Nominated innovations
1000 innovative clean energy solutions and > 10 framework explorers with the potential to deliver close to three gigatonnes of avoided emissions by 2030
Electric three-wheeler city taxi
Bzzt Taxi Pods provides an app-based taxi service in urban areas through the use of small electrically powered 3-wheel taxis at the price point of public transport and with zero local emissions. All the taxi pods in the fleet are Light Electrical Vehicles and the fleet operation is optimized with an inhouse software. Onwards, the fleet could also serve as a flexible and low emission alternative for last mile urban deliveries.
Bzzt
Sweden
64
innovation: added 14th May, 2019
Bzzt
Electric three-wheeler city taxi
Bzzt Taxi Pods provides an app-based taxi service in urban areas through the use of small electrically powered 3-wheel taxis at the price point of public transport and with zero local emissions. All the taxi pods in the fleet are Light Electrical Vehicles and the fleet operation is optimized with an inhouse software. Onwards, the fleet could also serve as a flexible and low emission alternative for last mile urban deliveries.
2030 potential GHG reductions
64t CO2e/year
Electricity from waste heat
A substantial part of the energy used in the world is wasted as heat. Climeon AB has developed a solution to convert waste heat with temperatures between 70 and 120 °C into electricity through a vacuum process. One of the company’s key sectors is the marine sector where the Climeon Ocean™ solution converts waste heat from ship engines, creating up to several GWh of “free” electricity each year. The company claims that for some ships, that translates into a savings of more than 1,000 metric tons of fuel or 3,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year. An even larger sector is steel where Swedish steel producer SSAB running Climeon Ocean™ at their production site in Borlänge.
Climeon AB
Sweden
47
innovation: added 20th February, 2019
Climeon AB
Electricity from waste heat
A substantial part of the energy used in the world is wasted as heat. Climeon AB has developed a solution to convert waste heat with temperatures between 70 and 120 °C into electricity through a vacuum process. One of the company’s key sectors is the marine sector where the Climeon Ocean™ solution converts waste heat from ship engines, creating up to several GWh of “free” electricity each year. The company claims that for some ships, that translates into a savings of more than 1,000 metric tons of fuel or 3,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year. An even larger sector is steel where Swedish steel producer SSAB running Climeon Ocean™ at their production site in Borlänge.
2030 potential GHG reductions
47t CO2e/year
Electricity-generating CO₂-absorbing bio-panel
GREENFLUIDICS produces a solar bio-panel that integrates the capture of CO₂, production of oxygen, metabolized heat and capture of solar radiation efficiently via nano-fluids. Contrary to the usual solid state solar cells the bio-panel is a full spectrum solar collector including infrared radiation, including an automated monitoring of energy efficiency and metabolic variables with sensors integrated with IoT and data analytics, allowing a conversion of light and heat into energy at the same time.
Greenfluidics
Mexico
52
innovation: added 14th May, 2019
Greenfluidics
Electricity-generating CO₂-absorbing bio-panel
GREENFLUIDICS produces a solar bio-panel that integrates the capture of CO₂, production of oxygen, metabolized heat and capture of solar radiation efficiently via nano-fluids. Contrary to the usual solid state solar cells the bio-panel is a full spectrum solar collector including infrared radiation, including an automated monitoring of energy efficiency and metabolic variables with sensors integrated with IoT and data analytics, allowing a conversion of light and heat into energy at the same time.
2030 potential GHG reductions
52t CO2e/year
Enabling telecommuters working from home
Connected online communication services provide the means to work across geographies and between businesses seamlessly. This allows employees to use internal systems and connect with colleagues remotely, including from their own home, reducing commuting. Emission savings are achieved through avoiding commuter travel in either cars, trains or buses.
Online meeting technology also allows internal and external meetings to be conducted between multiple persons without the need for all people to be physically present in the same place. The use of cameras, screens and smart meeting rooms avoids the need for business travel to the meeting location. The impact of avoided business travel can be significant if air travel is prevented.
Current avoided emissions calculated per year (2018).
https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/corporate-responsibility-report/2018/environment/efficiency.html
Verizon
United States
Currently unavailable
innovation: added 13th May, 2019
Verizon
Enabling telecommuters working from home
Connected online communication services provide the means to work across geographies and between businesses seamlessly. This allows employees to use internal systems and connect with colleagues remotely, including from their own home, reducing commuting. Emission savings are achieved through avoiding commuter travel in either cars, trains or buses.
Online meeting technology also allows internal and external meetings to be conducted between multiple persons without the need for all people to be physically present in the same place. The use of cameras, screens and smart meeting rooms avoids the need for business travel to the meeting location. The impact of avoided business travel can be significant if air travel is prevented.
Current avoided emissions calculated per year (2018).
https://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/corporate-responsibility-report/2018/environment/efficiency.html
2030 potential GHG reductions
Currently unavailable
Energy and built environment
Esteyco is company providing services in the energy and built environment. They have developed an offshore wind turbine prototype that can be installed with no need for heavy lift vessels.
Esteyco
Spain
Currently unavailable
innovation: added 13th March, 2019
Esteyco
Energy and built environment
Esteyco is company providing services in the energy and built environment. They have developed an offshore wind turbine prototype that can be installed with no need for heavy lift vessels.
