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Skeleton Technologies has joined forces with 46 other organizations to co-sign an Open Letter calling on the European Commission to adopt an ambitious investment plan. This initiative is crucial for driving Europe’s green and just transition and aligns perfectly with our commitment to sustainability and innovation in energy storage.   As a leading player in energy storage solutions, we recognize the urgent need for significant public and private investments to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. The stakes are high, as extreme weather events increasingly threaten food, water, and energy security across Europe.   By advocating for a robust EU investment strategy, we aim to ensure: A stable regulatory environment that fosters innovation and attracts private investments. Targeted public funding to support businesses genuinely committed to decarbonization. The development of sustainable infrastructure that aligns with our mission of creating a cleaner, more efficient energy landscape. This is not just a call to action; it’s an opportunity for the EU to lead in creating nature-based solutions and building a resilient economy that benefits everyone. We are excited about the potential impact this investment plan could have and look forward to contributing to a climate-neutral, zero-pollution future. Read the Open Letter here: https://lnkd.in/e-ZJVd5S

Investing strategically in #CCUS provides a huge opportunity for the UK to develop a world-leading position in clean technology. This includes welcome funding announced by both the UK government and The Labour Party aimed at boosting the UK's clean tech supply chains. However, some challenges remain including the need to reduce the cost of power for industrial customers, reform the planning systems and invest in key skills. Given the urgent need to decarbonise our most carbon-intensive industries, and the policy incentives governments around the world are putting in place, now is the time to support the UK's leading innovators to reach their full potential. Read the latest CEO blog from Aniruddha Sharma, first featured in BusinessGreen. ⬇️

📢 Excited to share this thought-provoking piece on the crucial role of market vision in driving innovation, especially in the context of Australia's transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 🌏. This article from Dr Larry Marshall’s highlights his experience at CSIRO. “The transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 is the biggest market shift of our lives. Exactly where we play in that massive shift is the hard part. Australia is a leader in invention, our science is in the global top 10, but we lag in innovation (72nd globally)”. A compelling reminder that market vision can truly transform invention into impactful innovation. Check out the full article below: https://lnkd.in/gcmc8fnB #MarketVision #Innovation #NetZero2050 #Sustainability

At EFEC - Excellence First Enterprise Consultancy, we are proud to be at the forefront of fostering UK-China partnerships in environmental protection and sustainable development. Our journey in bridging these two great nations has been both challenging and rewarding, and we're excited about the future we're helping to create. Building Bridges, Fostering Innovation We've witnessed firsthand the power of collaboration between UK and Chinese organisations. From facilitating partnerships in cleantech to supporting life sciences innovations, we've seen how shared expertise can lead to groundbreaking solutions for global challenges. A Promising Future Whilst we've made significant strides, we know there's still much work to be done. The potential for UK-China cooperation in areas like renewable energy, green finance, and sustainable urbanisation is immense. We are nurturing these opportunities, believing that together, we can drive meaningful change. Cambridge CleantechCambridge NetworkMedilink MidlandsArise Innovation Hubs https://lnkd.in/eyUtjNsn

