Cleantech startups are making significant energy efficiency improvements

Cleantech (Clean Technology) is becoming a significant alternative for reducing adverse environmental impacts. Undoubtedly, climate change has been a crucial concern for centuries. However, recent developments in alternative energy sources are poised to reduce pessimistic environmental impacts, paving the way towards a sustainable world. The use of clean technology significantly improves energy efficiency and enables the sustainable use of resources or environmental protection activities.

While the cleantech market is in a nascent stage, it is expected to rise exponentially. Here are the 10 promising cleantech startups that are making the world greener. 

Log 9 Materials

Log 9 Materials is a Bengaluru, India-based graphene research and development company. Started in 2015, the company aims to revolutionize the energy sector with an innovative zero-emission, low-cost aluminum-air fuel cell. Its Aluminum Fuel Cells are a 100% green form of alternative energy that are long-range, cost-effective, easy to use. It uses abundantly available aluminum, air and water to generate energy and removes the hassle of recharging.

Facedrive

Facedrive is a Canada-based “people-and-planet first” ride-sharing platform. It is the first to offer green transportation solutions in this space. Facedrive is committed to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably, with a firm dedication not only to seamless customer service that offsets CO2 by planting thousands of trees and gives riders a choice between EVs, hybrids and conventional vehicles but also to its drivers.

Zeleros

Zeleros, a Valencia, Spain-based company, designs and develops hyperloop technology for more sustainable and energy-efficient transportation. The company minimizes infrastructure complexity by adding technologies in the vehicle, which drastically cuts the cost of infrastructure per kilometer, delivering the needed scalability that the hyperloop needs for global deployment. Zeleros' hyperloop system can operate at safe pressure levels where aviation is already certified to fly, simplifying processes and ensuring common safety methods.

Fuergy

Fuergy is a Slovakian Greentech startup that is committed to making renewables effective and affordable to everyone. The company has built a highly-scalable hardware device and proprietary AI-powered software backed by blockchain called “brAIn”. This device helps users optimize energy consumption and maximize the energy efficiency of renewables.

Power Ledger

Power Ledger is an Australian tech company that has developed a series of world-leading blockchain energy applications, including P2P energy trading applications. By using blockchain technology, the company provides a transparent, auditable, and automated market trading and clearing mechanism to benefit producers and consumers. Power Ledger's technology enables the sale of surplus renewable energy generated at residential and commercial developments and homes and businesses connected to existing electricity distribution networks, or within micro-grids.

Solytic

Solytic is a data-driven marketplace to optimize the performance of PV plants. The company uses artificial intelligence to automate processes to optimize production and cut costs throughout the entire life cycle of assets. It believes automating solar PV is key for a faster and more profitable energy transition. Solytic strives to become the world's largest platform for decentralized solar PV, connecting millions of assets to companies offering services and products.

Skilancer Solar

Skilancer Solar specializes in maximizing energy production from Solar panels. The company is a brainchild of IIT Jodhpur alumni Neeraj Kumar with 3 years of work experience in the solar industry and Manish Kumar Das, an instrumentation engineer with 10 years of experience. Skilancer Solar provides permanent professional cleaning services [MCS] of solar panels of commercial parks and establishments.

Energy Vault

Energy Vault is a Switzerland-based cleantech company that offers a utility-scale, gravity-based storage solution for renewable energy. Established in 2017, Energy Vault is the developer of gravity and kinetic energy-based, long-duration energy storage solutions that are transforming the world’s approach to delivering reliable and sustainable electricity. The Energy Vault solution uses the same fundamentals of physics and kinetic energy as pumped hydro but replaces the water with custom-made cylindrical blocks utilizing an extremely innovative use of low-cost materials.

TresMoto

TresMoto, a Bengaluru-based Greentech startup that builds smart, connected, purpose-built electric scooters designed ground up for shared and personal use on Indian roads. The company's first offering, The TresMoto Mule Share is a plug and play scooter for Dockless rental service providers and comes with removable batteries and charging docks. Recently, TresMoto raised an undisclosed amount in a funding round that will be used for the final stages of product development and homologation of its flagship electric scooter. 

Enphase Energy

Enphase Energy is a California-based Greentech startup offering a micro-inverter system that delivers solar energy to homes and businesses. The company brings a system-based, high-tech approach to solar energy, leveraging expertise in semiconductor integration, power electronics and networking technologies to continually advance the performance, intelligence and reliability of solar energy systems. Enphase's vision is to make solar simple and energy smart so everyone is empowered to create a zero-energy footprint for themselves, their home and their business.