Top 25

The Nordic Cleantech Open top 25 companies 2011/2012

During the second year of the Nordic Cleantech Open competition we received applications from 97 companies. Our jury graded the companies on three different criteria; their innovation, their market and their ability to execute. After this process was finished we summed up the results to create the list of the 25 most promising Nordic Cleantech start-ups. Below are short descriptions of these companies. If you want to know more please download the top 25 publication (PDF).

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Aquiloz – top 10 Finalist
Norway
www.aquiloz.com
Aquiloz is developing the next generation of wind power prediction and trading information system. The Aquiloz system use computational fluid dynamics – CFD models combined with both production forecasting, risk assessment and decision support tools. The system will deploy plug-ins and adaptors in order to be integrated with the customers existing systems.

Asema Electronics
Finland
www.asema.com
Asema Electronics manufactures consumer terminals and wireless controllers. Asema E electricity saver is a touchscreen display that offers an integrated Home Area Network gateway, home automation, per appliance power measurement, tariff driven home appliance control, and smart meter integration in one device.

Black Silicon Solar – Third price winner
Denmark
www.blacksiliconsolar.com
Black Silicon Solar develops a nanotechnology process for improving silicon solar cells in a cost-efficient way. Focusing on cost reduction rather than improving efficiency Black Silicon Solar has developed an alternative texturing process that reduce production cost, production time, use of toxic chemicals and use of silicon.

Carbatt
Norway
www.carbatt.no
Carbatt offer a solution to power electric vehicles based on a new unique nano-cell solid-state battery. The battery delivers energy densities above 30 times that of lithium batteries. This makes the electric vehicle not just competitive but superior to any combustion engine driven vehicle both in performance, range and cost.

Cellfab
Sweden
cellfab.se
Cell-reinforcement is a new, unique reinforcement method for concrete, asphalt and other materials. The Cell-reinforcement produced by Cellfab uses 75% less steel than traditional reinforcement. Cell-reinforcement also strengthens the structure and has better pressure- and crack distribution. The method can reduce labour costs with more than 50%.

CentriClean Systems
Sweden
www.centriclean.eu
CentriClean Systems offers its innovative technology, PowerSwirl® for industrial air filtration, based on a development of the traditional cyclone technology. A high separation efficiency over a wide flow range means that the technique can be used where conventional cyclones have not previously been used, eg for flue gas cleaning.

Danish Power Systems
Denmark
daposy.com
The fuel cells from Danish Power Systems deliver efficient, clean and renewable energy. Danish Power Systems develops the critical component, the membrane electrode assembly, which facilitates the electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Danish Power Systems is able to control very complicated parameters to achieve desired qualities as one of very few companies in the world.

Ekobalans Fenix
Sweden
www.ekobalans.se
Ekobalans offers sustainable solutions in the handling of nutrient rich residues such as sewage sludge, biogas digestate, manure and bio energy ashes. The nutrients in the residues are extracted by Ekobalans in a patented process and refined into high quality recycled alternatives to artificial fertilizers that do not carry a ballast of heavy metals and harmful organic substances.

Ekolite
Finland
www.ekolite.fi
Ekolite converts “Waste to Value” when making composite materials from biomass and industrial wastes. The manufacturing technology is very resource efficient. Ekolite will commercialize new modified biofuel ash based geopolymers for infrastructures and new natural fibre composites for thermal, acoustic and fire insulating materials.

Enercomp
Finland
www.enercomp.fi
Enercomp’s solution reduces energy consumption of industrial pumping and fan systems. Information is gathered from the pumps by a wireless sensor system. Based on this a survey of the pump systems is established and the system can be optimised. The system covers all motor applications and the savings are easy and immediate.

Enevo
Finland
www.enevo.com
Enevo offers a solution that gives waste management companies 20-40% savings in waste collection costs by optimizing their collection intervals, routes and equipment utilization. This is accomplished by using proprietary smart wireless fill level sensors and powerful online analytics software.

Lunavation
Sweden
www.lunavation.com
With the use of the new super material graphene, Lunavation has succeeded in producing a new type of lighting. The lighting component could be printed in a roll-to-roll process using a solution based and fully recyclable mixture of polymers. The technology is somewhat similar to OLED’s but could be printed over large surfaces, in ambient conditions.

MetGen - Third price winner
Finland
www.metgen.fi
MetGen is developing and producing oxidase enzymes called Laccases. MetGens Laccases can be used in a number of industrial processes. One example of use are wood pre-treatment in pulp and paper mills where Laccases give a 15%-20% reduction of the energy consumption.

NeoZeo
Sweden
www.neo-zeo.com
Based on inventions in the preparation of volume-efficient and durable adsorbents for gas separation, NeoZeo is offering novel solutions to tap the largest unexplored potential for producing raw biogas; the farms. NeoZeo will build biogas-upgrading modules suitable for small and mid-sized flows of raw biogas produced at farms, the oil wells of the future!