2030 potential GHG reductions
Currently unavailable
Energy efficient ceiling fan
Atomberg Technologies aims to use their innovative Gorilla Ceiling Fan to reduce power consumption of cooling compared to conventional fans. The company claims that, whereas other fans consume around 75 Watts at full speed, Gorilla fans consume only 28 Watts; achieved using a brushless DC motor design and a driving algorithm called “atomsense”, which precisely senses various motor parameters in real time and controls the motor in a closed loop, avoiding power losses.
Atomberg Technologies Private Limited
India
5
innovation: added 7th December, 2018
Atomberg Technologies Private Limited
Energy efficient ceiling fan
Atomberg Technologies aims to use their innovative Gorilla Ceiling Fan to reduce power consumption of cooling compared to conventional fans. The company claims that, whereas other fans consume around 75 Watts at full speed, Gorilla fans consume only 28 Watts; achieved using a brushless DC motor design and a driving algorithm called “atomsense”, which precisely senses various motor parameters in real time and controls the motor in a closed loop, avoiding power losses.
2030 potential GHG reductions
5t CO2e/year
Energy storage based on nano-coated salt
SaltX Energy Storage is a sustainable, all-natural thermo-chemical storage solution providing peak shifting to energy utilities, industrial and commercial customers. The company claims that based on its patented Nano Coated Salt (NCS) technology, SaltX is simple, scalable and very cost competitive.
Salt-X
Sweden
Currently unavailable
innovation: added 14th May, 2019
Salt-X
Energy storage based on nano-coated salt
SaltX Energy Storage is a sustainable, all-natural thermo-chemical storage solution providing peak shifting to energy utilities, industrial and commercial customers. The company claims that based on its patented Nano Coated Salt (NCS) technology, SaltX is simple, scalable and very cost competitive.
2030 potential GHG reductions
Currently unavailable
Environmental intelligence for healthy cities
Green Urban Data produces software that monitors and measures temperature at the neighbourhood level, locating the most vulnerable areas and offering recommendations for action to stabilize the temperature in those areas. Their innovation aims to counteract the effects of temperature on the health and economy of a city, using software as a service (SaaS) to adapt a city to the effects of temperature variations. Possible uses are for the interconnectivity of green urban areas, the design of protocols to act against heat waves, and the planning and design of green infrastructure.
Green Urban Data
Spain
12
innovation: added 21st December, 2018
Green Urban Data
Environmental intelligence for healthy cities
Green Urban Data produces software that monitors and measures temperature at the neighbourhood level, locating the most vulnerable areas and offering recommendations for action to stabilize the temperature in those areas. Their innovation aims to counteract the effects of temperature on the health and economy of a city, using software as a service (SaaS) to adapt a city to the effects of temperature variations. Possible uses are for the interconnectivity of green urban areas, the design of protocols to act against heat waves, and the planning and design of green infrastructure.
2030 potential GHG reductions
12t CO2e/year
Environmentally friendly laundry filter
Up to 90 percent of all chemicals washed into sewage from households consist of cleaning liquid, detergent and fabric softener. Detergents can contain micro plastics that pass through water treatment plants into natural water systems. Scandinavian Water Technology AB (SWATAB) has developed a solution they call DIRO-TM21 that enables laundry washing without detergents, at lower temperatures, giving shorter drying times. DIRO-TM21 is a filter system that can be readily installed in any public or private facility. Since DIRO filters out particles in water that can adhere to fabric, the laundry comes out not only clean but also soft to the touch.
Scandinavian Water Technology AB
Sweden
21
innovation: added 20th February, 2019
Scandinavian Water Technology AB
Environmentally friendly laundry filter
Up to 90 percent of all chemicals washed into sewage from households consist of cleaning liquid, detergent and fabric softener. Detergents can contain micro plastics that pass through water treatment plants into natural water systems. Scandinavian Water Technology AB (SWATAB) has developed a solution they call DIRO-TM21 that enables laundry washing without detergents, at lower temperatures, giving shorter drying times. DIRO-TM21 is a filter system that can be readily installed in any public or private facility. Since DIRO filters out particles in water that can adhere to fabric, the laundry comes out not only clean but also soft to the touch.
2030 potential GHG reductions
21t CO2e/year
Fervo Energy
Geothermal energy is a massive, mostly untapped resource for clean energy production. Previous developments of enhanced geothermal systems have primarily relied on designs utilizing vertical wells, single zone completions, and shear stimulation conceptual models, but have produced lower flowrates than required for commercial viability.
Through its novel and cost-effective reservoir engineering design, Fervo Energy aims to develop enhanced geothermal systems that produce high flow rate wells, tap into large accessible reservoir volumes, and operate in a wide variety of geologic settings.
Fervo Energy
United States
Currently unavailable
innovation: added 13th March, 2019
Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy
Geothermal energy is a massive, mostly untapped resource for clean energy production. Previous developments of enhanced geothermal systems have primarily relied on designs utilizing vertical wells, single zone completions, and shear stimulation conceptual models, but have produced lower flowrates than required for commercial viability.
Through its novel and cost-effective reservoir engineering design, Fervo Energy aims to develop enhanced geothermal systems that produce high flow rate wells, tap into large accessible reservoir volumes, and operate in a wide variety of geologic settings.
2030 potential GHG reductions
Currently unavailable