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| Atraverda Ltd., South Wales,
UK |
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Atraverda is an advanced materials company.
Atraverda's technology is based on the properties
of its versatile proprietary Ebonex® technology, a
titanium sub-oxide material. Primary application
include a bi-polar battery which is set to
revolutionize a host of markets including the
emerging hybrid electric vehicles sector, personal
mobility, standby power, defence and telecoms. The
Ebonex® technology bi-polar batteries employ
significantly less lead than conventional batteries
therefore delivering huge environmental and cost
reduction benefits. The battery is assembled with
simpler and fewer manufacturing processes reducing
the environmental footprint.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in October 2007.
www.atraverda.com
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| CamSemi Ltd., Cambridge,
UK |
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CamSemi is a UK-based company founded in
2002, which focuses on the design and manufacturing
of energy-efficient power conversion products. The
products of CamSemi can convert existing offline
power supplies and lighting products to become more
energy-efficient and to save costly standby energy.
The products are sold as kits to the OEMs and built
into their existing product lines. The
implementation is faster, simpler and can be done
at a lower cost than competing technologies.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in April 2008.
www.camsemi.com
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| ChromoGenics AB, Uppsala,
Sweden |
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ChromoGenics Sweden AB develops new technologies
based on electrochromism. The Company was founded
in 2003 as a natural outgrowth of the research by
Professor Claes-Göran Granqvist at the University
of Uppsala. The technology is based on thin plastic
laminate foils that are able to vary their
transmittancy of light and heat radiation by the
application of a low electrical voltage and which
have a memory effect.
Applications for ChromoGenics technology include
sectors such as construction, property and
transportation and it provides these sectors with a
highly cost effective solution to the growing
requirements for energy consumption reduction and
the need for greener and more energy efficient
buildings and vehicles.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in December 2007.
www.chromogenics.se
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| Danfoss AquaZ A/S, Nordborg,
Denmark |
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Danfoss AquaZ has developed a high efficiency
membrane for purification of water with
significantly lower energy consumption than
existing technologies. Within a few years, the
membrane is expected to reach an efficiency level
suited for commercial production of drinking water
from both salty and contaminated fresh water.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2006.
www.danfoss.com
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| Enecsys, Cambridge, UK |
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Enecsys is an award winning company which was
formed as a result of acquiring intellectual
property from the University of Cambridge. Its name
is derived from Energy Conversion Systems. Enecsys
has developed a micro-inverter to be connected to
each individual solar PV panel which can give cost
savings up to 25% compared to traditional
inverters. The installation is also simpler and the
lifetime of 20-25 years is on par with the solar
panels.
BankInvest New energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2009.
www.enecsys.com
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| GreenOil Standard ApS, Ebeltoft,
Denmark |
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GreenOil Standard Aps is a privately-held,
Danish company located in Ebeltoft, Denmark. The
company manufactures and markets a series of
compact oil filtration and water separation units.
The equipment secures unique cleanliness levels and
extreme low water contents in technical oils. The
filter technology offers the best specifications
for deep filtration of oils. All units are equipped
with a patented water separation that removes free,
emulsified and bound water continuously. GreenOils
unique oil filtration and water separation unit has
big market potentials in wind turbines.
BankInvest New energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2008.
www.greenoil.dk
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| HPL (High Power Lithium) SA, Lausanne,
Switzerland |
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HPL SA have invented a way to fuse carbon with
MnPO4 crystals to make a very large surface area
material which forms a highly conductive cathode
material that will make the Li-ion battery
inherently safe (as opposed to cobalt based Li-ion
batteries) and at significantly lower cost than
standard cobalt based Li-ion batteries. Briefly,
HPL's Manganese Phosphate has the benefits: Safety,
low cost, durability. Coupled with a voltage of
3.85V vs. carbon it enables 20% greater energy
density per cell and 20% lower costs per Whr than
an Iron Phosphate material.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in May 2008.
www.highpowerlithium.com
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| Iosil, Albuquerque, New
Mexico |
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Iosil is an innovator in the production of
high-purity solar grade polysilicon for the
photovoltaic industry at a price significantly
below current production methods. The company is
uniquely positioned in the solar industry with a
breakthrough technology for the production of
high-purity (99.99999% pure) polysilicon. Further,
Iosil has demonstrated its ability to produce
high-purity polysilicon from the waste material (or
'kerf') created by wafer sawing operations, a
market opportunity awaiting such a solution as well
as via upgrading metallurgical grade silicon.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in March 2010.
