Tilman Schwencke of Mainstream Renewable Power dives deep into Offshore Wind
In this Ecosummit TV episode, Tilman Schwencke, Offshore Wind Manager in Germany for Mainstream Renewable Power, presents the art of developing big offshore wind projects and dives deep into detail. If you wonder why there is so much hype about offshore wind, this is for you.
Read moreManfred Heil pitches Enterprise Sustainability Management Startup WeSustain
Manfred Heil, CEO and Co-Founder of WeSustain, pitches the Enterprise Sustainability Management (ESM) startup to investors at ECO11 in Berlin. WeSustain provides a software-as-a-service suite that helps companies improve their sustainability management across all products, processes and divisions. Think of it as the SAP of sustainability.
Read moreMads Jensen pitches Smart Green Building Software Startup Sefaira
Every city has to become a smart green city and every building should go smart green, too. Mads Jensen, Co-Founder and CEO, pitches Sefaira at ECO11. The UK- and US-based startup offers software for designing sustainable buildings and optimising their energy efficiency and carbon footprint. Sefaira is currently in private beta and invites innovative architects and building engineers to test it for new projects. Investors are also welcome to join and accelerate the smart green building design revolution.
Read morePeter Stein pitches Thermoelectric Generator Startup GreenTEG at ECO11
Ecosummit TV brings to you Peter Stein, Co-Founder and Head of Sales and Finance of GreenTEG, pitching the Zurich-based thermoelectric generator startup to investors at ECO11 in Berlin. The amount of lost waste energy, especially as heat, mankind loses during power generation and industrial production is huge. GreenTEG has developed cost-efficient technology that turns waste heat into energy using thermoelectric generators.
Read moreAlexander Krajete pitches Bio Power Storage Cleantech Startup Greenthitan
Alexander Krajete, Founder and CEO of Krajete GmbH (formerly known as Greenthitan), pitches his 3G bio fuel cleantech startup to investors at ECO11. The business idea of Krajete is biological power storage as natural gas. Alexander produces CH4 (methane gas) and H2O (water) out of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and 4H2 (hydrogen) using a biological transformation process called methanation (methanogenesis) performed by Archaea. Methanation is a key technology in the new Power to Gas market.
Read moreSustainability in everything we do – Michael Bueltmann presents Nokia’s Sustainability Management
Sustainability in everything we do – that’s one of the key principles of Nokia’s Sustainability Management presented by Michael Bueltmann, Managing Director (Public & Legal Affairs) of Nokia Germany. Another green success factor is lifecycle thinking, i.e. measuring and optimising the product carbon footprint across the whole product lifecycle. This includes the management of recycling processes. Michael says the key problem is the laziness of consumers who prefer to keep old devices at home. Here’s my idea: Renting smartphones instead of selling them and offering a reward for returning the old device to upgrade to the new one. Easy device upgrading also accelerates the rollout of new innovations.
Read moreNicole Roettmer of The CO-Firm on Carbon Business Models
Nicole Roettmer, Founder and CEO of The CO-Firm, talked about Carbon Business Models at ECO11. The Carbon Opportunity Firm is a consulting boutique focused on strategy development and implementation in the areas of energy efficiency, energy mix, carbon offset, carbon certificate monetisation and many other smart green business models.
Read moreTilman Eichstaedt of Inventux on Thin-film Solar and German Grid Parity in 2011
Tilman Eichstaedt, management team member of Inventux, gave a very interesting presentation at ECO11 about the Berlin-based thin-film solar manufacturer and the future prospects of solar power. According to Tilman, we will have reached grid parity in Germany in the second half of this year. The feed-in tariff in Germany for larger installations (more than 1.000 KW) will be around €0.20 per KWh in Q3 and Q4 of 2011 while people pay €0.22 per KWh in Germany.
Read moreECO11 Panel: Smart Green Utility of the Future
If we make energy more expensive, consumers and companies will make a big effort to save energy. At Ecosummit 2011, I moderated an expert panel about the Smart Green Utility of the Future. Panelists include (from left): Joerg Fabri (allocate), moderator Jan Michael Hess (Ecosummit), Andre Shortell (GP Bullhound), Robert Werner (Greenpeace Energy) and Rolf Adam (Cisco). A smart green utility offers 100% renewable energy and helps clients save energy with smart green services and transparent tariffs.
Read moreEcosummit TV – Carl Berninghausen pitches 3G Clean Fuel Startup Sunfire
Sunfire CEO Carl Berninghausen pitches his super hot 3G clean fuel startup at ECO11. Afterwards, he is joined by his colleague Nils Aldag during the interview with Ane Mari Aakernes, our Ecosummit TV moderator. Based in Bremen with 7 employees, Sunfire raised €1.2M so far. Sunfire produces third generation synthetic bio fuel (3G bio fuel) without using biomass. Sunfire transforms CO2 and water into clean fuel using renewable energy.
