Start Up Energy Transition (SET)
is a global innovation platform supporting innovation in energy transition.
SET is implemented with the conviction that a sustainable future is directly linked to innovative business models and political will. The SET platform is powered by the German Energy Agency (dena), in cooperation with the World Energy Council.
Our mission
“Strengthening the impact of energy innovators in reaching climate neutrality.”
Through our activities, we support, promote, and create opportunities for start-ups in the energy sector to scale-up impact and accelerate the global energy transition in order to reverse climate change.
Our work
Since its inception, SET continues to enable connections through dena’s and World Energy Council’s unique position at the crossroads of the private and public sector. At its core, the SET platform is built on three pillars: the SET Award, the SET Tech Festival, and the SET Newsroom.
Our activities make SET an important and well-recognized international platform for innovation in the energy transition.
SET Award
An annual international competition for start-ups and young companies innovating for the global energy transition. In the last eight years, the award has received more than 3,500 applications from more than 100 countries.
The SET Award Winners 2024SET Tech Festival
An annual one-day event bringing together innovators shaping the future of energy: the best start-ups in the field of energy solutions, innovation-driven corporates, investors, and public organisations leading the energy transition.
Relive the #SETTF24SET Newsroom
The SET team produces unique content (articles, videos and events) featuring news from the energy world, the successes and challenges of SET start-ups and other trending topics valuable to our network.
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Learn more“We urgently need to push forward with the energy transition to reach net zero. The only way we will get there is through innovation on a massive scale. Start-ups and entrepreneurs, investors and corporates, policy makers as well as the entire innovation eco system all play a crucial role here. The SET Award has been bringing these innovators together for nearly ten years.”
Pia Dorfinger, Director Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)Our team
We support innovation.
Our team is composed of passionate experts from a range of backgrounds with a common mission: to support start-ups and innovation in order to reach net-zero emissions as rapidly as possible.
Tania Baumann
COO, World Energy Council
Dr. Angela Wilkinson
Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council
Pia Dorfinger
Director Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Rolli Vogel
Team Lead Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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René Böhm
Lead Expert Ecosystem Development and Growth, SET (dena)
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Tahar Kechrid
Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Dr. Susanne Kurowski
Senior Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Niklas Feierabend
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
Deborah Bartel
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Elias Schiafone
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Christine Krakau
Expert Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Claudia Marks
Project Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Akanksha Ranjan
Project Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Sabina Godzhaeva
Student Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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Student Assistant Start-up Ecosystem, SET (dena)
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