42 Cleantech
SHOOTS GREEN
NICHOLAS NEWMAN PRESENTS THE FIRST MONTHLY COLUMN DEVOTED TO WHAT’S HOT IN THE CLEANTECH SECTOR
Rising energy bills are everyone’s headache. But installing your own heat pump can cut bills substantially. It’s unsurprising Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE), a €200m fund dedicated to funding
cleantech companies, has invested €8m in NEURA GmbH, an Austrian renewable technology company focused on making smart-grid-enabled, high-performance
heat pumps for residential and commercial properties that offer 15-20 percent greater efficiency than their nearest rivals.
Did you know, many of the world’s Olympic field sport teams will be training on artificial turf? Athletes prefer to make use of such synthetic turf fields because it reduces stress and injuries to sports professionals. However, it has the added benefit, notes the Synthetic Turf Council, that as of 2011, the estimated total amount of artificial turf installed in North America conserves more than 11.3 billion litres of water, significantly reduces smog emissions, eliminates close to a billion pounds of harmful fertilizers and pesticides, and recycles more than 105 million used tyres.
For all those budding Top Gear drivers, here is a chance for you to own high-performance cars using clean technology and possibly annoying Jeremy Clarkson into the bargain. HaloIPT (Inductive Power Transfer) is working with Drayson Racing Technology to equip high-performance cars that can pick up power via wireless transmitters buried in the road. I expect driving such vehicles is like getting behind the wheel of a full-size Scalextric racing car.
Things are looking up for Cambridge-based cleantech startup, Green-Tide Turbines (G-TT), after it was named “Britain’s most promising startup” by Lord Green, minister of state for trade and investment, on a recent UK government trade delegation to sunny Brazil. G-TT intends to set up a plant in Brazil, and its first product will be a 5kW generator designed for run- of-river applications for remote off-grid communities, producing power at a cost-effective price.
Tackling waste is a growing problem; so is easing budgetary challenges. I see cleantech company Adama Technologies Corporation has signed an agreement for a 2.5MW municipal waste gasification project in Bucharest, Romania. The Romanian project will use municipal waste residue to generate electricity for sale to the local grid. This solution will help solve two problems faced by cities like Bucharest.
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