120 reviewed science parks & incubators
72 cleantech companies listed
10 key incubators examined
Nordic Science Parks+
Incubators
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I believe that it is a kind of wave movement
…and that in the coming years we will have
more new cleantech start-ups than nowadays.
I believe that regional and inter-regional co-
operation in Finland and particularly inter-
national cooperation, networking, marketing
and business development will lead to new
businesses.
Pirjo Koskiniemi | Oulu Innovation
1. General findings about the development
of cleantech incubation activities 42. Characteristic features of science parks
in each of the Nordic countries 63. Overview of the most active and/or
new science parks with cleantech focus84. Characteristics of cleantech
companies in incubators 125. List of cleantech companies
currently in incubators 146. List of science parks and incubators
reviewed during the study. 26
The aim of the report is to provide an
overview of cleantech activities in Nordic
science parks and business incubators. This
report is an update and follow up on the
first study prepared by Cleantech
Scandinavia in 2007. The first report out-
lined 10 key cleantech incubators in
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden,
and 24 promising cleantech companies
in these incubators. This report does the
same for 2008, outlining relevant changes.
More than 120 science parks and incuba-
tors in the Nordic countries have been
reviewed, with the aim of identifying the
ones most active in the cleantech sec-
tor, subsequently screening through the
companies located in those science parks
to find cleantech-focused ones. Several
science parks were contacted with more
detailed questions regarding their activi-
ties and their development prospects for
cleantech start-ups. A complete list of
all Nordic science parks and incubators
reviewed is presented in the Annex.
The report contains a list of the 72 Nordic
cleantech companies currently incubated,
classified by cleantech segment. A brief
description of their scope of operations is
also provided. Additionally, a separate sec-
tion is devoted to the description of overall
organisational and financing structure of
science parks’ activities in each of the Nordic
countries including prioritised expertise areas.
Cleantech Scandinavia
Malmö, February 2009
An overview of cleantech activities
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Following the structure introduced in
the first report, a statistical summary of
science parks by country and in total is
provided here. These statistics are mainly
based on open sources and might be
incomplete, but they do provide a good
estimation of incubation activities in the
cleantech sector. The total number of
science parks and research organisations
reviewed is 128, which is 21 more than last
year – several new organisations have been
added (newly established or re-branded).
Refer to section 6 to find the full list.
Since most of the newly added organisa-
tions do not have environmental tech-
nology in their focus, the percentage of
cleantech-profiled incubators dropped
relatively, but the identified total number
of incubators having cleantech start-ups as
their clients has grown from 24 in the last
year’s report to 31.
Cleantech needs an extra push
Science parks & With incubation With environment With cleantech
innovation incubators activities as an area of focus companies
Denmark 14 10 5 5
Finland 26 16 9 5
Norway 34 28 9 7
Sweden 55 40 13 14
TOTAL 129 = 100% 93 = 72% 36 = 28% 31 = 24%
› Incubation activities are defined for
the purpose of the study as support
provided to start-up companies e.g.
rental of office space, provision of
logistical and administrative sup-
port, as well as potential additional
services such as legal advising or
coaching.
› The ‘Cleantech companies’ column
focuses on start-up companies
offering innovative and most
often disruptive technologies
in order to solve environmental
problems using, most of the time,
a preventative approach. This is
a first difference from traditional
environmental technologies, which
are often end-of-pipe solutions.
The second difference is that, in
addition to energy, waste, water,
and air, cleantech encompasses
technologies in many additional ar-
eas including for instance logistics,
materials, agriculture, food, indus-
trial processing, or nanotechnology.
› Incubators with ‘Environment as an
area of focus’ relates to what can
be broadly described as traditional
environmental technologies, which
typically include any technology
dealing with waste, water or air.
It is important to note that the
classification as environmental
technology does not make a
differentiation neither between
preventative and non-preventative
technologies, nor between estab-
lished and disruptive technologies
and companies. Keeping this in
mind allows understanding why a
number of incubators have an envi-
ronmental focus but do not feature
companies that can be labelled as
‘cleantech’.
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› Not all science parks and incubators are
active in promoting their client compa-
nies by, for example, publishing the list of
companies and their description on their
websites. In addition, information is often
only accessible in the national language.
This means information about incubated
start-ups can be hard to find and that, in
many cases, the companies are therefore
not optimally profiled by the incubators
they are part of.
› Following an observation made in the
first report, the largest concentration
of technology innovation companies is
observed in the science parks directly
related to main university centres and re-
search institutions that support spin-offs
from these organisations. Good examples
of such cooperation are Campus Kjel-
ler and Gløshaugen Innovation Center in
Norway, STING and Chalmers Innovation
in Sweden, as well as Scion-DTU Science
Park in Denmark.
