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Frequenz is a company focused on transforming renewable energy production and procurement through advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and battery storage. It has developed the EDGE platform, which serves as an open and collaborative tool for decentralized finance markets. This platform facilitates the deployment, optimization, and operation of microgrid infrastructures. Frequenz's solutions include flat rate energy, power storage energy, direct marketing energy, and fleet energy, all aimed at automating the renewable production value chain. By leveraging its innovative technologies, Frequenz enables clients to reduce electricity costs while enhancing revenue and profitability.

ETPA operates a trading platform specifically designed for short-term electricity trades, emphasizing participants' capacity. The company provides a user-friendly platform that allows trade participants to execute trades independently or via third parties. ETPA's offerings include intraday, day-ahead, weekly, and weekend contracts, enabling participants to optimize their energy portfolios and leverage flexibility in production processes. Committed to supporting a more sustainable energy future, ETPA ensures transparency and independence within the short-term electricity market, facilitating liquidity and efficiency for its users.

Instagrid GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of portable battery storage systems designed to create mobile power infrastructures for various sectors, including construction, event technology, landscaping, and public services. The company's innovative products feature a unique architecture of stacked micro-level inverters, which allows them to be smaller, lighter, and more powerful than traditional battery systems. Instagrid's portable power solutions provide reliable access to clean, affordable, and silent electricity, effectively replacing environmentally harmful petrol and diesel generators. By enabling users to operate efficiently at temporary locations, Instagrid plays a crucial role in meeting the energy demands of industries with challenging power requirements.

ESFORIN SE is a fully digital energy company, offering modularly integrable energy solutions – for both, power and gas.

Frequenz is a company focused on transforming renewable energy production and procurement through advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and battery storage. It has developed the EDGE platform, which serves as an open and collaborative tool for decentralized finance markets. This platform facilitates the deployment, optimization, and operation of microgrid infrastructures. Frequenz's solutions include flat rate energy, power storage energy, direct marketing energy, and fleet energy, all aimed at automating the renewable production value chain. By leveraging its innovative technologies, Frequenz enables clients to reduce electricity costs while enhancing revenue and profitability.

ETPA operates a trading platform specifically designed for short-term electricity trades, emphasizing participants' capacity. The company provides a user-friendly platform that allows trade participants to execute trades independently or via third parties. ETPA's offerings include intraday, day-ahead, weekly, and weekend contracts, enabling participants to optimize their energy portfolios and leverage flexibility in production processes. Committed to supporting a more sustainable energy future, ETPA ensures transparency and independence within the short-term electricity market, facilitating liquidity and efficiency for its users.

FlexiDAO is a software company that specializes in renewable energy tracking, utilizing blockchain technology to certify and trace electricity from production to consumption. Its platform allows businesses to obtain credible and verifiable claims about their energy's carbon footprint on an hourly basis. By providing detailed insights into the origin and environmental impact of the energy consumed, FlexiDAO enables clients to take informed actions toward procuring cleaner electricity and reducing their overall emissions. This approach supports the transition to a decarbonized and decentralized energy industry, making the goal of 24/7 carbon-free energy more attainable for organizations.

Instagrid GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of portable battery storage systems designed to create mobile power infrastructures for various sectors, including construction, event technology, landscaping, and public services. The company's innovative products feature a unique architecture of stacked micro-level inverters, which allows them to be smaller, lighter, and more powerful than traditional battery systems. Instagrid's portable power solutions provide reliable access to clean, affordable, and silent electricity, effectively replacing environmentally harmful petrol and diesel generators. By enabling users to operate efficiently at temporary locations, Instagrid plays a crucial role in meeting the energy demands of industries with challenging power requirements.

ESFORIN SE is a fully digital energy company, offering modularly integrable energy solutions – for both, power and gas.

Instagrid GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Stuttgart, Germany, specializes in the manufacturing of portable battery storage systems designed to create mobile power infrastructures for various sectors, including construction, event technology, landscaping, and public services. The company's innovative products feature a unique architecture of stacked micro-level inverters, which allows them to be smaller, lighter, and more powerful than traditional battery systems. Instagrid's portable power solutions provide reliable access to clean, affordable, and silent electricity, effectively replacing environmentally harmful petrol and diesel generators. By enabling users to operate efficiently at temporary locations, Instagrid plays a crucial role in meeting the energy demands of industries with challenging power requirements.

