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Corporate Challenge: innogy Innovation Hub

The innogy Innovation Hub is a global hub with established networks in Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, London and Berlin – four of the world’s leading innovation ecosystems. They collaborate with […]

Corporate Challenge: Wincubator, powered by WILO SE

The wincubator is an independent unit of Wilo SE that works at the intersections of smart buildings, cleantech, and water. They support start-ups, young enterprises, and other established companies that […]

Corporate Challenge: Vattenfall green:field

The green:field platform brings together two different worlds of the renewable energy sector: dynamic start-ups with innovative ideas and the experience and resources of a big corporate like Vattenfall. Via […]

Startup Spotlight: ecoligo closes the finance gap for solar in developing countries

Start ups think internationally. One great best practice for this is ecoligo. Started in Berlin, currently relocating to Frankfurt and Accra/Ghana, these guys developed an extremely innovative business model: Making […]

Startup Spotlight: Squirrelz reduces fashion waste & makes manufacturing more efficient

Talking about energy efficiency: We all know that it is not only about power and renewables. We need to rethink the way we live – this includes products and the […]

Startup Spotlight: ZOLAR makes purchasing solar systems easy

Every house will have a solar and battery system one day! This is the vision of Alex Melzer, CEO and Co-Founder of ZOLAR. Many companies, startups and even politicians did […]

Press Release: ‘Start Up Energy Transition Award’: Impressive response to global competition

‘Start Up Energy Transition Award’: Impressive response to global competition More than 500 entrants from 66 countries / Finalists to give presentations at Tech Festival / Winners to be chosen […]

Interview with Elena Bou, Innovation Director of KIC InnoEnergy

What trends have you seen for European energy start-ups in 2016? The sector is thriving. One indicator of this is the 170 energy start-ups that InnoEnergy has supported to date. […]

Tech Festival, March 20th

Every revolution needs a headquarter. We decided to host the Tech Festival at Kulturbrauerei, the former Schultheiss brewery compound in the centre of Berlin.

Get ready for the Start Up Energy Transition Award

Tomorrow’s energy system is already in the making — a defining endeavor in which established players and startups fight side-by-side. The Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) – the German Energy Agency – […]