Clean and Cool 2017

Infrastructure

Mining energy: Gravitricity secures £650,000 to develop energy storage system

Energy storage technology is based on idea that 'what goes up must come down'

clock 08 February 2018 • 2 min read

Marine

Wave power: Could manmade coral unlock the 'final frontier' of renewable energy?

Wave energy has endured decades of hype and disappointment, but one start-up thinks it has the answer: transforming wave power into coastal protection

clock 09 August 2017 • 6 min read

R&D

Breathing new life into waste batteries

Clean + Cool 2017 Mission alumni Aceleron is collecting old lithium batteries from cars and laptops and reprocessing them to deliver low cost energy storage capacity

clock 06 July 2017 • 6 min read

Technology

Reflections on a week spent in the Start-up State

At the end of a fascinating, jam-packed week of meetings, presentations and networking, this year's Clean + Cool cohort have a luggage load of learnings to take back to the UK

clock 20 June 2017 • 5 min read

Technology

Innovation on a plate: What the green economy can learn from Silicon Valley's 'future food' fixation

BusinessGreen unpacks some of the ingredients that go into a winning start-up strategy

clock 19 June 2017 • 9 min read

Carbon Accounting

Clean and Cool 2017: Putting the circular economy on the map

UK start-up and Clean and Cool mission member Topolytics aims to lift the lid on the waste disposal industry with its mapping software

clock 15 June 2017 • 5 min read

Technology

Clean and Cool 2017: How green start-ups can save a CSO's bacon

Clean tech start-ups should focus on finding and helping those chief sustainability officers under pressure to deliver on ambitious green targets, advise Silicon Valley leaders

clock 14 June 2017 • 5 min read

Aviation

Are waste-based biofuels ready for take off?

Green Fuels makes biofuels from waste oils - and it's planning to take its invention to the skies

clock 13 June 2017 • 5 min read