www.iosil-energy.com
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| Marine Current Turbines Ltd., Bristol,
UK |
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Tidal under water turbine and generators. The
technology represents a novel method for generating
electricity from the huge tidal energy resources in
the sea.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in March 2004.
www.marineturbines.com
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| Nujira Ltd., Cambridge,
UK |
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Nujira is the leading supplier of ultra-high
efficiency RF power amplifier technology. Founded
in 2002 by a team with a history of high profile
equipment designs for major blue-chip
telecommunications companies, and backed by major
technology venture funds, our mission is to change
the way RF power amplifiers are designed. In the
cellular and digital broadcast infrastructure
markets, Nujira?s High Accuracy Tracking (HAT?)
Power Modulators for 3G, evolved 3G, DVB and WiMAX
broadband RF power amplifiers enable equipment
vendors to design flexible, power-efficient,
smaller, cheaper base stations and transmitters to
meet the increasingly demanding needs of operators
and broadcasters worldwide. For cellular handsets,
Nujira is working in partnership with established
RF subsystem vendors to enable the design of
cost-effective multi-mode, multi-band handsets with
extended battery life.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in September 2008.
www.nujira.com
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| O-Flexx technologies GmbH, Rattingen,
Germany |
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O-Flexx has developed a proprietary technology
for transforming heat into energy. The technology
makes it possible to boost the efficiency of
traditional solar panels without taking up
additional space.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2007.
www.oflexx.com
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| PowerSense A/S, Lyngby,
Denmark |
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PowerSense has developed a technology for
monitoring and detection of faults in the medium
voltage electrical grid by means of optical sensors
installed in the transformer stations. The
technology makes it possible for utilities to
optimise the operation and reliability of the
existing grid and to eliminate or postpone
investments in capacity.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2006.
www.powersense.dk
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| Promeos GmbH, Erlangen,
Germany |
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Advanced ceramic burners and controls for
natural gas and oil firing. The focus is on use of
the highly porous structures' properties for
combustion processes providing a very high power
density over a widely adjustable load range.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in July 2003.
www.promeos.com
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| Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH, Berlin,
Germany |
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Sulfurcell develops, manufactures and
distributes thin-film solar modules using a
proprietary technology based on
copper-indium-disulfide (CIS). The company was
established in 2003 as a spin-off from the
Hahn-Meitner Institute (HMI), in Berlin. After the
spin-off from HMI, Sulfurcell developed and
implemented a pilot production that began
generating sales in early 2006 and currently has an
annualised production run rate of 1.5 MW.
Sulfurcell uses environmentally friendly materials
and the unobtrusive and sleek appearance of
Sulfurcell?s modules meets the highest aesthetic
standards.
The company plans to build a 75 MW facility in a
two-step process, and to broaden its technology in
order to significantly enhance module
efficiency.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions committed
capital in the company in June 2008.
www.sulfurcell.de
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| UltraCell Corporation, Livermore,
California, USA |
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UltraCell develops and manufactures complete
micro fuel cell systems for portable devices. The
Company has an exclusive license with Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratories for micro fuel cell
technology based upon using proprietary reformed
methanol (RMFC) technology in the fuel reformer and
hydrogen fuel cell stack.
Lead customers in military, laptop, and
industrial applications are currently purchasing
UltraCell prototypes for evaluation and design-in
purposes.
In March 2005 the Company completed their Series
B financing round with lead investor, BankInvest
and following investors Sevin Rosen Funds, Onpoint
Ventures (US Army funded), and Star Ventures
(Frankfurt).
www.ultracellpower.com
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| Vycon Inc. Cerritos, California,
USA |
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Manufacturing and sales of flywheel energy
storage systems for a wide range of world wide
applications and distribution. The technology
provides an efficient and cost effective energy
storage flywheel system suited for the power
quality and grid capacity improvements and the UPS
markets.
BankInvest New Energy Solutions invested in the
company in June 2004.
Vycon made a succesful IPO on AIM in March 2007
thus starting the one year lock-up period for
BankInvest New Energy Solutions
www.vyconenergy.com
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