CleanTech News Digest (March, 2023)

Monthly Digest of news in the field of transition to a Green Economy, Clean Technologies and Innovations.

March, 2023

Startups and Investments

• Submit your startup on the Investor Elevator Pitch   >>>
• Startup kitchen (video): About the startup ecosystem during the war   >>>
• How founders evaluate a startup — advice from a business angel   >>>
• European pre-acceleration program for start-up entrepreneurs Rebuild Ukraine by EIT Jumpstarter >>>
• How the Ukrainian service for organizing the work of startups, Feel, works   >>>
• Already 100 inventors have joined the Brave Inventors platform to support the frontline with developments   >>>
• Startup kitchen (video): Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF) is an institution that is not ashamed   >>>
• “Women Go Tech” will train Ukrainian women in technological professions free of charge. >>>
• Ukrainian startups entered the top five at the MWC event in Barcelona   >>>
• Business is another child: 6 rules of entrepreneurship   >>>
• The grant support program for dual purpose projects   >>>
• Ukraine and Spain agreed on cooperation in the field of development of “green” investments   >>>
• Sell your stuff for you. How the SelpMe startup was launched and works   >>>
• “The original code of the team”: why trust is important in the company and how to achieve it   >>>

Forums and Projects

• XII Competition of innovative startup projects Sikorsky Challenge 2023   >>>
• Open competition for participation in the Polish-Ukrainian pre-acceleration program Startup Bridge 2023 (Eng.)  >>>
• Results of the EUEA webinar – “The future of energy storage systems (ESS) in Ukraine”   >>>
• Energy Club: “PRISMA Capacity Booking Platform: Supporting Security of Supply and Green Transition”   >>>
• Materials of the webinar “Development of biogas/biomethane production and cultivation of energy plants in Ukraine”   >>>
• UNIDO has launched a new online course on eco-industrial parks
• H-HOPE: A new project within GreenDeal   >>>

News and Technologies

• 30 gigafactories will be built in Europe to develop energy storage   >>>
• In the USA, the largest hydrogen passenger plane was launched into the sky   >>>
• 14 eco-solutions to save the planet from global crises   >>>
• How Ukrainian startups surprised Macron and received millions of investments during the war   >>>
• “Green” technologies can reduce electricity bills by 84%   >>>
• “Ukrhydroenergo” wants to build the largest underground energy storage facility in Europe   >>>
• Can “green” energy stimulate business recovery during and after the war   >>>
• How to make car fuel more environmentally friendly   >>>
• Energy efficiency and bioenergy provide opportunities for the development of the regional economy   >>>
• Successful implementation of the waste management reform in Ukraine requires the involvement of responsible business   >>>
• Challenge with Reactor Monitor: how to produce concrete and not harm the environment   >>>
• For the US Air Force, jet fuel will be produced from the air   >>>
• A company from Mexico is printing bricks using an eggshell 3D printe   >>>
• A multifunctional membrane produces electricity during wastewater treatment   >>>
• Printable perovskite-based solar cells can be produced at low costs   >>>
• Engineers suggested using recycled glass as a fire-resistant facing material   >>>
• Scientists have developed “super-strength concrete” StarCrete for the construction of housing on the moon and Mars   >>>
• The new oxygen-ion battery will be able to compete with lithium-ion batteries and provide a long service life   >>>

Legislation and Regulation

• New rules Environmental impact assessment: analysis of the draft law   >>>
• The State Energy Efficiency Agency is working on the development of bioenergy, taking into account both energy security priorities and EU requirements   >>>
• Energy certification for the implementation of ecological investment projects is now mandatory   >>>
• How the draft law “On responsible consumption” will help the “green” restoration of Ukraine   >>>
• Legislative initiatives for February 2023 affecting the activity of RES producers   >>>
• Strategy for the development of industrial parks for 2023-2030   >>>
• The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law on the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles   >>>
• Energy club: Highly efficient cogeneration: the draft law has been adopted, what’s next?   >>>
• The President signed the Law on the Development of Highly Efficient Cogeneration in Ukraine   >>>
• Restrictions on the circulation of single-use plastic products: is it time for an innovation and what significance do they have for Ukraine   >>>
• European integration and technical regulation: How Ukraine implements EU requirements for ecodesign and energy labeling   >>>
• The Cabinet of Ministers approved the Priority Action Plan for 2023 based on the Green Deal   >>>
• Bioenergy sector 2023: legal regulation   >>>
• “Guaranteed Buyer ” developed and submitted to the Energy Committee of the Republic of Belarus a draft law on the export of “green” electricity   >>>
• Better Together: How War Changes the Rules of Public-Private Partnerships   >>>
• Ukraine will join the international development of carbon markets   >>>

Useful links

• A tool for identifying opportunities for creating an eco-industrial park (EIP) >>>
• Presentation of the Waste Management Reform Roadmap   >>>
• Information about all CleanTech forums in one place (Eng.)  >>>
• Lawyerd! Protection of intellectual property rights – in automatic mode   >>>
• Renewable energy capacity statistics: 2023 (Eng.)   >>>