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Humanising the energy transition: The power of citizens
21 August 2019
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With Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future dominating climate change coverage this year, it’s clear that citizen-led sustainability is becoming more popular and more powerful. But is this also the case with sustainable energy innovations? Citizen-led sustainability Extinction Rebellion uses a powerful combination of direct action and social media to re-frame the perception of the climate emergency within global power structures. At the height of their actions in the UK, they were able to convince…
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The Business Booster 2019 – 5 reasons why you can’t afford to miss it
7 August 2019
The energy transition is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet: switching to sustainable energy demands big ideas, innovative thinking and knowledge sharing. You’ll find all three at this year’s The Business Booster, the sustainable energy event designed for businesses and investors. Not signed up yet? Here’s five…
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Humanising the energy transition: Diversity, creativity and InnoEnergy start-ups
17 July 2019
The sustainable energy transition demands new ways of thinking as was discussed in our Humanising the energy transition: Diversity and creativity as sources of innovation blog. And to foster that innovation, we need a place for diverse thinkers, doers and makers across the world of green energy and sustainable power to…
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Humanising the energy transition: Diversity and creativity as sources of innovation
3 July 2019
Back in the 1970s, numerous international aid organisations decided to tackle a huge sustainable energy issue. They wanted to find a new solution to the inefficient, dangerous and polluting cooking methods which were the only option for millions of people in the developing world. This issue affected women the…
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Humanising the energy transition
3 June 2019
When you think about the energy transition, what words jump to your mind? For most people it’s anything to do with new technologies, regulations, policies, new business models and other tangible things. Of course, those aspects are an important part of the energy transition, but that’s not the whole…
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Thank you all TBB.2018 attendees!
23 October 2018
Each year, The Business Booster, the only event that brings together sustainable energy innovators, established industry players, investors and public sector institutions, is reinvented. The sixth edition which took place on 17-18 October in Copenhagen, was the biggest and most interactive one yet, providing all 800 attendees from 40…
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The future is now: Wind technologies
13 September 2018
Wind energy has become the second largest provider of power generation capacity in Europe. Forecasts by Wind Europe predict that by 2030 about €239 billion will be invested into this industry which will also provide employment to approximately 569,000 people. Interestingly, all of this was kick-started by small start-ups…
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The Future is Now: Clean Transport
3 August 2018
A third of Europe’s energy demand over the past ten years has been attributed to the transport sector. However, this could be drastically improved due to the fact that 72.3% of the sector could be directly electrified by the sustainable energy technologies existing today. Many companies are making this…
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The future is now: Storage
15 June 2018
Bloomberg New Energy Finance predict that “The global energy storage market will double six times between 2016 and 2030, rising to a total of 125 gigawatts/305 gigawatt-hours.” And, as found by the EU, “The European battery market is projected to increase by a factor of 4 to 10 by…
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The Future is Now: Smart Cities
9 May 2018
Energy consumption in cities accounts for ¾ of all energy used. With urbanisation continuing to grow, from just over 50% now, to an expected 60% by 2030, it is becoming imperative for cities to become ‘smart’. However, most cities don’t achieve the goal of becoming smart. There could be…
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