› The incubation services that are offered
to the start up companies by different
science parks range between provid-
ing the office space and basic business
coaching, offering marketing and com-
munications support to assisting in find-
ing financing according to the develop-
ment stage, and direct investments in the
companies. Such wider business develop-
ment assistance is sought by many
companies, and all the key incubators
presented in the Section 3 of this report
provide these services to some extent.
› Starting in 2009, Norway and Finland
are changing their funding structure to
encourage innovation. Public funding will
be provided directly to individual start-up
companies through special funds, mak-
ing the structure similar to the ones in
place in Sweden and Denmark. Previously
funding from public innovation founda-
tions was redistributed to the companies
through science parks and incubators (in
Finland) or regional investment funds (in
Norway).
Based on the review of the
science parks and incuba-
tors found, the following
observations and conclu-
sions were drawn regarding
the development of clean-
tech incubation activities:
› During the past year, no outstanding
growth has been observed in the number
of science/innovation parks with clean-
tech activities as well as in the number
of new start-up companies and industrial
spin-offs in the cleantech sector. The
majority of new companies included in
this report compared to its previous ver-
sion were established prior to the middle
of 2007. The increase in the statistical
numbers presented above is therefore at-
tributed mainly to a broader background
research.
› Several innovation and science parks in
every country are prioritising environmen-
tal technology as one of their expertise
areas. Overall, cleantech is however still
significantly below in the number of
start-up companies and profiled science
parks / incubators in comparison to ICT
and biotech. Hence, only one business
incubator is dedicated exclusively to
promoting environmental technologies
i.e. Swedish Cleantech Incubators – a
virtual incubator based in IDEON Science
Park in Lund, Sweden. It is working with a
growing number of companies (16 at the
moment), mostly from Southern Sweden.
Cleantech needs an extra push
Virtualisation can be mentioned as a characteristic feature of today’s
cleantech sector. Along with the virtual incubator that gathers the largest
number of cleantech companies compared to other incubators, there are
examples of recently established cooperation initiatives such as:
STOCKHOLM CLEANTECH BUSINESS NETWORK
Led by Kista Science City
and Stockholm Innovation
and Growth (STING).
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION
A network established
by several large Swedish
companies and aimed at
promoting energy efficiency
technologies.
GREENNET FINLAND
A network for the promotion
of Finnish environmental
technology, which focuses
on both national and Nordic
activities.
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Science parks are mainly affiliated with
universities and closely linked or co-owned
by the regional or municipal authorities.
Public funding provided to incubators and
start-up companies has a regional scope,
and is allocated through designated inno-
vation companies, established in the main
Danish regions. These innovation com-
panies work in cooperation with leading
science parks in their regions. There is no
nation-wide coordination of science parks’
activities.
The strongest focus areas of the science
parks across Denmark are ICT, Medical
Technology, and Energy. The main areas
of expertise of Danish cleantech com-
panies are alternative energy, water and
agriculture, with main centres of expertise
located around the capital area of Copen-
hagen and Århus.
Public funding has a strong regional scope
2 Incubation activities by country
Funding, supportand politicsThough most nordic activities are regionally based, there are
differences between the countries on how to make the
companies in science parks and incubators grow.
mechanism that existed until the end of
2008, where public funding from Inno-
vasjon Norge was allocated to regional in-
novation funds, which in turn worked with
science parks and individual companies.
Starting from this year, a fund of over NOK
2 billion – Investinor - is starting its in-
vestment activities. This fund will directly
finance start-up companies, a change
which is similar to the one observed in
Finland.
The Norwegian environmental and
cleantech sector is closely linked to the
country’s traditional strongholds: maritime,
water, oil and gas exploration and trans-
portation, and fisheries.
A national network of science parks and
business incubators has been created in
Norway with the support from SIVA (Indus-
trial Development Corporation of Norway)
in order to promote the development of
high-technology and knowledge based
industries. Although all incubators are
nationally overlooked, each has a regional
focus and is supported by a local university
or prevailing industry. Therefore, a specific
sector is often prioritised. Incubators are
located in all parts of Norway, but the ones
most active in the cleantech sector are
concentrated around Oslo and Trondheim.
The regional focus of Norwegian science
parks was also determined by the financial
New financing system in 2009
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focus areas, such as Environmental Health
in Kuopio, Water Industries and Clean Air
in Oulu, Environmental Monitoring and ICT
in Uusimaa, and Business Development
in Lahti. Lahti Science and Business Park
co-ordinates this work. A number of other
development programmes and funding
mechanisms have been established to
support the commercialisation of Finnish
cleantech innovations, for example Sitra’s
Energy programme, as well as a number of
programmes in specific technology sectors
run and funded by TEKES.
Until the end of 2008, public funding was
allocated to science parks by TEKES, but
from 2009 onwards, this mechanism is
changing towards more direct financing
of individual companies through various
TEKES programmes.
Areas where Finnish cleantech compa-
nies are particularly active are water and
wastewater, energy storage and forestry.
