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The new Green Economy: balancing profit and purpose – The Business Booster 2023 theme
4 April 2023
The race to net-zero is fast accelerating. We are amidst one of the biggest changes we will see in modern times – a transition from the old energy economy, defined by profit, unfiltered energy sources, and monopolies, to the new energy economy, defined by purpose, sustainable energy sources and disruptive innovation. The race to net-zero is fast accelerating. We are amidst one of the biggest changes we will see in modern times – a transition…
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Ten years of sustainable energy innovation at The Business Booster!
24 January 2023
On 28-29 September 2022, EIT InnoEnergy’s trusted sustainable energy innovation ecosystem met in Lisbon for two days of innovations, pitching, insightful sessions, networking, major announcements and much more. Every year we are extremely proud to bring 150 sustainable energy innovations under one roof together with industry, investors, and… Read More
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“Reaching carbon neutrality requires all industries to collaborate much more than we have so far”
11 October 2022
At this year’s edition of The Business Booster, we discussed how we must focus all our efforts on a twin strategy of scaling-up existing technologies and exploring new prospective ones in order to win the race to reach net zero. In this interview Jan Mertens, Chief Science Officer of…
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“We all need to transform and if we do it together, we can transform better and faster”
21 September 2022
An interview with Pierre-Yves Sachet, Cepsa’s EVP Mobility & New Commerce At this year’s edition of The Business Booster we will be discussing how to scale up today’s key technologies fast to reach net-zero. What is the Cepsa’s strategy in this respect? We are working on… Read More
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Shell GameChanger and Fibersail: de-risking sensor technology for the wind industry
15 September 2022
Fibersail is preparing to make waves in wind energy efficiency. Through the Shell GameChanger start-up acceleration programme, they are de-risking their sensor technology. Shell GameChanger aims to de-risk unproven early-stage technologies and solutions that support the energy transition. The team provides support, expertise and seed funding while… Read More
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Shell Ventures and Nordsol: a new approach to the waste-to-energy value chain
7 September 2022
Shell Ventures invests in disruptive companies that have the capacity to impact the energy transition. Nordsol is one of them. With its innovative technology to produce bio-LNG from biogas, made from organic waste, it fulfills a unique role in the waste-to-energy chain, together with strategic partners Renewi and Shell.…
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“The climate emergency has mobilised a lot of efforts to crack the code”
1 September 2022
An interview with Valérie Dijkstra, director, performance and development, EDF Corporate Innovation Division Reaching net zero by 2050 requires scalable technologies that need to be rapidly mobilised as early as today. At EDF, we are fully committed to building a net-zero energy future and we address this on…
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Five reasons why you can’t miss The Business Booster 2022
19 July 2022
From 28-29 September the sustainable energy innovation ecosystem will come together for two days of networking, to hear from inspiring subject experts and to meet the technologies that are advancing the energy transition. In 2021, we welcomed over 1,000 participants, and with a 98% recommendation rate, it is safe…
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Accelerating sustainable energy innovations: The Business Booster is brought to you by one of the top recognised cleantech investors worldwide
5 May 2022
The Business Booster is the world’s leading innovation event in sustainable energy, bringing together over 150+ technologies under one roof. This September we will bring the entire sustainable energy ecosystem together for two days of networking while presenting the best de-risked investment opportunities in the field. As one of… Read More
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Announcing the 2022 theme: The race to net zero: balancing exploitation and exploration
1 March 2022
The world is waking up to a stark reality: the race to reach net zero by 2050 is in danger of being lost unless we rapidly activate and scale today’s technologies, while simultaneously unleashing a new age of discovery to find the unseen solutions of tomorrow. In short, we… Read More
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Expert insights: an interview with Olivier Sala, Group Vice President Research & Innovation at ENGIE
28 October 2021
In preparation for The Business Booster next week, we had an informative discussion on decarbonisation, sustainability and digitalisation, with Olivier Sala, recently named Group Vice President Research & Innovation at ENGIE These topics have been at the core of ENGIE’s strategy for a number of years. By 2016, ENGIE…
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Expert insights: green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuels, an interview with Sandra Blázquez, Repsol Corporate Venturing
28 October 2021
Renewable hydrogen is one of the strategic pillars to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In a dedicated parallel session on green hydrogen at TBB, we will explore how a value chain approach can enable the implementation of large-scale green hydrogen projects that aim to decarbonise aviation fuels. In preparation…
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Meet our partner
26 October 2021
This year’s local ecosystem partner for The Business Booster is Berlin Partner. We interviewed CEO, Dr. Stefan Franzke, explaining in short some of the reasons for choosing Berlin for this year’s event. An interesting read! This year’s umbrella topic at TBB is “the 4th industrial revolution: sustainability, decarbonisation and…
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Meet our sponsors!
18 October 2021
EWE specifically invests in start-ups, as they want to create an innovative environment to jointly shape the digitalized energy industry’s future and make their customers’ everyday lives a little easier and more convenient. Meet our Ecosystem! Read the story of one of our inspiring sponsors, EWE, a German-based utility…
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The Business Booster: making the event safe!
13 September 2021
In response to COVID-19, our event team have implemented several safety measures to provide you with the assurance that The Business Booster has the health and safety of attendees, presenters, exhibitors, staff, and by extension, the global community as our number one priority. To be adequately prepared for any…
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City of innovation and re-birth: Why the largest sustainable energy event is coming to Berlin
5 August 2021
Berlin is perhaps best known for the Berlin Wall, which physically divided the city between East and West Germany for 28 years, finally coming down in late 1989. Since German reunification in 1990, the decades that followed have been defined by re-building and innovating. Of course when we announced…
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Decarbonising the industry blog series: Ultracapacitors
5 July 2021
You may have heard quite a bit about ultracapacitors lately. But considering their proven potential in the transition to a clean energy future, experts – in what has been considered a niche field up until now – would argue we are hearing far too little about them. Ultracapacitors are…
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Decarbonising the industry blog series: Green Hydrogen
25 June 2021
Europe is the world’s leading economic zone, putting the transition to net zero emissions at the core of its strategy. The plans do not only focus on direct climate goals, but also act as an economic and social growth engine. Electrification and large-scale deployment of renewables play a major…
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Decarbonising the industry blog series: Mobility
11 June 2021
The pandemic we are currently in is driving a multitude of changes across the world. While, undoubtedly, many of the impacts have been devastating, there are some developments which bear great promise for the future. Interestingly enough, some of the most significant and positive of these changes happen right…
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