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Connecting Minds. Powering Change.

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The future of energy impacts all of us. Are you eager to play a part in energy innovation and policy? 

Are you interested in being involved in a joint action plan regarding energy transition? We are looking for professionals who are enthusiastic about participating in stakeholder dialogues.

About WEnnovate

WEnnovate is on a mission to drive change in the face of today's energy challenges.

Recognising the critical link between the energy and digital sectors, we work towards fair, affordable, and decentralised energy systems.

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Who should apply? 

We are aiming to revolutionise the energy landscape by leveraging the powerful synergy between digital and deep-tech solutions. Diving deep into our target ecosystems in Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Ukraine helps us:  

  • understand different local level challenges, 
  • identify gaps, 
  • spotlight crucial innovations, 
  • and best practices. 

  • Through collaborative efforts, we are crafting EU-level action plans that turbocharge the role of digital and deep-tech innovations in driving the energy transition forward. 

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    What is our challenge?

    We aim to accelerate the energy transition by enhancing the role of digital and deep-tech innovations. 

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    What do we do? 

    We are developing an EU-level action plan designed to accelerate deep-tech and digital innovators. 

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    How to get involved? 

    We value your opinion. Join ur stakeholder dialogue both on national and EU level.

    So, what's your role?  

    We want to hear from you! Join our stakeholder dialogue on both national and EU levels and lend your voice to shaping the future of energy innovation. We are looking for innovators, experts and other stakeholders who would like to shape the future of energy transition. 

    Together, let's make a lasting impact on the world's energy landscape. 

    Timeline

    2024

    February

    Exploratory analysis

    March - June

    Stakeholder workshops
    1st round

    July

    Draft action plan

    August - October

    Stakeholder workshops 2nd round and validation

    November

    Final action plan

    About consortium partners 

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    Design Terminal

    Design Terminal is an international innovation agency focusing on entrepreneurial development. Creates value for different kinds of partners in the same way: identifying innovation challenges and look for the best people to solve them. Design Terminal looks for innovative solutions lying in optimistic communities. The programs leverage the power in personal connections and networks. In WEnnovate project takes a coordinator role. 

    Key Innovation programs 

    International 

    V4 Startup Force, Mentoring Program, CASSINI

    Local

    ESA BIC Hungary, ESA Technology Broker, ESERO, NAK TechLab

    EU projects

    AD4GD, X-Europe

     

    KPIs

    12 countries
    20+ corporations
    100+ mentors
    2000+ startups 

    Sustainable Scale-up Foundation
    Sustainable Scale-up Foundation

    The Sustainable Scale-up Foundation (SSF) is a social broker that builds communities where social entrepreneurs can scale up their innovations and positively impact the world together. SSF works with the quadruple helix stakeholders within the Netherlands and beyond to change policies on access to markets and regulatory frameworks. SSF builds bridges between the different stakeholders on complex issues where rules and authorities do not yet exist. 

    Key Innovation programs 

    EU projects

    Ideas From Europe (business platform for impact entrepreneurs and their innovations) 
    Nature FIRST (developing innovative tools for biodiversity conservation) 

    Local

    Energy Scale-up (energy transition facilitator) 

    KPIs

    5+ SDG projects  
    5000+ innovative European entrepreneurs 

    G-Force
    G-Force 

    G-Force is a pre-seed/seed fund and investment program for green-tech startups with innovative climate change solutions, advising and mentoring mission-driven climate startups on fundraising, strategy, business foundations and more.  

    Key Innovation programs 

    International

    G-Force Accelerator Programme 

    EU projects

    SynergistEIC, SEEDplus, BOOSTalent, CloudEarthi, Inspiring the Minds, CapTTict
    Unify.energy
    Unify.energy   

    Power to the people by building the Internet of Energy 

    Unify.energy was founded to facilitate the establishment of the Internet of Energy. We envision that our energy demands will be fulfilled from user-owned, locally generated sources. On the IoE energy is exchanged peer-to-peer over self-balancing, semi-autonomous, multi-carrier systems. The IoE enables access to renewable energy for all. At the heart of the IoE lies the facilitation of local, integrated, interconnected, and self- balancing energy communities. Through the integration of renewable energy assets, coupled with digital services, we aim to facilitate self-regulating local energy communities and empower users to actively participate in and take ownership of their own energy systems. 

    Key Innovation programs 

    International

    G-Force Accelerator Programme 

    EU projects

    Key Opinion Leader (IEA, EU commission, COP22 a.o.) 

    Local

    Synergy – Hackathons 
     

    KPIs

    22 partners in 8 EU countries  Synergy Hackathons with 170+ participants   
      
    Key Innovation programs
    Kyiv Academic University  

    The State Research Institution «Kyiv Academic University» (KAU) is affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) and the Ministry of Education and Science. KAU's main units include NASU departments and research centres. Students engage in Ukrainian scientific programs, collaborate with local scientists, and develop deep tech projects. KAU leads the Association for Academic Cooperation "Academ.City," aiming to establish a deep tech science park and enhance market readiness of scientific innovations. Over four years, KAU, alongside stakeholders, has developed innovation infrastructure, including networking activities, incubation programs, mentoring, and educational initiatives on startup creation and technology transfer. 

    Key Innovation programs 

    EU Projects

    4innopipe, SEEDplus, BOOSTalent, CADS, Trust Food, DIHWorld, i4Trust

    Local

    BOOSTer, DIH NOSC-UA DIH 
    Science and Technology Center KAY (STC KAU)

    KPIs

    200 partners in 29 countries 
    40+ events 
    10 supported startups 
    The Ukrainian Startup Fund 
    The Ukrainian Startup Fund   

    The Ukrainian Startup Fund is a state institution that helps innovative projects and technological startups to attract funds at the early stages and launch their own projects. The fund is a driver of the development of the startup ecosystem, provides conditions for the growth of the field, forms a positive investment image of the tech industry of Ukraine abroad, and represents Ukrainian innovative solutions around the world.   

    Key Innovation programs 

    Local

    Acceleration and grant funding Innovation Vouchers, Wnisef grant funding for pre-seed stage, GIZ funding for SMEs

    KPIs

    $8.7 million funded in grants for 380+ startups  
    360+ events 
    72 cooperation with universities signed 
    Provincie of Utrecht 
    Provincie of Utrecht 

    Provincie of Utrecht is an associated partner of WEnnovate. While being the oldest and smallest province in the Netherlands, PU is also one of the most densely populated. PU is a leading international region, able to claim the highest gross domestic product per capita and the highest-educated population in the Netherlands, earning the name of Europe's most competitive regions by the European Commission. 

    Key Innovation programs 

    EU projects

    IEE - V2G-QUESTS (PEDs)

    Local

    Regional energy alliance (innovation and energy transition)