Reaching a 20 GW annual production capacity by 2025

13 April 2021

Reaching a 20 GW annual production capacity by 2025, creating an additional €40bn GDP annually and 400,000 direct and indirect jobs. The impressive growth of the European solar PV market is already playing a huge part in the new industrial revolution – as businesses and economies re-build sustainably. It demonstrates the resilience and strength of solar in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, opening important prospects for European solar PV producers,… Read More

The Business Booster 2021 is coming to Berlin!

23 March 2021

For several years, the energy industry has unwaveringly explored, innovated and invested in technologies and services. But now, as the world re-builds, you are standing witness to the next industrial revolution – one that is sustainable, electrified and digital. Coronavirus has crippled economies, Europe has increased its targets for… Read More

TBB.Connect – what a success!

10 November 2020

TBB.Connect – EIT InnoEnergy’s digital version of the flagship event The Business Booster, took place online from 4-5 November. Throughout the two days, 1,200 experts from around the world tuned in to take part in 2,100 B2B meetings; view 150 exhibitors, broken down into market segment; watch 120 pitches…

Together with EIT InnoEnergy to reach a zero-carbon society

1 November 2020

ENGIE is an event partner of TBB.Connect from 4-5 November, online – explore the event here. ENGIE’s purpose is to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally friendly solutions. The purpose brings together the company, its employees, its clients, and…

The Business Booster goes online to bring you TBB.Connect!

17 September 2020

In January of this year, EIT InnoEnergy announced the date, location and theme of its annual flagship event, The Business Booster. An event that has become known across Europe and indeed internationally as the meeting place for industry, investors, and start-ups in the sustainable energy ecosystem and which boasts…

The top five most promising mobility and transportation focus areas

7 August 2020

By Jennifer Dungs, Thematic Leader, Energy for Transport and Mobility Accounting for 25% of all man-made CO2 emissions today, mobility and transport has a huge role to play in limiting global temperature increases to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, as set out in the Paris Agreement. It…

Five reasons why you can’t miss The Business Booster 2020

27 July 2020

Each year, the sustainable energy ecosystem from Europe and beyond come together for two days to get inspired by excellent speakers, learn about the latest innovations, meet the start-ups behind them, and network with the more than 1000 attendees in attendance. We think Jelena Markovic of Baywa r.e. …

The Business Booster: where big business and start-ups invent tomorrow’s energy

15 July 2020

Interview with Elena Bou, Innovation Director, EIT InnoEnergy as originally appeared in French in Maddyness, TBB media partner 2020 For the eighth consecutive year, EIT InnoEnergy is organising The Business Booster, a major networking event for energy innovators. Eagerly awaited by start-ups and major companies alike, the event acts…

The new industrial revolution – what does this mean as we re-build Europe’s economy?

9 June 2020

New technologies and innovations are being introduced at an unparalleled speed and scale. History shows that the discovery of new technologies can spur disruptive innovations with decisive effects on the economic development and social fabric of a region, a country or an entire society. The Business Booster, has…

City of innovation and re-birth: Why the largest sustainable energy event is coming to Berlin

3 June 2020

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…

The Business Booster – Rebooting Europe’s economy through a new industrial revolution

24 April 2020

Europe is gripped by coronavirus but together we are fighting it, and we will win. Yet, while we have much to do to win the war today, we must be as fervent in protecting tomorrow. The shock to our economies will be substantial, and it is not a moment…

TBB.2019 was a great success!

10 October 2019

From 3-4 October in Paris we held our most successful edition of The Business Booster to date, with over 1,200 attendees from 44 countries and 2,100+ business meetings organised through our B2B tool, and over 160 InnoEnergy sustainable energy innovations. We’re really proud of the success of this event,…

ENGIE and Humanising the energy transition

2 October 2019

Too often, energy seems divorced from our day to day lives: energy production and management is something that happens far away, in the corridors of power: in power stations, oil fields and coal mines. With the energy transition in full swing we are seeing that perception shift. Read what…

Expert insight: an interview with Florent Andrillon, Energy Transition Global Lead of Capgemini Invent

1 October 2019

From growing awareness of climate change to cheaper renewables, there’s no doubt that the energy industry is going through a period of rapid change. New skills and innovations will be vital to a successful energy transition. And to work out what those skills might be, says Capgemini’s Florent Andrillon, Energy…

Humanising the energy transition: Welcome to the age of the prosumer

1 October 2019

The energy transition is no longer just an idea: it’s a fact. This new way of being in the world comes with new roles, rights and responsibilities. And one of these new roles is the shift from consumer to prosumer. New roles Futurist Alvin Toffler came up with…

Oil, gas and the energy transition

23 September 2019

In preparation for theParallel Session: “New horizons for the oil industry” taking place on 4 October at 13:45 during The Business Booster, we interviewed David Branson, senior executive advisor at PwC, on his views regarding the changes ahead for the oil industry. Find out what his views are in…

Humanising the Energy Transition and “Consumer Readiness Level”

19 September 2019

Humanising the energy transition involves thinking about the complex and diverse nature of human beings. This is something that must be considered to ensure an energy solution is taken up by the market. So how do start-ups and innovations manage this? In traditional innovation scenarios it was important to…

Humanising the Energy Transition: Skills and competencies, are we prepared?

12 September 2019

We know that the energy transition is here to stay, but do we have the right skills for it? Do we know what new skills are needed and how to develop them? Frank Gielen, InnoEnergy Education Director has some very interesting insights to these questions: The context Finding people…

Humanising the energy transition: The power of citizens case study, eBikeLabs

4 September 2019

Following up on the previous blog: ‘Humanising the energy transition: The power of citizens’, we have interviewed two representatives of one of start-ups attending The Business Booster, eBikeLabs, and gained their perspective on what citizen power, specifically crowdfunding meant to the success of their company and what others can…