Most science parks have regional focus,
and are founded and owned either entirely
by the municipalities or in cooperation with
local universities. Science parks and incu-
bators are well coordinated on the national
level through funding schemes of TEKES
(Finnish Funding Agency for Technology
and Innovation) and implementation of
Competence Clusters by OSKE (Centre of
Expertise Programme) which is a special
government programme aimed at focus-
ing regional resources and activities on
development areas of key national impor-
tance. It joins all Finnish science parks into
the cluster network and facilitates regional
and international promotion of Finnish
technologies and cooperation with indus-
tries, research institutions and investors.
One of the competence clusters is
“Cleantech”, which is comprised of four
regional science parks, located in Lahti,
Oulu, Kuopio, and Uusimaa/Capital Region
of Finland, each of them having its own
› Science parks and business incubators
can generally be divided into three rough
types that define their main objectives: (1)
Publicly owned and financed science parks
aiming mainly at regional development; (2)
Science parks owned by universities and re-
search centres, whose main objective is to
commercialise technologies and inventions
in the form of spin-off companies; and (3)
Industry initiated science parks aimed at
developing particular technology or type
of business activity in the region. Science
parks of all three types are present in
each country. Public funding is available
in various forms in all countries through
national and regional organisations es-
tablished in order to promote innovation
and technology development. The main
characteristic features and differences in
the organisational and funding structures
across Nordic countries are indicated
below.
Sweden doubtlessly hosts the majority of
Nordic science parks, therefore all types of
science parks can be found there: regional
development and research focused, public-
ly and privately owned. Nevertheless, most
science parks are affiliated with universi-
ties and campuses. Public funding is avail-
able to incubators through a programme
led by Innovationsbron, and to individual
companies at different stages through vari-
ous funds such as VINNOVA, Swentec, or
the funding programmes of Swedish Energy
Agency, particularly on the early seed- and
R&D stages. Leading Swedish innovation
incubators are concentrated around main
university centres such as Stockholm/Upp-
sala, Gothenburg and Lund.
Strongest areas of Swedish cleantech
companies are advanced materials, energy
generation, heating and cooling, water and
wastewater, chemical technologies.
Each incubator has it’s unique focus
Public funding has a strong regional scope
Strong connections to the universities.
Funding, supportand politics
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SCION-DTU SCIENCE PARK
Location Website
Hørsholm / Kongens Lyngby www.sciondtu.dk
Area of focus
Biotech, Nanotech,
Environmental, Medical, IT
Description
An international science park with roots
in the Technical University of Denmark,
it provides access to facilities, services,
consultancy, and professional networks.
It has the biggest number of cleantech
companies in different sectors and on dif-
ferent development stages among Danish
incubators.
Examples of cleantech companies
AQUAPorin, Adept Water Technologies,
Biolocus, Dall Energy, RecoMeta
TECHNOLOGISK INNOVATION
Location Website
Taastrup www.tekinno.dk
Area of focus
Energy, Environment,
Nanotechnology, IT
Description
Primarily invests capital in innovative busi-
ness ideas in the seed phase of knowledge
based companies by offering coaching
and consulting and by giving access to
networks of advisers, technical experts, ad-
visory groups, industry, and capital.
Examples of cleantech companies
Terranol, Reccat
The initial report prepared in 2007 pre-
sented 10 key Nordic incubators identified
as having the strongest cleantech focus
and/or hosting cleantech companies that
could be potentially interesting investment
opportunities. Similarly, a list of 10 clean-
tech incubators is presented this time, with
however some alterations.
Incubators listed below have been chosen
based on similar criteria, adding a criterion
of providing wider communication and
marketing support together with providing
their client start-up companies with assist-
ance in searching for funding opportunities.
Therefore the incubators presented below,
offer not only expertise in the cleantech
sector, but also general business intel-
ligence, marketing and matchmaking
services. Several other incubators than the
ones included in this selection also include
start-up companies that are classified as
cleantech, please refer to the full list in the
next section.
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LEAD
Location Website
Linköping / Norrköping www.leadincubator.se
Area of focus
Life science, Microelectronics,
Visualization and Digital Imaging
Description
In the year 2007 two incubators from
Linköping and Norrköping merged into a
new company under the name of LEAD.
It sources spin-off companies from the
Linköping University (LiU), governmental
and military research institutes as well as
the surrounding industries. Support in pro-
motion, professional coaching and investor
matchmaking is provided for 3 years.
Examples of cleantech companies
Biototal, Entrans, Termisk Systemteknik
IDEON INNOVATION
Location Website
Lund www.ideon.se
Area of focus
IT, Telecom, Life Science,
Cleantech and Biotech
Description
IDEON Innovation is a part of IDEON
Science Park, one of the largest business
development parks in Europe. The incuba-
tor places high demands on the start-up
companies that have not only present
an innovative idea, but prove its market
potential and be committed to achiev-
ing rapid growth to be transformed into a
competitive enterprise.
