Category: Award

SET18 Finalist: BioLite’s Mini-Doc Series Unpacking the Micro-Revolution of Energy in East Africa

For half the planet, access to energy remains elusive, unreliable, and expensive. In east Africa, where traditional structures fail or are slow to form, a decentralized network of energy has […]

Start Up Energy Transition Award 2019: Finalists nominated

15 start-ups from Europe, Australia, China, Thailand, Uganda and the USA have made it to the final of the Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award 2019. Whether it be autonomous […]

SET 2019 Application Success!

We are excited and proud to share that after the end of our application phase on January 31st, we received more than 400 applications from almost 80 countries – just […]

Start-up Spotlight: Africa GreenTec AG

Jesse Pielke, as Head of Operations of SET 100 2018 start-up: Africa GreenTec, shares some insights of the founding and future direction of their innovative start-up and energy solution. Describe […]

SET 2019 Kicks-off at World Energy Week

The Start Up Energy Transition Award 2019 (SET19) application kick-off was officially announced during the World Energy Week in Milan on 10.10.2018. The World Energy Week is the World Energy […]

SET Award 2019: Call for applications for top innovators in the energy transition

The SET initiative invites start-ups around the world to present their business ideas The international ‘Start Up Energy Transition’ (SET) initiative invites young and innovative companies around the world to […]

SET 100 Interview: tiko Energy Solutions AG

As one of the biggest real-time Smart Grids in the world, tiko enables players within the energy industry, such as utilities, grids and device manufacturers to innovate and create new […]

Innovative Mobility in China with XCharge, SET 18 Finalist

Finalist of the Innovative Mobility category, XCharge provides an integrated “Hardware + Software” system which allows the client to maximize charging revenue while minimizing maintenance costs. For hardware, additional Cortex […]

Innovative energy start-ups in the spotlight at the 24th World Energy Congress

Partnership with the German Energy Agency will bring the ‘Start Up Energy Transition’ (SET) initiative to Abu Dhabi next September, putting innovative energy start-ups in front of policymakers and investors […]

SET17 SDG7 winner ColdHubs joins Foodtrack Maersk & Rockstart program!

Congrats to our #SET17 #SDG7 winner ColdHubs for being one of the 10 start-ups to join the FoodTrack Maersk rockstart program! Read more about it here. ColdHubs provides solar-powered cooling […]