Search Results for "solar"
press-releases
KIC InnoEnergy and Climate-KIC celebrate joint EIT Award success
Also see: New Generation of Innovators Celebrate Success at InnovEIT May 7 2015 – Budapest, Hungary – KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, education and business creation in sustainable energy, and Climate-KIC, the EU’s main climate innovation initiative, are today celebrating the success of three of their projects at the EIT Awards, presented at InnovEIT in Budapest...
innovation-spotlight
Elemental Water Makers’ solar desalination an asset as climate change threatens clean water
EIT Climate-KIC supported Elemental Water Makers is a water desalination scale-up that’s transforming water systems by enabling people globally to cope with health and life-threatening freshwater scarcity, which is exacerbated by climate change. According to the Working Group II’s contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, “For each...
IN THE NEWS
Solar start-up praises EIT Climate-KIC’s assistance on clean energy live stream
EU-backed start-up incubation programmes such as EIT Climate-KIC’s Accelerator programme are playing a crucial role in helping seed a new generation of cleantech businesses across Europe, according to discussion on what the EU can do to best support start-ups this month (22 February). The live-streamed panel, hosted by Vice-President of the European Commission for the...
IN THE NEWS
Climate-KIC solar start-up finds first customer
Solease, winner of the Dutch edition of the Climate-KIC Venture Competition in 2012, has recently signed a contract with its first customer Utrecht University. The deal allows university employees to rent 12 solar panels for their homes for €54 a month without having to make heavy investments. Employees can save up to 10% immediately on...
projects2
1000 Solar Roofs – Cities and Jobs Regeneration through Community Led Solarization
The project “1000 Solar Roofs – Cities and Jobs Regeneration through Community-Led Solarization” (abbreviation: SOL4ALL) will tackle burning issues of unemployment and economic recovery due to COVID-19 crises in Croatia and Slovenia – by designing and delivering models for green recovery through solar energy and green jobs which can be further replicated in the South...
post
Solar Sector to Get $1 Trillion Power-Up From World Bank
The World Bank wants to mobilise $1 trillion in investments to increase solar energy use around the world. In collaboration with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the World Bank says it wants to raise the substantial amount by 2030. As part of an agreement signed last week (30 June), the World Bank will give the...
post
Engineers Prepare New EU Climate Satellite’s Solar Panels For Launch
Engineers preparing the launch of Europe’s new climate data satellite have made improvements to its solar panels.
IN THE NEWS
“Let’s find ways to take action within our abilities”
Our Climate Champions 2020: Gopal Kumar Mohoto. Five years on from the signing of the Paris Agreement at COP21, and at the end of one of the most difficult years for climate action in recent history, in this series we celebrate five individuals that remind us of the power of the people in the climate...
start-ups
Solabolic GmbH
Solabolic establishes a revolutionary patented technology, which offers the best performing and most profitable parabolic trough solar collectors in the market Unlike all other solar technologies in the market, Solabolic enables to produce the collectors for the most part with local resources and manpower at point of installation anywhere in the world (e.g. emerging markets...
start-ups
ZOLAR
ZOLAR is an online photovoltaic company offering solar and battery storage systems including installation for residential houses. Through a highly digitized and automated process ZOLAR is a one stop solution provider for the customer from the initial contact until the commissioning of the solar system. Through the ZOLAR App or mobile interface, the customer can...
Where next?