Examples of cleantech companies
SolVoltaics, Compower, Bioprocess Control
SWEDEN CLEANTECH INCUBATORS
Location Website
Lund www.scti.se
Area of focus
Cleantech
Description
The first cleantech focused virtual incuba-
tor located in the premises of IDEON Sci-
ence park in Lund. Currently works with 16
Swedish companies from various cleantech
areas. Client companies are at different
development stages. The incubator has
significant growth plans establishing coop-
eration with leading science parks across
Sweden. SCTI is a member of Cleantech
Scandinavia
Examples of cleantech companies
Beakon Technology, Ocean Harvesting
Technologies, Bio Globe, Biofuel Solution
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GLØSHAUGEN INNOVATION CENTER
Location Website
Trondheim www.ig.ntnu.no
Area of focus
Various
Description
Gløshaugen Innovation Center is Norwe-
gian University of Science and Technology
(NTNU), SINTEF and SIVA’s joint initiative
to create an environment and atmosphere
for entrepreneurship, commercialisation
and networking, with close ties to the
academia and research sphere. Innovation
Center is primarily a service for students,
faculty, employees or others with ties to
NTNU or SINTEF, aiming to set up busi-
nesses founded on interesting R&D-based
ideas with a commercial potential. It hosts
several early stage cleantech companies in
various sectors.
Examples of cleantech companies
CruSiNs, MemfoACT, Vonano
CAMPUS KJELLER
Location Website
Kjeller www.campuskjeller.no
Area of focus
Energy, Safety,
Civil Protection and Environment
Description
Campus Kjeller is a leading Norwegian
innovation incubator. Besides provid-
ing specific expertise, it helps companies
obtain the necessary amount of capital to
secure growth. For early-stage projects,
it is attracting national and international
(EU/EUREKA) funding, and assists portfolio
companies with seed, follow-up and ex-
pansion capital, by using a combination of
own funds and taking a lead role in raising
money from a network of angel investors
or venture funds. Campus Kjeller’s current
portfolio consists of a mix of early and late
stage companies.
Examples of cleantech companies
Hybrid Energy, Hystorsys, Oceansaver
STOCKHOLM INNOVATION & GROWTH
Location Website
Stockholm www.stockholminnovation.com
Area of focus
ICT, Medtech and Cleantech
Description
In cooperation with Kista Science Park,
STING builds export oriented businesses
in ICT, multimedia and cleantech sec-
tors, aiming at fast market development
and growth. Financial services are offered
through STING’s own venture capital fund
and Business Angels network.
Examples of cleantech companies
Solarus, Rehact, Plagazi
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TECHNOPOLIS VENTURES
Location Website
Vantaa, Kuopio, Oulu www.technopolisventures.fi
Area of focus
Various
Description
It is the largest and most renown Finn-
ish network of business incubators, which
although doesn’t have a specific cleantech
focus, hosts several cleantech companies
in its various locations such as Capital area,
Kuopio and Oulu. Technopolis Ventures
works in close cooperation with regional
science parks, and provides its companies
with business coaching and assistance in
accessing international markets and funding.
Examples of cleantech companies
Enfucell, Enercomp, Tuulivoimala, Canatu
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LAHTI SCIENCE AND BUSINESS PARK
Location Website
Lahti www.lahtisbp.fi
Area of focus
Coordinator of the
Finnish Environmental Cluster
Description
Business development portfolio includes
strategic consulting and financial advisory
services for Finnish cleantech growth com-
panies including business plan consulta-
tion and market research. Its target is to
increase awareness of international venture
capital investors for Finnish cleantech
business by organising pitching events, and
hosting annual Venture Capital Day. Lahti
SBP is a member of Cleantech Scandinavia.
Examples of cleantech companies
Eagle, Biower
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This list below presents 72 companies from
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
currently located in incubators, with a
brief description of their business idea. All
companies are categorised by cleantech
segment. It is worth noticing that several
companies could have been allocated to
more than one sector, but the choice was
made based on their primary focus. In to-
tal, there are 49 new companies presented,
which, for most of them, have however
been established in 2007 or earlier. There-
fore, not all of these new companies can
be attributed to the last year. To our opin-
ion, the actual growth in the total number
of cleantech companies in incubation is
less than was ambitiously expected at the
time the first study was prepared.
The majority of start-up companies are
emerging in energy-related sectors such
as energy efficiency, solar, wave and wind
energy conversion, and innovative bat-
tery technologies. Biofuels development
is also a well-developing sector. Water
purification and wastewater treatment
technologies are also developing in the
whole Nordic region, concentrating mainly
on non-chemical purification methods and
distributed systems. Advanced materials is
the third most popular sector, represented
mostly by Swedish companies.
As a concluding remark, it should be noted
that business incubation is maybe the
shortest and most convenient way to help
new ideas and technologies become com-
mercially viable and attractive.