Numcore – Top 10 finalist
Finland
www.numcore.com
Numcore has developed a solution that increases the recovery in froth flotation processes. The solution enables automatic control of froth properties leading to a significant increase in recovery. It creates a 3D-image of the flotation cell and accurately measures stiffness and thickness of the froth via conductivity measurements.

Norsetek
Norway
www.norsetek.no
Using Norseteks innovative concept wind turbine rotors can be built significantly lighter and larger than today. The method can save up to 40% of the rotor weight, and lower the fabrication costs significantly. The rotor blades are also sectioned near the middle! This enables easy transport of even larger wind turbines on small roads and by sea!

Orexplore
Sweden
orexplore.com
Orexplore is developing a portable, easy-to-use and extremely accurate equipment for analysing the composition of non-organic materials. It can for example detect hazardous heavy metals. The measurement is based on an innovative method combining two x-ray detection principles, fluorescence and transmission detection. The detection accuracy is unprecedented for an instrument in this category.

Pegasor – Top 10 finalist
Finland
www.pegasor.fi
The innovation of Pegasor is a sensor for continuous fine particle concentration monitoring. Pegasor already has a market presence in the automotive industry. This market will grow rapidly in the next few years as well as the market for indoor air, outdoor air and stack emission monitoring that Pegasor will also commercialize solutions for.

Re-Turn
Norway
re-turn.no
Re-Turn develops solvent-free coatings and gel coats in PUR and epoxy, reinforced with carbon nano-tubes. Applications are found in offshore, shipbuilding and wind energy. The carbon nano-tubes add strength and provide a lower surface roughness that translates into easier cleaning, less use of chemicals and lowering of the friction in water and air.

Reformtech – Top 10 finalist
Sweden
www.reformtech.se
The flame free catalytic combustion in ReformTechs unique catalytic heaters provides several advantages such as high fuel efficiency without any dangerous emissions. Among other advantages with this exciting technology is, the possibility to use different fuels, a directionally controllable heat radiation, low costs and robust performance.

Tomologic – First price winner
Sweden
www.tomologic.com
Tomologic offers a scalable optimization service online that benefits customers through cost savings without the need of any user interaction and initial investments. Tomologic has developed a technology that optimize sheet metal cutting. The process reduces scrap from raw material in this energy intensive industry up to 50%.

Ultranat – Second price winner
Finland
www.ultranat.fi
Ultranat has developed and protected a unique method for processing ash. The method enables ash from biomass fuel power plants to be processed into valuable products. The micronutrients are separated and used for fertilizers and animal feed. The remaining parts, i.e. the body part of ash, consists of purified silicate fractions, which have several applications.

Vasasensor- Top 10 finalist
Sweden
www.vasasensor.com
Vasasensors thin sensor units enable optimization of production processes during full speed. This is a solution for the needs of the paper industry to better control dewatering in the press section of the paper machines. Only 1% more efficient dewatering in the press leads to 4 % increased production or 4% less steam consumption.

ZEG Power
Norway
www.zegpower.com
With an efficiency of about 80-90% and integrated CO2 capture the ZEG-technology represents a truly revolutionary energy technology concept. The ZEG-technology produces both electricity and hydrogen with integrated CO2 capture less expensive than today. In addition there are no other emissions, and the technology is flexible with respect to fuels.

Zemission – Top 10 finalist
Sweden
www.zemission.se
Zemission’s product is a multi-fuel, zero emission burner system for heating systems in Electric and Hybrid vehicles. Due to the absence of heat from a combustion engine, heating the interior of these is a problem. Electrical heating reduces the driving range of up to 50%. The Zemission burner is outstanding for this application. It does not reduce the range, it is silent, and it is Zero Emission.

The Nordic Cleantech Open top 25 companies 2010/2011

During the first year of the Nordic Cleantech Open competition we received applications from 80 companies. Our jury graded the companies on three different criteria; their innovation, their market and their ability to execute. After this process was finished we summed up the results to create the list of the 25 most promising Nordic Cleantech start-ups. Below are short descriptions of these companies. If you want to know more please download the top 25 publication (PDF).

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All the Nordic countries are represented with at least one company on the the top 25 Nordic Cleantech Open list.

The top 25 2010/2011

AkkuSer
Finland
AkkuSer is recycling batteries like no one else. The company has developed a novel recycling technology that increases both safety and raises the recycling crate considerably. Valuable metals like nickel, cobalt and iron are recovered and can be sold.

Applied Nano Surfaces
Sweden
Applied Nano Surfaces offers a low friction coating method. The technology can significantly enhance the performance and reduce waste of energy in for example combustion engines, bearings and compressors.

BT Wood
Finland
BT Wood® has developed environmentally friendly wood preservation products. These products have the potential to revolutionize the wood preservative industry where market leaders still rely heavily on harmful toxic chemicals.

