanks to the Library of <Things>,
already the largest worldwide with almost 3000 pre-integrated device profiles. Also, we support machinery
manufacturers and larger enterprises with the most demanding needs with IoT Smart Gateways and turnkey
solutions encompassing device integration to Enterprise
Applications, and vertical Big Data Analytics solutions.
We link electric transportation systems. We’ve created
a series of products that help cities redefine how they
use electric power as part of public transportation. For
example, we’ve created a new electric powertrain, lightweight chassis and electric bus system that greatly enhances the travel experience for passengers and drivers.
Our solutions are energy efficient Linkker BEV - BEV
system, Linkker 12 lightweight electric bus and Linkker
Kit conversion kits for bus retrofits and together with
our partners also charging infrastructure. The combination of lightweight bus construction, energy efficient
BEV, small size LTO battery and opportunity charging
result in a cost optimized and sustainable city bus system with 10%-30% lower Total Cost of Ownership compared to diesel buses.
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WE Tech Solutions
http://www.wetech.fi/
WE Tech Solutions (WE Tech) is a leading energy efficiency solution provider. The company develops, sells
and delivers energy efficient solutions for the shipping
industry. WE Tech has developed a new type of variable
frequency shaft generator system providing many benefits, such as reducing fuel consumption and increasing energy efficiency of ships, cutting environmentally
harmful emissions, etc.
The energy efficient solutions are suitable for upgrading
existing ships and for new buildings. WE Tech is creating savings and bringing the next level in energy efficient shipping. The company is headquartered in Vaasa,
Finland and has an office in Shanghai, China.
Here’s how eCozy works: information about the desired
temperature goes from smartphone to the central unit,
that distributes the signal to every room, where radiators are equipped with eCozy thermostat. Precise temperature can be set for every room and later, remotely
controlled. eCozy learns how to maintain the comfort,
taking into account different factors (for ex. weather
changes).
Ecozy
http://ecozy.de/
Being an intelligent solution, eCozy learns from a consumer’s heating preferences and home properties, that
makes it to a heating system that would suit everyone.
Setting up the desired heating scenarios, consumers can
save up to 28% each year on their heating costs.
Viva Labs
Viva Labs makes a white-label, turn-key smart home
solution for ISPs, cable operators, and utilities that automatically reduces energy use and makes it easy to control and monitor the home from anywhere.
By using GPS and sensors, our algorithms learn household routines and intelligently handles heating, control
and security without requiring user input. You can read
more at meetviva.com
http://meetviva.com/
Energomonitor
https://www.energomonitor.cz/
Energomonitor was launched in 2010. Two great minds
joined forces together to develop a product that would
help hundreds of thousands of people save on their energy expenses. As result a of three-year development a
unique software solution has been created.
Linked to the comprehensive range of hardware devices,
it provides reliable metering, control and reduction of
energy consumption recorded on existing billing meters, which can be replaced with the new ones, if needed.
To top it off, the software interface is truly simple and
intuitive. Low capital and operational costs are another
benefit of the solution we offer. Now have own development of hardware, software and firmware and we have
close partnership with over 100 european companies.
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Twingz
http://twingz.com/
Energydeck
http://www.linkkerbus.com/
Twingz is a German company which provides smart energy management for company and for consumer use
in form of energy-coaching, energy management and
energy optimization.
Twingz Smart energy is an innovative App to save energy and thereby money. The App provides important
energy-measurement data coming from energy devices (e.g. television, dishwasher, refrigerator) and energy
producers (photovoltaic and solar thermal systems) in
households.
High technical affinity and long-term thinking that targets sustainability provides twingz Smart energy not
only intelligence, but also dedication in the topic of resource management.
EnergyDeck is an award winning web-based platform
that helps real estate owners, managers and tenants operate their portfolios more efficiently, with the ultimate
objective to reduce costs and increase asset values.
The platform is built around a number of unique features that take it beyond traditional energy & resource
management software. Key features that support this include real-time benchmarks utilising anonymised data
from all of EnergyDeck users, and a projects database
that captures user experiences and knowledge around
energy efficiency projects. Access to both databases is
provided in anonymised form to the entire user-base.
Soilscout
Soil Scout provides critical insight into data from deep
below the surface – wirelessly. Through the creation of
two patent-pending inventions (related to power management and antenna design), our small buried sensor
platform can transmit a variety of information in real-time from up to 4 metres below the surface, for up to
20 years - maintenance free!
Energy-related benefits include early fault detection in
buried utilities, allowing for proactive maintenance, and
the ability to save up to 20% of the energy and water
typically used for artificial irrigation.
http://www.soilscout.com/
Leanheat
http://leanheat.com/
Soil Scout: Gain a Deeper View!
Leanheat is a novel “big data”-solution that delivers the
20% savings. Cost effectively and consistently, year after
year. Retrofitted to the 99% of the stock that has been
already built.
Leanheat measures the living conditions of all apartments and monitors energy efficiency in real-time. It
alarms and reports automatically when there’s a discrepancy, allowing the maintenance crew to concentrate on
the most pressing problems.