Business intelligence and expertise accu-
mulated by many renowned science parks
and incubators could significantly add to a
more rapid development of the cleantech
sector in particular, which is rightly consid-
ered as the strong and promising busi-
ness area in the whole Nordic region and
beyond. The value that incubators can add
to this process relates mainly to providing
financial services and targeted promotion
The majority of start-up companies are emerging in
energy-related sectors, biofuel and water treatment.
In Sweden, advanced materials is also a growing sector.
4 Characteristics of cleantech companies in incubators
Energy dominatesthe business
47%
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to public donor organisations and private
investors, as appropriate to the stage.
It is however important to note that nowa-
days a majority of the cleantech compa-
nies start and develop their operations on
their own (i.e. outside specific incubators
venturing) with support from private and
public organisations. Even though Clean-
tech Scandinavia expected the growth of
cleantech incubation activities to be more
significant than what it has been over the
past year, it is still believed that the poten-
tial for such increase is significant. We will
therefore continue monitoring the develop-
ment of incubation activities in 2009.
Energy dominatesthe business
47% Almost 50% of the companies
in this survey is in the energy generation, storage or effeciency fields.
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HS Kraft
Windpower developerwww.hskraft.se
Develops, builds and owns large wind
farms in wind intensive areas in coopera-
tion with landowners. Allows landowners
to extract income from using their land for
power generation.
Eagle
Small scale wind powerwww.eagle.fi
The technology enables the use of wind
power as a personal source of energy, when
the electricity is fed directly to the home
network. Has designed nanotechnology
wings expected to offer higher production
rate than other available options.
CruSiNs
Solar cells [email protected]
Develops a new concept of the produc-
tion of silicon to be used in solar cells
production, as well as offers other related
products and services.
Compower
Local energy generationwww.compower.se
Develops economical, easy to use and
eco-friendly products based on a design
that combines a boiler with a micro-
turbine. Such a boiler also supplies power
and can reduce energy costs for single and
multiple-family homes by as much as 50%.
CCM Power
Wood gasificationwww.ccm-power.fi
Created a wood-gas generator prototype
with the claim to be the market’s best
technology. The technology gives good
foundation for operations to decrease car-
bon dioxide emissions and to focus on the
renewable energy.
AC-Sun
Solar-powered air conditioningwww.ac-sun.com
The company’s purpose is to develop and
commercialise a thermal air conditioning
solution driven by solar panels, enabling
considerable power savings, free-of-pollu-
tion, silent cooling and better comfort.
EnergyGeneration
5 List of cleantech companies currently in incubators
Cleantech in progress
A list of cleantech companies currently in incubators.
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Sol Voltaics
Solar cells developmentwww.solvoltaics.com
A nanotechnology company focused on
the development and commercialisation of
highly efficient, third-generation photo-
voltaic concentrator solar cells.
Plagazi
Waste into hydrogen conversionwww.plagazi.com
Offers a method for changing waste into
hydrogen through “plasma gasification”
concept. The system is entirely closed and
gives off no environmentally hazardous
waste products. Waste can be changed
into hydrogen for electricity and heat pro-
duction, or into raw material.
Ocean Harvesting Technologies
Wave energy developmentwww.oceanharvesting.com
Provides a wave energy extraction solution
that produces an even power level despite
the constantly varying and shifting mo-
tions of the waves.
Stirling DK
Biomass energy productionwww.sd.econtent.dk
The technology enables to convert biomass
of low energy value, such as wood chips
and straw, into high value, clean,
CO2-neutral electricity and heat, typically
used for district heating.
Solarus
Solar energy developmentwww.solarus.se
Manufacturing autonomous solar panels
for capturing solar energy and transforming
it into heat for seasonal use in individual
homes/summerhouses.
Solar Cell Repower
Repowering solar cellswww.solarcellrepower.com
Develops an innovative technology for re-
powering non prime solar cells. Core tech-
nology focus areas are solar cell defects,
characterisation and measurements.
Cleantech in progress
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Vonano
Solar cells [email protected]
Develops solar cells based on nanotechnol-
ogy.
Vigor
Wave energy developmentwww.wavevigor.com
Employs a new principle to harvest ocean
wave energy using a flexible hose, sea-
water and air to absorb the wave energy,
which is then converted to electricity by a
turbine and generator or transported to a
reservoir.
Tuulivoimala
Small scale wind powerwww.tuulivoimala.com
Develops, manufactures and markets small
wind power related products and services.
Available in 12V / 24V versions for all small
turbines in 200W-500W range.
Terranol
Bioethanol developmentwww.terranol.com
Develops yeasts to be applied in second
generation bioethanol production. The
company introduces a more efficient
fermenting system in order to significantly
increase the yield.
