Pro-Drone: autonomous drones to inspect wind turbines blades

2 November 2015

Pro-Drone, winner of The Business Booster 2015 Pitch contest, intends to revolutionise the inspection of wind turbine blades and other vertical structures thanks to their technology designed to combine automated piloting of drones (UAVs) with image processing. André Moura, Pro-Drone CEO, explains the concept. Read More
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Stimergy invents the data center that doubles as a “digital boiler”

20 October 2015

Did you know that half of the energy consumed by a data center is lost cooling the equipment? Tired of this double waste of electricity and heat, Christophe Perron – a young engineer from Lyon, France – decided to reinvent data centers, integrating them into the ecosystem of the smart city. His idea: producing hot tap water from mini data centers. He shared his viewpoints with us. Read More
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You can’t outrun the pace of change

14 October 2015

by Elena Bou, Innovation Director, KIC InnoEnergy. Technology is revolutionising market places and the energy sector is not immune. Read More
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Inken Braunschmidt, RWE: ” We want to be the Uber for energy”

8 October 2015

Interview by Sonja van Renssen, The Energy Post. Big energy companies are looking to the sharing economy, digitisation, big data, and mega-cities to inspire future revenue streams. In this exclusive interview with Energy Post, Inken Braunschmidt, leader of RWE’s “Innovation Hub” talks about her unique role at the helm of a department that’s not a department. Read More
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David Arfin: “We will soon switch from feed-in tariffs and direct subsidies, to intelligent net metering policies and solar-friendly self-consumption rules”

28 September 2015

Interview by Sonja van Renssen, The Energy Post. With his invention of the SolarLease for SolarCity, he revolutionised the US residential solar market. Now, David Arfin, CEO of First Energy Finance, wants to take his business model to other parts of the world, including Europe, and apply it to other technologies, like wind, energy efficiency and geothermal heat pumps. Read More
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Collaboration: The key to creating a sustainable energy future

25 September 2015

by Elena Bou, Innovation Director, KIC InnoEnergy . It can sometimes feel like entrepreneurs and the energy industry inhabit very different worlds. Entrepreneurs are posing the right questions and seeking answers to solve society’s challenges. Read More
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The pitching sessions: what is it all about? 

16 September 2015

The pitching sessions are an outstanding way to get a glimpse of what all our innovations have to offer! Each entrepreneur will have four minutes to provide the jury with an overview of their value proposition in a compelling, focused way, around a clearly articulated presentation. Discover what it looks…
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Discover our exhibitors – When energy meets IT

11 September 2015

Scout the market for new and creative solutions coming from talented start ups and SME’s that are not afraid of posing the right questions that society is trying to solve. At KIC InnoEnergy, we see everyday how the interconnexion between IT and energy fields is generating intelligent solutions that…
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Ad Van Wijk: “The energy companies are no longer in control of the energy sector”

2 September 2015

The Energy Post presents the first in a series of interviews with leading energy thinkers who will be speaking at KIC InnoEnergy’s Business Booster event. Energy Post will be hosting a panel debate on “the innovations that will transform European energy” Interview by Sonja van Ressen… Read More
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