Basic research has played and continues to play a central role in the evolution of the energy sector. Historically, fundamental science has driven the development of new innovative technologies that have enabled disruptive changes in industries, economies and societies. In order to achieve the goal of global transition to sustainable and low-carbon energy, we need […]
A month ago, The Cleantech Open – the world’s largest clean-technology accelerator in the world- awarded the top cleantech startups of this year in such categories as Agriculture, Water & Waste, Energy Generation, Green Building, Chemicals & Advanced Materials, Information and Communications Technologies. To me the most astonishing discovery was the winner in the Energy […]
Probably the biggest problem of solar and wind energy is their intermittency. As we all know, the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. To ensure reliable power supply, solar and wind energy must thus be stored so that they could be available when needed. Today, if you read journals or blogs […]
Some months ago I already wrote about a group of promising French cleantech startups. Today, I would like to expand this list with new startups as well as research projects at pre-commercial stage. Mostly, these startups are coming from French competitiveness clusters (‘pôle de compétitivité’), which is a key mechanism in the French policy for […]
Transport sector is a major consumer of fossil fuel, as well as one of the main sources of carbon dioxide (CO2). According to the European Commission, oil represents 94% of consumed energy in European transport sector. 84% of oil is imported to Europe, which leads to more than € 1 billion/day costs, as well as […]
Clean technologies are one of the central topics in the European scientific community. There is a strong government support of research projects in clean technologies, energy efficiency and renewable energy in Europe. For this reason, we can observe a large number of innovative technologies that have emerged recently in these spheres. Here are 10 cleantech […]
Cleantech is still one of the central topics in today’s businesses environment. In spite of the crises, European government is continuing its strong support of cleantech development programs. As the result, today we can find a lot of technological innovations related to clean and sustainable technologies. Here is a list of seven French startups that […]