Sun Sil
Photovoltaic modules productionwww.sunsil.dk
Aims at producing complete PV modules,
ready for mounting on roof tops. The
module is a technologically advanced
development of known PV components
and presents efficiency gains and thereby a
lowered cost of the PV unit.
EnergyGeneration (cont’d)
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Suntrica
Mobile solar charging systemswww.suntrica.com
Develops and supplies solar charging sys-
tems and devices for the mobile and con-
sumer electronics industry. The chargers
gather solar energy via flexible solar panels
and store the energy into an internal light-
weight battery for instant or later usage.
Hystorsys
Hydrogen energy storagewww.hystorsys.no
Develops and manufactures efficient, safe,
and sustainable hydrogen energy storage
and compression systems based on metal
hydrides.
Enfucell
Battery technologywww.enfucell.com
Developed a flexible and thin primary
battery made of low cost industrial envi-
ronmentally friendly materials. The main
active components used in the power
source are zinc, manganese dioxide and
zinc chloride as an electrolyte.
Energy Storage
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Heliospectra
LED lighting solutions for greenhouseswww.heliospectra.se
Designs, develops, manufactures and
commercialises an intelligent High Bright-
ness Light Emitting Diode light engine for
greenhouses aimed at being more powerful
for growing crops, more durable, and more
energy efficient than existing alternatives.
Entrans
Waste heat recoverywww.entrans.se
Offers patented system for Waste Heat
Recovery, a system for recovering waste
heat into electricity and cooling within
energy and process industry.
Enercomp
Energy efficient motorswww.enercomp.fi
Provides complete solution for reducing
energy consumption and increasing system
availability in motor driven industrial appli-
cations such as pumps, fans and compres-
sors.
DBC System
Refrigeration systems controlwww.dbc-system.com
Develops a new concept in refrigeration
control to be used primary by supermar-
kets, enabling them to save a considerably
energy in their refrigeration installation.
Dall Energy
Energy efficiency in biomass based plantswww.dallenergy.com
Develops and implements innovative
solutions for biomass based energy plants:
combustion plants for heat production, and
gasification for heat and power produc-
tion. The company overcomes problems of
fouling and corrosion and allows increasing
energy efficiency of the plant.
Bioprocess Control
Biogas digestion optimisatonwww.bioprocesscontrol.com
Provides software technologies and
services that support the efficient design
and operation of biogas processes, which
aim to help removing instability in a biogas
digestion process and achieving operation
at 100% of its designed capacity.
Beakon Technology
Cooling and energy chipwww.beakontech.com
Developed a cooling and energy chip that
can convert waste heat energy into useful
electric energy with high efficiency. The
chip can also be used as a heat pump,
providing a cooling solution for applications
like electronics and in traditional cooling
systems like refrigerators.
EnergyEffiency
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Mantex
Moisture content measuring instrumentwww.mantex.se
Offers the process industries instruments
that can instantly provide information
about content, pollution and quality of
their industrial processes, without physical
contact or interferences with the measured
material.
Hybrid Energy
Hybrid heat pumpswww.hybridenergy.no
Delivers hybrid heat pumps with water and
ammonia as working fluid. Builds complete
waste energy recovery systems for the
food industry and large energy consumers.
Termisk Systemteknik
Infrared imaging for heat losses detectionwww.termisksystemteknik.se
Develops infra red imaging technology for
mapping heat radiation that can be utilised
to detect heat losses in buildings, elec-
tronic devices, heating infrastructure and
other applications.
Snowpower
Snowcooling solutionswww.snowpower.se
Development of snowcooling solutions,
with storage of winter cold (snow/ice) to
the warmer parts of the year, and then use
it for different cooling purposes.
Smoltek
Semiconductor technologywww.smoltek.com
Develops state of the art nanoscale tech-
nologies for the semiconductor industry
to enhance performance, enabling new
functionalities and prolonging the lifetime
of current and future manufacturing tech-
niques.
Rehact
Combined cooling, heating and ventilation systemwww.rehact.com
Develops a local energy system for cooling,
heating and ventilation, built around heat-
pumps and air heat exchanger. It provides
a more economic system for heating and
cooling the building.
Noda Intelligent Systems
District heating systems optimisationwww.noda.se
New solutions in district heating that allow
reducing or eliminating the need for reserve
power plants, and enables optimal use of
the electricity produced in power plants.
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Clean Hull
Underwater hull cleaningwww.cleanhull.no
Offers the shipping industry an environ-
mentally friendly service for underwater
cleaning of hulls of large seagoing vessels.
The method is based upon patented high-
pressure water cleaning, which does not
harm anti-fouling.
Clarity Water
Treatment Systems
Water purificationwww.clarity-wts.com
Offers a patented technology to remove
unwanted organic compounds such as
CO2, phosphorus, total nitrogen and ni-
trate from fresh or salt water, without use
of chemicals.
Biower
Wastewater and biogas solutionswww.biower.com
Supplies entire wastewater treatment and
biogas plants tailored for clients’ demands
in cooperation with its technology part-
ners.