Read moreEcosummit TV – Markus Becker pitches Smart Green Software startup Ecointense at ECO11
It’s startup time on Ecosummit TV. Markus Becker, Founder and CEO of Berlin-based Ecointense, pitches his smart green software startup to investors at Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11). Founded in 2007, Ecointense offers the sustainability management support system called EcoWebDesk, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution helping companies manage Health, Safety and Environment (HSE).
Read moreCleantech Investment Manager Shimpei Yamashita of Sumitomo Corporation talks about Cleantech Economy Japan and Fukushima on Ecosummit TV
Shimpei Yamashita, Cleantech Investment Manager at Sumitomo Corporation, flew from Tokyo via London to Berlin to give an elaborate speech about the Cleantech Economy in Japan at Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11) on 25 March. This is our first long Youtube HD video on Ecosummit TV. Shimpei explains the status quo and future of the Japanese Cleantech Economy and the lack of smart green VC-backed startups in Japan.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Frank Siebke – Good Energies – Cleantech VC
In his talk “PV – Is the Party Over?” at Ecosummit 2011, Frank Siebke, Investment Director at Good Energies, gives a detailed overview of the current and future trends of the PV industry from an investor’s point of view. Frank says that the party is not over yet, solar has still a huge potential. After polycrystalline silicon solar (1G) and thin-film solar (2G) now we enter the third solar technology generation (3G) which is organic PV (OPV).
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Klaus Dibbern – Flinc – Ride Sharing
At ECO11, Klaus Dibbern, CEO of Flinc, pitched his dynamic ride sharing startup to investors and was interviewed by our Ecosummit TV moderator Ane Mari Aakernes. Flinc matches people that want to join the social mobility network to share rides to make money (driver) or save money (passenger). If you share rides in shared cars including taxis then we like to call it Sustainable Social Mobility. That’s the future of mobility. Flinc already has €1.2M funding and looks for a new funding round of approximately €1M. Klaus agreed to share his Flinc slides as PDF.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Paulus Neef – Henner Gladen – MAMA
CEO Paulus Neef and Venture Partner Henner Gladen of the Berlin-based Sustainability VC called MAMA talk with Jan Michael Hess at Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11). MAMA is a young early stage investor focusing on Cleantech and Sustainability that currently has 3 companies in its portfolio. The strategic limited partner of MAMA is the global innovation corporate 3M. MAMA wants to bring sustainability to the mass market and we look forward to further cooperation in the future.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Conrad Ess – Green Technology Staffing
Conrad Ess, founder and CEO of Mannheim-based Green Technology Staffing, talks about Human Capital for the Green Economy at Ecosummit 2011. Conrad points out that the Green Economy is a huge industry and that it urgently needs more qualified people, entrepreneurs and employees. GTS has several hundred open smart green jobs to fill. I totally agree and I am proud that GTS is a loyal sponsor of Ecosummit.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Andreas Muth – Bank Sarasin
Andreas Muth, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the German Bank Sarasin AG, talks about sustainable banking and investing. Employing 50 analysts Bank Sarasin tracks the sustainability performance of public companies and puts the best companies into their sustainability fund products. The key insight is that in recent years best-in-class sustainable public companies finally outperformed unsustainable companies on the stock market. Sustainability management pays off. That’s good news. The ultimate goal, of course, is to achieve 100% sustainable investments.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Nick Kanopoulos – Brite Solar
Nick Kanopoulos, cofounder and CEO of Brite Solar, pitches his 3G solar startup to investors at Ecosummit 2011. Afterwards, Nick is interviewed by Ane Mari Aakernes, our Ecosummit TV moderator during ECO11. Brite develops transparent coloured PV panels that can be used as energy-producing building windows. Brite currently looks for €2M venture capital to enable mass production of their PanePower Solar Windows. Brite is a Greek startup with R&D in Greece and Marketing and Sales in the US. Nick agreed to share his Brite Solar Slides as PDF.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Holger Schmitz – Ventizz Capital
Holger Schmitz is investment manager at Ventizz Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing growth capital into strong Cleantech companies in the German speaking countries. They don’t do early stage VC deals but rather look for companies that have between €10M and €200M revenues. Their current portfolio includes 1366 Technologies and Sovello. Apparently, their funds enjoy a very good performance with an investment multiple of 7.8 on average.
Read moreEcosummit TV – ECO11 – Harry Boehme – Novaled
Harry Böhme, CFO of Novaled, gives an update on his company at ECO11. Novaled is the fabless European leader in Organic LED (OLED) and one of the most exciting Cleantech startups in Germany. Founded in 2001, Novaled is profitable and made revenues of €10M in 2010 with 100 employees. Among Novaled’s investors is the German VC eCapital. Unfortunately, Novaled does not plan another financing round and may rather consider an IPO or tradesale some time in the future.
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