Editor’s note: This article was first published in October 2015 as news about the winners of the fund’s fourth call; the fifth call it mentions closed on 15 November 2015.
The winners of the fourth call of the Repsol Foundation Entrepreneurs Fund have been announced. The fund was looking for business projects offering innovative solutions in energy and energy efficiency.
Following the announcement, the fifth call for new innovative proposals is already open. Entrepreneurs have until 15 November to fill in the form available on the website.
According to the Foundation, more than 200 proposals were submitted. After an evaluation process that, for the first time, included a two-month pre-incubation period, 15 finalists were chosen in July. From these, 4 projects will receive financial support of up to €288,000 for a maximum of 2 years, and 5 ideas will receive €24,000 over 1 year to mature into businesses.
These are the selected projects and ideas.
Winning projects
1. Energy Harvesting.
This business project generates electricity from waste heat using Peltier cells.
2. Kerionics.
This company works with ceramic membranes to generate oxygen for industrial uses.
3. Solar salts.
New salt formulations for storing energy in solar thermal power plants.
4. Xerolutions.
Nanoporous organic materials optimised for supercapacitors.
Selected ideas
1. Fuelium:
An idea based on making eco-friendly, disposable paper batteries.
2. RegeneRING:
Energy recovery from fluids using thermoelectric technology.
3. SiTerm:
Thermoelectric microsensors for detecting leaks.
4. Solar Oxides:
Flexible photovoltaic solar cells made by 3D printing.
5. Wireless Power:
An integrable, contactless wireless power transfer system.
At the event where the winning ideas and projects were announced, the organisers reminded attendees that the fifth call of the Entrepreneurs Fund is now open and will accept new applications until 15 November 2015.
Featured image: Michael Bemmerl, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