FlexiDAO is a software company that specializes in renewable energy tracking, utilizing blockchain technology to certify and trace electricity from production to consumption. Its platform allows businesses to obtain credible and verifiable claims about their energy's carbon footprint on an hourly basis. By providing detailed insights into the origin and environmental impact of the energy consumed, FlexiDAO enables clients to take informed actions toward procuring cleaner electricity and reducing their overall emissions. This approach supports the transition to a decarbonized and decentralized energy industry, making the goal of 24/7 carbon-free energy more attainable for organizations.

GreenCom Networks AG is an energy IoT company based in Munich, Germany, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for the energy sector since its founding in 2011. The company operates an Energy Information Brokerage Platform that integrates various distributed energy assets, including solar panels, battery storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. Its platform offers several services, such as eibp connect for managing and controlling energy assets, eibp boost for visualizing and optimizing energy flows, eibp mesh for connecting customers to energy communities, eibp empower for developing energy tariffs, and eibp cluster for enhancing the capabilities of distributed assets. By providing these tools, GreenCom Networks enables utilities and energy service companies to improve customer engagement and introduce new digital energy services.

Limejump, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in operating a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform that optimizes energy market participation for customers with electricity-generating or consuming assets in the UK. The company's platform integrates cloud-based software, smart devices, and analytical tools to connect assets, send signals, and analyze performance. Limejump offers services such as access to the Balancing Mechanism, Power Purchase Agreements, and frequency response products. By leveraging big data analytics and insights, the company empowers businesses and generators to create new revenue streams and contribute to a greener energy future. Limejump connects customers to National Grid's demand response programs, compensating them for shifting or reducing energy usage to maintain grid balance. As of 2019, Limejump operates as a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum.

GreenCom Networks AG is an energy IoT company based in Munich, Germany, with a focus on developing innovative solutions for the energy sector since its founding in 2011. The company operates an Energy Information Brokerage Platform that integrates various distributed energy assets, including solar panels, battery storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. Its platform offers several services, such as eibp connect for managing and controlling energy assets, eibp boost for visualizing and optimizing energy flows, eibp mesh for connecting customers to energy communities, eibp empower for developing energy tariffs, and eibp cluster for enhancing the capabilities of distributed assets. By providing these tools, GreenCom Networks enables utilities and energy service companies to improve customer engagement and introduce new digital energy services.

Elmodis is a company specializing in the enhancement of energy and operational efficiency for electric-powered industrial machines through an integrated hardware and software solution. Founded by a team of engineers with over 15 years of experience in machine monitoring and diagnostics, Elmodis offers an innovative approach to real-time performance monitoring by analyzing the electric current and voltage of motors that drive industrial equipment. This end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) solution allows manufacturers and end-users to remotely track machine performance and detect potential malfunctions, ultimately enabling original equipment manufacturers to access critical machine parameters. Elmodis's technology aims to improve predictive maintenance and overall energy efficiency in industrial environments.

Sonnen is a developer of solar-based energy storage systems that provides clean and affordable energy solutions for residential homes, agricultural farms, and commercial enterprises. Established in 2011, the company launched the Sonnenbatterie, one of the first intelligent lithium storage systems in the German and Austrian markets. Sonnen's products not only focus on energy storage but also include features such as active energy management, smart metering, and integration with virtual power plants. These systems allow users to optimize energy use, save money by utilizing energy generated from solar photovoltaic systems or the grid, and manage their home automation platforms effectively.

Sonnen is a developer of solar-based energy storage systems that provides clean and affordable energy solutions for residential homes, agricultural farms, and commercial enterprises. Established in 2011, the company launched the Sonnenbatterie, one of the first intelligent lithium storage systems in the German and Austrian markets. Sonnen's products not only focus on energy storage but also include features such as active energy management, smart metering, and integration with virtual power plants. These systems allow users to optimize energy use, save money by utilizing energy generated from solar photovoltaic systems or the grid, and manage their home automation platforms effectively.

NGenTec is a spinout company from the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering, founded in 2009 by Dr. Markus Mueller and Dr. Alasdair McDonald. The company specializes in the manufacture of direct drive permanent magnet generators, primarily targeting the renewable energy sector, particularly wind energy generation. NGenTec's generators offer a compact and lightweight design that reduces manufacturing, assembly, installation, and transportation costs while enhancing energy yield. Through its innovative technology, the company aims to establish itself as a leading supplier in the growing renewable energy market.