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Solar energy
9 EIC Accelerator winners have Solar energy as their main industry, 8% of Energy. 2 more work in it as their second industry.
9
Companies
+2
Also active here
3
Sub-industries
11
Technologies used
22%
Exits
44%
Show signs of scaling
Technologies
Companies per year of first award
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
- Solar energy
Show the numbers
| Companies | Solar energy | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
What happened to them (9 of 9 checked)
- Active5 (56%)
- Exit2 (22%)
- Failed1 (11%)
- Other1 (11%)
Signs of scaling
- Scaling4 (44%)
- Not scaling3 (33%)
- Scaling unclear2 (22%)
Keywords
- Blackout resilience
- Combined heat and power
- Copper metallisation
- Crop growth
- Electroplating
- European solar manufacturing
- Feasibility studies
- Greenhouses
- Heliostats
- Heterojunction solar cells
- Hot water
- Kerf-free wafers
- Module assembly
- Nanocoatings
- Photovoltaic manufacturing
- Plant layout
- Precision dispensing
- PVT panels
- Rooftop solar
- Sandwich composites
- Shading
- Silicon wafers
- Silver reduction
- Silver replacement
- Smart home devices
- Solar blinds
- Solar cell efficiency
- Solar cell metallisation
- Solar glass
- Solar mirrors
- Solar towers
- Solar tracking
- TOPCon
- Transparent contacts
- Transparent solar panels
- Utility-scale solar
- Wafer printing
All 9 companies in Solar energy
| Company | Project | Country | Cut-off | Funding | Status | Rasph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HighLine Technology GmbH | HighLineFine Line Dispensing Process to apply Narrow Metal Contacts onto Solar Cells | Germany | June 2022 | Blended finance | Active | Deep dive |
| Rise Technology Srl | iSPLASHIndustrial Selective PLAting for Solar Heterojunction | Italy | March 2022 | Grant first | Active | Deep dive |
| NexWafe GmbH | EpiNexThe ultimate solar power revolution: a technology that maximises solar wafer efficiency whilst drastically cutting manufacturing costs | Germany | October 2020 | Grant only | Active | Deep dive |
| BRITE HELLAS SA | PanePowerSWTransparent Solar Panel Technology for Energy Autonomous Greenhouses | Greece | May 2020 | Blended finance | Active | Deep dive |
| ABORA ENERGY SL | SHEThe most profitable Solar collector on the market to supply Heat and Electricity | Spain | October 2019 | Blended finance | Insolvent | Deep dive |
| Mesoline B.V. | ETC SolarshadeInvisible metal contacts for solar cells – boosting power output while cutting costs | Netherlands | June 2019 | Grant only | Acquired | Deep dive |
| Tewer Engineering SL | AUTO-RSTFlexible automated manufacturing of RST Facets: High Performance Solar Reflectors for CSP industry | Spain | June 2019 | Grant only | Active | Deep dive |
| Rated Power SL | pvDesignpvDesign® accelerates and optimises the Design of Utility-Scale Photovoltaic plants | Spain | April 2019 | Grant only | Acquired | Deep dive |
| SOLARGAPS LLC | SolarGapsSolarGaps – Energy generating smart solar window blinds | Ukraine | January 2019 | Grant only | Unknown | Deep dive |
Also active in Solar energy
Companies with another main industry and this one as their second.
| Company | Project | Industry | Country | Cut-off | Funding | Status | Rasph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXDOT | NexdiagRevolutionising allergies diagnostics with the next generation of ultra-sensitive highly multiplexed diagnostic tests based on micro-pearls | In vitro diagnostics | France | October 2022, May 2026 | Blended finance | Active | Deep dive |
| NOVA INNOVATION LTD | UpTEMPOUpscaling Tidal Energy Manufacturing & Production Output | Marine energy | United Kingdom | October 2021 | Grant only | Active | Deep dive |
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