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 by Cleantech for Europe Last week, European #leaders called for a “new European competitiveness deal.” The reasons are clear: a new #report led by Enrico Letta on the #SingleMarket highlights a range of #challenges facing our #economy, including fragmented #capitalmarkets, unfit #competition rules, international #cleantech competition, and the need to dramatically increase public and private green #investment. Only days before, EVP Maroš Šefčovič took stock of the European Commission’s Clean Transition Dialogues, highlighting the #critical need to boost the #competitiveness of our clean #industries. The case for a renewed #strategy of competitive #sustainability by the #EU with these industries at its heart is stronger than ever. Europe’s cleantech industry could be the driver of this competitiveness deal. Over the last decade, #Europe has gained technological #leadership in #strategic #sectors, from #electrolysers to #batteries, from #windturbines to #greensteel. Innovative #SMEs are striving to scale these #technologies and bring industrial leadership to Europe. However, between #unfair competition from #Chinese #manufacturers, and a #heavilysubsidised #US market, European #companies are at a disadvantage. If Europe fails to scale #strategic clean technologies, we will lose our technological edge and weaken our #energysecurity. The Net-Zero Industry Act (#NZIA), which is being voted on Thursday, 25.4, is a step forwards, but lacks key elements to make Europe “the home of cleantech manufacturing”. And the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (#STEP), itself a downgraded #SovereigntyFund, failed to draw support from EU leaders, leaving a significant cleantech investment gap unfilled. We, the under signed, as cleantech #innovators, #researchers, #civilsociety, #industry #associations and #investors, are calling on you not to let the EU’s cleantech journey end with the #NZIA - and to enact a Cleantech Competitiveness Deal with the following p#riorities: ✅️ Invest at scale now-Europe needs a Cleantech Investment Plan ✅️ Concrete Action Plans for Cleantech Manufacturing in Europe ✅️ Plan for the future- A vision for the next generation of cleantech breakthroughs Without #investment and a new strategic #vision Europe will fall behind in the cleantech #race, risking our future industrial and climate leadership. As we approach the European #elections in June, we call on #candidates across #parties to get serious about securing Europe’s cleantech future. Let’s make cleantech the #successtory of the next five years, and the driver of a re-energised, competitively sustainable Europe.

Germany and France top cleantech innovator countries in a new report, while IPOS highlights Singapore’s increased focus on green innovations. Read more: https://ow.ly/1Ag550Rp37r #RenewableEnergy #EnvironmentalTech #GlobalInnovation

Here is my new op-ed entitled "Strategic collaboration is the key to Europe’s cleantech resilience", just published by EIT RawMaterials: https://lnkd.in/dtiEPz_F This opinion piece is a reworked, English version of my previous op-ed for De Tijd, entitled "Europe must protect e-car manufacturers and battery companies like Umicore" [https://lnkd.in/enzTrQH8]. 👉 Why this op-ed? In the mine-to-EV value chain, even cleantech icons such as Northvolt and Umicore are now facing difficult times. Not long ago, the debate was about two other aspects. Problem number one was that Europe was at risk of being flooded by much cheaper (heavily subsidized) #electricvehicles (BYD et al) from China who face an overcapacity crisis at home. Problem number two was, and still is, the lack of supply security for the input materials for European EV battery companies, given China’s near-monopoly position for many refined CRMs. The fact that the debate is now shifting to the problems faced by battery players like Northvolt and Umicore shows that Europe is now in an even deeper malaise than a year ago. 👉 What now? We are no longer living in the 1980s. Ann Mettler, VP of Breakthrough Energy , stated: “it makes no sense to continue promoting an open trade policy that allows subsidised products (such as EVs and batteries) from abroad into our markets while being excessively strict on state aid at home.” We now live in a ‘post-Western world’, characterized by protectionism, resource nationalism and increasingly hostile conditions. The new EC will have to take a different approach. With the upcoming #CleanIndustrialDeal, there is hope for improvement. But it must be aimed at stimulating (at least partially) made-in-Europe EV/cleantech production, incl. future #recycling. 👉 Strategic alignment Above all, there is a need for more strategic, long-term alignment between upstream, midstream, and downstream players in the mine-to-EV/cleantech value chain. Silo thinking must be abandoned in favor of a vertically-integrated, comprehensive long-term strategy. This requires a change in mentality among the government, companies, and investors. 👉 Read the Op-ed, EIT Raw Materials, here: https://lnkd.in/dtiEPz_F 🎬 Want to know more? Watch our documentary “Made In Europe” (2024): https://lnkd.in/eE9k9smN (Stijn van Baarle & Peter Tom Jones). We will continue the topic with our new documentary "Europe's lithium paradox", taking us to Serbia, Portugal, Finland Eurometaux (European Metals Association) Euromines EIT RawMaterials PROMETIA BATTERY 2030+ SIM2 KU Leuven The European Steel Association (EUROFER) Horizon Europe ENICON 🙏 Elisabeth Ippel Sarah Magill Vanessa Lorenz Ye Charlotte Ming Op-ed: https://lnkd.in/dtiEPz_F