Cortus
Sweden
Cortus have developed a gasification technology for supplying green power to process industries. This technology offers flexibility to use a variety of biofuels, no fossil CO2 emission and a clean synthesis gas in one integrated process.

Ecospark
Sweden
Ecospark has a technology with the potential to revolutionize lighting. Ecosparks LEDs are more energy efficient than the existing, provide an excellent light spectrum and can be manufactured at 8 to 10 times lower cost than existing LEDs.

Enevo
Finland
Enevo’s solution is a consumer friendly energy management service. The intention is to reach a mass market with an easily understandable, affordable and complete energy management service that upgrades homes to the next generation in energy efficiency, comfort and safety.

EnSol
Norway
EnSol is developing a unique photovoltaic cell technology. This technology utilizes the phenomenal optical absorption of metal nano particles. The manufacturing process will allow large scale, low cost production.

GridManager
Denmark
The GridManager solution is an all-in-one package of energy efficiency. It enables individual intervention, online monitoring and automatic management of your electricity use. Through a web portal electricity consumption profiles can be easily analyzed and controlled.

Innowind
Norway
Innowind is offering a “Game Change” in the wind industry. The product is an innovative windmill rotor system that utilizes both horizontal and vertical kinetic energy. The concept reduces the diameter on a windmill with 2/3rd while keeping the energy output.

JustCommonSense
Sweden
JustCommonSense has a unique technology for organic mechanical weed control in growing crops. It is basically a weed cutter, which combs through the growing crop and cuts the weeds while sparing the crop.

MHG Systems
Finland
MHG’s business idea is a global bio energy and feedstock resource-planning service to be developed in a Ghanaian case study as an African bio energy platform and global biomass certification tool.

Mzymes
Finland
Mzymes is offering a sustainable solution to bioremediation of contaminated soils. The innovative technology is based on using fungi in bioremediation. The method is able to degrade persistent contaminants more rapidly and efficiently than composting method.

Netcycler
Finland
Netcycler is an online swap service for second-hand goods. In 2010, Netcycler was launched in Finland and it is currently being launched in Germany. There are already over 18 000 users of Netcycler and the number grows exponentially. Netcycler makes trading second-hand goods easy, social and fun.

Oricane
Sweden
The Internet today uses more than 5% of the total electricity in the world. By providing faster, simpler and cheaper software solutions Oricane minimizes Internet’s overall energy consumption. The power consumption can easily be reduced by over 95%.

Pontoon Power
Norway
Pontoon Power offers a concept for a relatively large-scale production of electric energy from ocean waves. It is a floating wave power station suitable for operation in the open ocean. The technology can be as profitable as energy produced by wind turbines.

Rehact
Sweden
Rehact has developed a new type of ventilation/heat exchanger unit to be used in buildings. The product creates synergies with existing technology thereby enabling a higher level of reused energy but also better utilization of local energy sources like solar collectors.

ReMake Electric
Iceland
ReMake Electric has developed an energy management system that give consumers detailed information that enables energy savings, increases operational safety and allows monitoring via text message or email.

Scandinavian Energy Efficiency Co, SEEC
Sweden
SEEC offers smart geothermal energy storage. Summer heat is stored in the soil for retrieval in winter. Winter cold is stored in the soil for retrieval in summer. Storing energy instead of producing it significantly reduces operating costs and energy consumption.

Seaweed Energy Solutions
Norway
SES innovation is a sheet-like structure that in essence copies a very large seaweed plant where seaweed can be seeded and cultivated. This large-scale cultivation and conversion of the biomass to biogas and bioethanol is the main tasks for the company.

Sorbwater Technology
Norway
Sorbwater have developed Sorbfloc, a highly specialised flocculent, to remove particles from wastewater. Sorbfloc is seaweed based; totally green and highly effective in cleaning for example slop water from offshore oilrigs.

Sorubin
Sweden
Sorubin addresses the need of water aeration via its novel and high energy saving technology. The main advantage of the technology is the large energy efficiency. The technology offers a decrease of energy costs related to aeration of up to 90%.

Svenska Aerogel
Sweden
Svenska Aerogel offers aerogel that can be used for filtration of air and water or as insulation. The manufacturing process makes it possible to produce aerogels at a significantly lower cost than existing. These products are environmentally friendly and recyclable.

Vigor Wave Energy
Sweden
The Vigor Wave Energy Converter is a big hose floating on the water’s surface. Letting in seawater and air into the hose creates batches that “surf” inside the hose. The batches create high-pressurized water that is led through a turbine and is transformed to electric power.

WindFlip
Norway
WindFlip is a specialized barge that transports and installs floating wind turbines. The barge can operate in shallow waters, opening up huge markets worldwide for floating offshore wind turbines. WindFlip is enabling floating wind.

ZenRobotics
Finland
ZenRobotics manufactures a robotic waste sorting system. The system utilizes biomimetic artificial intelligence and industrial robots to separate raw materials. Using the system, construction and demolition waste is turned to useful products and sold at a profit.