All properties can be optimized with Leanheat, whether
it is a building just built or a 100 year old relic- Real time
analysis of the whole property portfolio can be done
without manual labor by using Leanheat’s “big data” approach.
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Smappee
http://www.smappee.com/
Lumine Lighting Solutions
http://lumine.fi/fi/
Smappee develops innovative solutions that foster
sustainable energy consumption. We offer people user-friendly, affordable and efficient ways to use less energy without sacrificing comfort. Under the slogan “Let’s
win”, Smappee takes care that both the consumer and
the environment win.
Smappee received the Henry van de Velde Label 2014
for the qualitative design of the product and app and
was named “Deloitte Raising Star 2014 ‘for innovation
and market potential of the company.
Smappee is based in Kortrijk (Belgium) and its products are available via the webshop www.smappee.com,
through the European Apple Online Store and Smappee
Partners.
Lumine Lighting Solutions is a young and innovative
company from Helsinki, Finland. Lumine was founded to improve energy efficiency in outdoor lighting by
eliminating the illumination of empty streets. Lumine’s
intelligent solution – based on motion detection and
wireless communication – provides light with the necessary luminaires needed to ensure safe and comfortable
passing.
By dimming the luminaires in empty streets, Lumine is
able to reduce approximately 70 % of the energy consumption. This leads to a considerable cut on the energy
bill as well as reduction of unnecessary light pollution in
our environment.
Sharper Shape ltd
Sharper Shape provides fully automated inspection and
maintenance planning services for infrastructure asset
owners. Our Next Eagle® solution is the world’s first automatic asset inspection solution utilizing UAV, which
drastically reduces inspection and maintenance costs
for high value assets such as power lines, pipelines, railways and more.
What we offer
We provide actionable plans for both the financial decision-makers to help with budgeting and resource allocation, and for engineering in planning and placing
work orders for asset maintenance and vegetation management.
http://sharpershape.com/
miniPower
At present, used wind turbines regularly end up on the
scrap yard, even though these turbines are just as effective in producing wind energy as new ones. miniPower finds this astounding waste and aim to allows these
wind turbines to produce again.
Key are our partnerships with local license-holders in
European countries with advantageous wind conditions
and attractive feed-in tariffs. In these countries we put
used turbines into production after inspection, whereby
maintenance and availability are guaranteed.
http://www.minipower.net/
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Sapotech
http://www.sapotech.fi/
Nordpower
Sapotech reveals high temperature processes - the earliest possible stages - of metal and steel production.
By this, new and huge possibilities open up for saving
energy and process time. Through our innovative technology where extremely detailed image and dimension
measurement data are combined, Sapotech Reveal solutions concretely contribute to energy efficiency through:
Reveal CAST: real time quality monitoring of metal cast
products as they flow glowing hot from the casting machine
Reveal TAP: real time monitoring of molten metal flow
in tapping process
Reveal 360: real time monitoring of surfaces inside furnaces, converters, ladles at high temperature
Nordpower develops and produces wireless charging
stations for Electric Vehicles. Charging stations bases on
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology which turns
EV charging convenient and keeps battery always full.
Salusfin
Salusfin has a solution that brings Home automation to
your pocket, addressed to consumers as well as small to
medium size businesses in India, China, Finland, Germany and USA.
Our solution is wireless, easy to install and use, secure
and affordable.
http://salusfin.com/
Norsepower
Nordpower kehittää ja valmistaa johdottomia latausasemia sähköautoille. Latausasemat perustuvat johdottomaan tehonsiirtotekniikkaan (WPT) joka tekee
lataamisesta helppoa ja pitää auton akun automaattisesti
täynnä.
http://nordpower-ltd.com/
http://www.norsepower.com/
Norsepower Oy Ltd has developed and brought to market the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution. This solution
helps cargo vessels significantly reduce fuel consumption.
When the wind conditions are favourable, Norsepower
Rotor Sails allow the main engines to be throttled back,
saving fuel and reducing emissions while providing the
power needed to maintain speed and voyage time. Rotor
sails can be used with new vessels or they can be retrofitted to existing ships.
Norsepower is the first company on the market who
has built a full-size working prototype of a retro-fittable
auxiliary wind propulsion solution.
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Plegma labs
Enterprises today more than ever require detailed monitoring and control of their building energy usage in
their attempt to optimize energy efficiency and meet
specified efficiency standards.
BuffaloGrid
PLEGMA integrates all smart meters/sensors deployed
in the building, collects/analyses their data and provides
useful insights while enabling automation and alerting.
Additional services include combining multiple building data with 3rd party opendata (e.g. weather & other
building data) to enrich the insights as well as hosted
cloud services such as backup, multi-tenant analytics,
reporting, benchmarking tools etc.
http://pleg.ma/
Nuuka solutions
Almost a billion people have a mobile phone, but no way
to charge it.
What do they do? They walk to a charging station and
wait hours to charge, losing a day each week, and paying
for each charge what you pay for three months.
http://www.buffalogrid.org/
Nuuka is a cloud-based energy management system for
property investors, property owners/users and energy
specialists.
