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SET Award, 2023, Energy Frontrunners

Energy Frontrunners ’23: Oorja is Helping Developing Communities Access Their Own Clean, Cheap Energy

“It didn’t make sense to me why are so many people precluded from access to clean energy? Therefore I wanted to solve this,” explains Amit Saraogi, CEO and co-founder of Oorja Development Solutions, as he explains his inspiration in founding the young company that won SET Award 2023. In our final Energy Frontrunners interview of 2023, we sat down with the Quality Energy Access & SDG-7 category winner to understand how they’re helping millions access clean water through solar energy.

Energy Frontrunners ’23: Heatrix’s “Hairdryer-Like” Solution Could Help Decarbonise Industry

“I always wanted to go to space but then I realised that staying on earth and tackling climate change is much more impactful,” explains Heatrix co-founder, Wei Wu. We sat […]

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Energy Frontrunners ’23: Navalt Is Electrifying Marine Transport

“[To make it cost effective] you have to completely reengineer the whole boat. It is not taking a boat and putting solar panels on top,” explains Sandith Thandasherry, CEO and […]

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Energy Frontrunners ’23: Energy Dome Solved the Intermittency Problem

Energy Frontrunners looks at the best clean energy innovations from the SET Award. First up: the inside story of 2023 winners Energy Dome.

SET22 Finalist: Manamuz Electric, a Cold Storage Solution to Increase the Shelf Life of Goods

Manamuz eliminates post-harvest losses along perishable foods supply chain with their cold storage solution “ColdBox Store”.

SET22 Finalist: Jaza Powers Off-grid Homes with Clean Energy

Powering Off-grid Communities by Empowering Women “Without the rural women… in off-grid African communities that come and work for Jaza, there wouldn’t be a solution. Diversity and inclusion isn’t an […]

SET22 Finalist: NeedEnergy Uses Intelligent Insights to Provide Smart and Clean Energy

NeedEnergy provides effective, intelligent solutions to Africa’s growing energy demands. They use AI to provide smart and clean energy.

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SET22 Finalist: ONOMOTION Offers Emission-Free Mobility Solutions

Transforming Urban Logistics with Emission-Free Mobility Solutions “There is nothing on the market like our Ono bike, we had to define everything from scratch. From the wheels to the frame, […]

SET22 Finalist: Pantonium Makes Public Transit Convenient and Equitable

Transforming Public Transit With On-Demand Macro-Transit “Public transport hasn’t really changed in the last hundred years…It is designed based on fixed routes where buses operate in a circular route and […]

SET22 Finalist: Cake 0 Emission Provides Robust E-Motorbikes for a Zero-Emission Society

Full speed, zero disturbance & zero emisson “Our take is, basically through purpose innovation, performance of physical quality, to extend the product’s life-cycle while also promoting changing means of transportation,” […]