Will we see you at this year's #Cleantech Conference on Thursday, organised by CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency?   As Europe focuses on re-industrialisation, clean technology manufacturing emerges as a critical pillar for sustainable growth. Programmes such as the Innovation Fund can help bring breakthrough innovations to European consumers. We eagerly anticipate CINEA’s insights on the project pipeline following the current calls for proposals. Connect with us at the conference to discuss how the Innovation Fund and other critical funding programmes can support your clean tech projects. If you'll be there, let us know in the comments below. Our consulants, Anne Ingeborg van Luijn and Adrianna Lisek, look forward to meeting you. Find out more: Our Green Transition expertise: https://lnkd.in/d4Kbhiqy CleanTech policy, strategy and financing: https://lnkd.in/dKNM4M3n EU funding for green investments: https://lnkd.in/drVCSdAe CINEA's CleanTech conference: https://lnkd.in/ddtbX5pE   #CleanTech #InnovationFund #EUfunding #NetZero #GreenDeal #EUGreenDeal #GreenTransition #NZIA #IFCleantech

💡 Cleantech for Europe Scaleup Coalition Joins Innovation Fund Conference on Driving Sustainable Innovation 💡 Packed day at CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency's #IFCleantech conference, with speeches from European Commission EVP Maroš Šefčovič, EU Environment and Climate Director General Kurt Vandenberghe, and the leaders of cleantech scale-ups from across Europe. The need to scale up cleantech emerged as key to Europe’s economic competitiveness, energy resilience and security. In a keynote address on the topic of deployment and scaling up cleantech manufacturing, Vaitea Cowan, co-founder of Enapter, made the case for simpler and better public funding for cleantech manufacturing, in particular by focusing urgently on de-risking instruments which can help European innovators to compete on a level playing field by freeing up precious working capital. One clear theme from the day: the role of ambitious policymaking to massively increase funding for the most promising clean technologies in Europe. In the words of Kurt Vandenberghe, “We have made the regulatory case. Now, we need to make the business case." Ruben Davis Sofia Karagianni Per Sonesson Ola Hansén Christopher Frey Sunfire Ecocem Global H2 Green Steel

Left this impressive conference uplifted by the broad consensus around the need for speed, scale, and simplicity for the competitive sustainability and resilience of Europe’s manufacturing base. The ramp up of capital-intensive cleantech manufacturing is tricky, and the government has an important role in enabling the long-term framework conditions that catalyze the needed private investment. It is cheaper to keep an industry in Europe in the first place than to attempt to reshore it once it has been lost, so the implementation of non-price criteria in auctions and public procurement calls will be key, among other things - we need to find the right balance between cheap, good, and fair. The EU is getting serious about how to decarbonize each sector and what it will take to get there - exploring avenues to support projects, such as the Sovereignty Seal, Auctions-as-a-Service, and new blended finance products such as public counter-guarantees to address working capital needs of cleantech manufacturing scale up. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and I really appreciated DG CLIMA’s Kurt Vandenberghe closing on a Seneca quote to much the same effect: “It’s not because things are difficult that we don’t dare, it’s because we don’t dare that things are difficult.” Huge thanks to policymakers leading the way on this topic Paloma Aba Garrote Maroš Šefčovič Roman Doubrava Kerstin Jorna Alex Paquot Jacek Truszczynski Katrien De Marez Ruben Devogelaer Also fantastic to link up with the cleantech community in person Vaitea Cowan Christopher Frey Per Sonesson Ola Hansén Julia Altenhofer Pierre-Louis Delon #EU #Cleantech #IFCleantech