Ecoisme
It allows the development of energy efficiency for both
property portfolios and single properties in a centralised manner.
BuffaloGrid reduces the cost barrier of solar power to
the price of one charge. Our free units have WiFi and are
distributed through existing trust networks, like coffee
growers.
Ecoisme is B2B2C service that provides easy, low-cost
and effective solution for saving energy for householders, and reduces power peaks for utility providers.
Thanks to unique technology, combining power and
spectrum analysis,
Ecoisme can single out all home appliances at your
home, check energy efficiency and suggest you best ways
to save energy. Moreover, the system will remind you if
you forgot to switch off some appliances! Soon Ecoisme
is launching a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter.
Active development of energy efficiency starts by providing the key personnel with proper tools for monitoring energy consumption and costs.
http://www.linkkerbus.com/
BuffaloGrid provides power as a service, for the bottom
billion.
We provide a free solar charging unit, that villagers unlock with a payment text message.
http://ecois.me/en
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CareToSave
Energy metering… made fun?
It’s true! Smart energy awareness doesn’t have to be a
chore. Hyko is a fully robust home energy management system that families actually want to have in their
homes.
Comfee
Comfee is the patent pending, solar powered and easy to
install device to upgrade existing blinds. Comfee is fitted with sensors and adjusts blinds automatically, giving
you a peace of mind even when you are away from home
or office. It will close the blinds to prevent overheating,
glare, for privacy in the evening.
Hyko’s warm glow and kid-friendly app help the whole
family manage their energy consumption. Hyko is a
beautifully designed sculptural piece, a lovely addition
to any decor.
http://hyko.co/
Pamoja Cleantech
But don’t let the fun and beauty fool you. Hyko is also
a powerful, robust energy meter, gathering comprehensive data on energy usage that can make your customers
- and your grid - smarter.
Pamoja is Swahili for ‘Together As One’
http://www.getcomfee.com/
TeraLoop
PAMOJA is a for-profit social enterprise working in the
field of rural decentralized renewable energy solutions.
We solve some of the most pressing Energy needs for
Rural BoP (Base of the Pyramid) people in East Africa,
starting with Uganda. PAMOJA uses biomass gasification as a platform to enable various energy services.
http://www.pamojacleantech.com/
http://teraloop.org/
It will open the blinds every time when natural sunlight
is enough to light up or heat up the room. Together
with lighting and climate control systems it can save up
to 50% on the energy bill. Comfee finally brings to the
market an affordable and simple solution to manage sun
light and heat in the buildings.
“Keeping the lights on”: government policies around
the world recognise the importance of high-capacity
energy storage in a future renewable energy mix. Teraloop is developing an innovative, grid-scale energy
storage technology capable of addressing this strategic
market and enhancing the impact of renewable energy.
Our team of 18 staff and advisors bring decades of experience in energy and tech business. Teraloop is currently operating a development programme with VTT,
supported by Tekes & Fortum plc and seed funded by
GILfund LLC. We are seeking Series A type investment
partners for equity from April/May 2015.
Contact the CEO, Ted Ridgway Watt (tel: +44 7894
321066 or [email protected]) or the CRO, Petri Saarinen
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There Corporation
There Corporation offers Energy Efficiency and Home
Energy Management solutions for consumers. Our solutions include real-time energy monitoring, energy use
optimization and substantial cost savings for the end
users and utilities. Our principal customers are energy
utilities and service providers in Scandinavia and Europe.
Tidalys
Tidal energy uses the cyclic variations in the level of the
seas and oceans caused by the gravitational forces due to
the movement of the moon around the earth. Therefore,
tidal energy is an infinite, highly predictable and clean
energy source.
There Corporation was founded by combining Nokia
Smart Home business program and Comsel Systems
knowledge of smart metering and energy efficiency.
We are there.
http://www.therecorporation.com/
Tamturbo
http://www.tamturbo.fi/
Tidalys is a technology based company which designs
and introduce onto the market revolutionary turnkey
tidal turbines, enabling our partners to deliver renewable energy at lowest costs and in full respect of our environment.
http://www.tidalys.com/
Industry consumes 10% of its electricity in the production of compressed air. More and more applications
require compressed air that is not only efficiently produced but also completely oil-free. Tamturbo’s products
and business idea are based on these factors.
Tamturbo’s oil-free turbo compressors meet the needs of
the most demanding process applications, such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, electronics, paper and
chemical. In these processes, any risk of oil contamination must be excluded. Compared to any other known
solution Tamturbo’s compressors offer the most advanced solutions available for compressed air free of oil.
VIA is a user-friendly building management system
(BMS) application that enables you to operate your
entire building with the help of an iPad.
It enables the user to operate: Temperature, Ventilation,
Lights, Shades and Windows.
It enables the user to monitor: Energy consumption &
savings, Financial cost & savings, CO2 footprint of a
building and Buildings engine room.
VIA
http://www.via-app.com
VIA is individually adjusted to a building and is also fully adaptable to users’ needs. It also enables several other
functions according to user’s preferences. E.g. opening/
closing of the ramp and gate, lawn watering, parking
defrosting and swimming pool management