In the first round of workshops lasting 45 minutes, you will get the opportunity to meet and face the challenges of the following startups: Solarge, RIFT and Tarucca

A short break to recharge for the second round!

In the second round of workshops lasting 45 minutes, you will get the opportunity to meet and face the challenges of the following startups: Lusoco, Carbyon, XYZ Dynamics.

A closure speech will be given by Johan van de Louw, member of our main partner, Rabobank.

After this nice challenging evening, you can stay to further discuss with your new contacts and still make new ones!

The wind energy industry is suffering from harmful damage to the blades of wind turbines caused by leading-edge erosion, lightning strikes, and manufacturing defects.

The trend towards longer, sleeker blades with higher tip speeds, aggravates this.

Current maintenance timing is based on the sporadic, visual damage only, reactive, non-scalable approach of visual inspection, and therefore extremely wasteful.

It is inevitable that the condition monitoring of blades eventually will be done with photonic sensors and Tarucca is developing such a solution.

Tarucca’s vision is to work together as industry to make the world sustainable, reducing the costs of wind energy by billions of Euros, enabling better asset management and maintenance of blades, via photonics and AI driven IoT solutions. Together we will increase green electricity production, reduce clean energy maintenance costs, and increase lifespan of wind turbine blades.

Tarucca targets saving the expulsion of 377k metric tons of CO2 by 2025.

With our new sustainable Solar technology, Solarge wants to contribute to the acceleration of the energy transition.

It is with this mission that Solarge started the development of lightweight photovoltaïc (PV) modules, initiated by Heijmans, Research Institute TNO, Solar Research Institute Solliance, and petrochemical manufacterer SABIC.  This joint effort is unique and the result is a completely new approach to the construction and application of PV modules.

By using fiber re-inforced polymers and a for this purpose developed and patented set of materials by SABIC we created the basis for a new technique to manufacture lightweight PV modules.  This completely new technique allows Solarge to choose and utilize the best solar cells that are available now and in the future.  The technology also offers form-flexibility for floating PV applications and tailor-made, in-roof, or integrated roof solutions.

Solarge is located in Eindhoven and uses the extensive network of high-tech companies that has been established here. Solarge has an R&D/production facility in Eindhoven and is currently developing a fully automated production line for volume production that will be commissioned in mid-2021.

Carbon is a vital component of every life form on our planet. It is currently emitted as a “waste” product in the form of CO₂ and is one of our principle climate change agents.

By harvesting the free carbon reserve that is present in air, a material abundance for countless everyday products is yielded. Closing the CO₂ cycle in this way will fundamentally transform and neutralize the climate effects of our global energy and materials economy.

Carbyon has developed a technology to capture CO₂ from ambient air. This allows the energy industry to produce 100% circular and renewable fuels from renewable electricity. Carbyon’s unique solution enables the renewable energy sector: making fuels from water and air in a closed loop powered by renewable electricity.

Using this process, we can end the use of fossil fuels, oil and natural gas which causes worldwide climate change.

More than 40% of global CO2 emissions originate from energy-intensive industries and there is currently no CO2-free fuel that meets industrial requirements. RIFT is determined to face this challenge. We rethink traditional practices of fossil fuels and develop a suitable alternative in the form of Iron Fuel Technology. The result is a renewable process without the emission of CO2 with iron fuel as its source. With this technology RIFT will transform energy-intensive companies from users of fossil energy into users of clean and circular energy. RIFT envisions a sustainable future, powered by clean and circular energy.

XYZ Dynamics has a mission to smoothen the energy transition for the commercial automotive industry. The push from governments to zero-emission zones in urban areas is getting stronger. However, the current OEMs are not able to provide an emission-free solution for the market’s needs. There is a lack in range and operational uptime due to long battery charging times.

XYZ Dynamics solves current electric range problems for LCVs, by providing the AxLectric to electrify LCVs fully with a swappable battery package or as an add-on to make LCVs hybrid for emission free driving in urban areas.