Bio Globe
Local sewage treatmentwww.bioglobe.se
Offers a product which improves the circu-
lation of nutrients by efficiently handling
sewage locally. Sewer outflows are not
mixed, water consumption is reduced,
nutrients are prevented from escaping into
over-fertilised rivers and lakes.
AQUAPorin
Water purificationwww.aquaporin.dk
Develops a patented membrane technology
capable of separating and purifying water
from all other compounds in extreme ap-
plications such as medical, biotech, as well
as in desalination of seawater and pressure
retarded osmosis..
Adept Water Technologies
Water purificationwww.adeptwatertech.com
Develops and markets products, which
remove bacteria from water and water
systems. The products also cut costs by
making it possible to reuse water and im-
prove water quality, water hygiene and the
working environment.
Water+Wastewater
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GreenOil Standard
Separation of oil from contaminated waterwww.greenoil.dk
Manufactures and market a series of com-
pact filtration and water separation units.
The equipment secures cleanliness levels
and low water contents in technical oils.
Envistone
Soil and wastewater decontaminationwww.envitop.com
Develops solutions for stabilisation of con-
taminated soils, reuse of industrial waste
and municipal sludge granulation. Offers
water/wastewater cleaning technologies
e.g. nitrogen removal and reuse for munici-
pal wastewater treatment plants.
Ecowat
Water purificationwww.ecowat.no
Develops new water treatment technol-
ogy for production of drinking water and
ultra pure water for industrial purposes.
May also be used to isolate compounds
dissolved in the water source in a cost ef-
ficient and environmental friendly manner.
Waterment
Small scale wastewater treatmentwww.waterment.no
Development and commercialisation of
wastewater treatment installations for
individual houses, including purification of
water from the sink and shower, excluding
sewage. The system takes up little space
and is inexpensive to run.
Sorbisense
Water purificationwww.sorbisense.dk
Develops, manufactures and markets new
solutions for water quality monitoring,
enabling flow-proportional monitoring
of nitrate, phosphorous, and xenobiotics
(pesticides, PAHs, PCBs VOCs, and heavy
metals).
RecoMeta
Water purificationwww.recometa.dk
Develops a solution for continuous electro-
lytic process for removal of heavy metals
dissolved in water.
Ocean Saver
Ballast water treatmentwww.oceansaver.com
Develops a system for ballast water and
anti-corrosion treatment for shipping
industry.
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Lamera
Improved stainless steel materialwww.lamera.se
Develops ultra-light stainless composite
material for various purposes. The mate-
rial’s properties are similar to conventional
stainless steel and can be processed and
formed with the same tools, making it at-
tractive for exclusive and weight sensitive
applications e.g. aircraft interiors or port-
able consumer goods.
Chromogenics
Electrochromic filmwww.chromogenics.se
Develops and manufactures products
based on electrochromism. The technology
enables the production of plastic foils with
throughputs of light that can be changed
by an electrical voltage.
Canatu
Carbon nanomaterialswww.canatu.com
Production and sales of a new class of
versatile carbon based components based
on carbon nanotubes and new carbon
nanomaterials, improving the performance
and reducing the cost of optical, energy
generation/storage and electrical devices.
Biolocus
Marine paintswww.biolocus.com
Develops a technology that makes it pos-
sible to replace biocides in anti-fouling
paints for boats, ships and offshore
constructions with enzymes in order to
solve an important environmental pollution
problem.
Biofuel Solution
Biofuels developmentwww.biofuel-solution.com
Conducts research focused on turning
glycerol into other useful chemicals, such
as monoalcohol products.
Airglass
New multi- purpose materialwww.airglass.se
Developed a transparent material that
looks like glass, insulates better than
mineral wool and more heat resistant than
aluminium. Many possible applications
such as insulation in windows and solar
collectors, air-conditioning equipment, etc.
AdvancedMaterials
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I-Tech
Marine paintswww.i-tech.se
Develops efficient, non-polluting key com-
ponents for anti-fouling paints to be used
in marine environments, enabling adapta-
tion of the paint manufacturer’s product
range to the demands of new legislation,
better operation economy for the ship-
ping trade, as well as a healthier marine
environment.
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Silansil AS
Solar cells developmentwww.organoclick.com
Develops a new technology for production
of liquid silicon to be used in solar panels.
Organoclick
Biocomposite materialswww.organoclick.com
Manufactures and supplies a range of new
biomaterials and chemical compositions for
use in the paper, packaging, textile, wood,
biotech and pharmaceutical industry.
UVOX Microwaves
Microwave systemswww.umw.se
Development of microwave systems that
can be used in industries, for example for
testing the drying methods such as separa-
tion of hazardous wastes.
Resman
Oil wells monitoringwww.resman.no
Offers wireless, permanent downhole mon-
itoring of hydrocarbon drainage in oil wells
throughout their lifetime: during comple-
tion, start up and production, to injection
and formation water breakthrough.
