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3.6 Cleantech Camp Pre-Acceleration Programme
The Cleantech Camp pre-accelaration programme is aimed at early stage start-ups, business projects in the clean energy. The winner of the fourth, 2019 edition is a project that produces blocks for construction with 60% less CO 2 emissions. New this year was selecting several pilots that will be co-financed by EIT InnoEnergy.
The first prize, worth €20,000 in cash plus in-kind services, was awarded to eCO2blocks, a Portuguese start-up that develops and produces fully recyclable building materials with 60% less CO 2 emissions, and with costs 50% below traditional materials. The second prize, worth €10,000 in cash plus in-kind services, was awarded to VEnvirotech, aSpanish project that produces completely biodegradable bioplastics. Finally, the €5,000 in cash plus in-kind services third prize went to a Portuguese proposal Pavnext that develops pavements for cities capable of producing kinetic energy from passing vehicles, as well as clean electrical energy.
As a novelty in this year’s edition, during the programme, each project has presented a pilot. Programme partners have selected several pilots that will be co-financed by EIT InnoEnergy and developed together with Naturgy and Enagás. Naturgy has selected IM Efficiency, a project to test solar panels on company vehicles. This Dutch company has participated in the programme with the intention of opening a market in Southern Europe. On the other hand, he has also selected Aneo. The proposal consists of a pilot developed with its own technology to foresee mistakes and offer an accurate diagnosis of the state of health in which the wind turbines are located.
Enagás, for their part, through Enagás Emprende, has opted for the Tresoil project. Tresoil has an innovative technology licensed to process 23 different types of organic material with the capacity to recover between 95% -97% of the energy with almost zero emissions.
Josep-Miquel Terregrosa, Business Creation Officer, EIT InnoEnergy Iberia
The Cleantech Camp is the program we develop together with local partners and industry players in Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon where we can find interesting opportunities to support in our Highway® program. The industry can also find new solutions for their businesses.