Numcore
Monitoring equipmentwww.numcore.com
Develops and markets innovative moni-
toring and controlling instruments for
on-line use in process industries for several
different applications in the pulp & paper,
mining, and food production industries.
Arc Aromapure
Environmental friendly pasteurisationwww.beat-us.com
Develops energy efficient and environmen-
tally friendly method for biological purifica-
tion, so called cold pasteurisation of liquid
products.
APL Systems
Measurment systemswww.apl.fi
Provides multi-point measurement
systems using the latest energy efficient
embedded wireless technologies for noise,
sulphuric compounds and temperature
detection.
Xylophane
Renewable packaging materialwww.xylophane.com
Develops a new barrier material for packag-
ing based on natural raw material. It is re-
newable, biodegradable and is an efficient
barrier against oxygen, grease and aroma,
thus prolonging the shelf life of sensitive
food stuffs.
Manu- facturing
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Zemission
Catalytic flameless combustion technologywww.zemission.se
Develops an alternative flameless combus-
tion technology for mobile applications, i.e.
heating hybrid cars interiors, mobile power
generators. The technology is scalable,
flexible on fuels used, achieves full com-
bustion, produces a lot of radiant heat and
zero emissions of substances other than
water and CO2.
Ventotech
Energy efficient ventilation systemwww.ventotech.com
Energy efficient moisture control through
adaptive ventilation in interior enclo-
sures such as attic spaces in buildings.
The principle is based on controlling the
ventilation.
Reccat
Catalyser Technologywww.reccat.com
Developed a system which is a combina-
tion of a heat exchanger and a well-tested
catalyst for stationary or mobile gas fired
engines, which removes UHC, CO alde-
hydes and odour from exhausts way below
the emission limits.
Envik-Sense
Mercury detection instrumentwww.envic-sense.com
Develops and produces a measurement
instrument to detect mercury in water,
soil, air and food.
EIFair
Web-based software for environmental impact calculationwww.eifbusiness.nilu.no
Offers a web-based service to the industry,
developed to simulate an Environmental
Impact Factor of emissions to the atmos-
phere.
Air + Environment
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SunPine
Biodiesel production from woodwww.sunpine.se
Production of pine diesel, a renewable mo-
tor vehicle fuel based on tall oil, which is a
by-product from the timber industry’s pulp
process. The pine diesel will be processed
to high-quality diesel that fits all diesel
motors.
Precer
Hybrid biofuel powertrainwww.precer.com
Develops a biofuel hybrid type of pow-
ertrain that consists of a pellets burner,
which drives for instance a Stirling engine,
which in turn charges batteries.
MemfoACT
Biogas for transportationwww.memfoact.no
Develops primary carbon membranes for
upgrading fuel qualities of biogas to be
used in transportation sector.
Transportation +Logistics
Seedgard (Thermo Seed)
Non-chemical seed treatmentwww.seedgard.se
Offers a new method for thermal seed
treatment presenting an effective and
economically competitive alternative to
chemical seed treatment.
Biototal
Fertilisers from organic byproductswww.biototal.se
Production of fertilisers from different
organic by-products and “green sector”
wastes, including manure.
Agriculture
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Oulu Innovationwww.ouluinnovation.com
Prizztechwww.prizz.fi
Seinäjoki Technology Centrewww.stoy.fi
Snowpoliswww.snowpolis.com
Steelpoliswww.steelpolis.com
Technology Center TechVilla Ltd.www.techvilla.fi
Technology Centre Hermiawww.hermia.fi
Technology Centre Innoparkwww.innopark.fi
Technology Centre Ketekwww.ketek.fi
Technology Centre Tekniawww.teknia.fi
Technopolis Ventureswww.technopolisventures.fi
Turku Science Parkwww.turkusciencepark.com
Vaasa Parkwww.vaasaparks.fi
Agropolis Science Parkwww.agropolis.fi
Culminatumwww.culminatum.fi
Green Net Finlandwww.greennetfinland.fi
Helsinki Business and Science Parkwww.hbsp.net
Hyvinkäa TechVillawww.techvilla.fi
Joensuu Science Parkwww.carelian.fi
Jyväskylä Science Parkwww.jsp.fi
Kajaani Technology Centrewww.measurepolis.fi
Kuopio Innovationwww.kuopioinnovation.fi
Lahti Science and Business Parkwww.lahtisbp.fi
Lappeenranta Innovationwww.lprinno.fi
Merinovawww.merinova.fi
Mikkeli Technology Centrewww.miktech.fi
Agro Business Parkwww.agropark.dk
Business and Innovation Centre Nordwww.bic-nord.dk
CAT Science Parkwww.catscience.dk
Copenhagen Business Parkwww.nytdomicil.dk
East Jutland Innovationwww.oeiuk.itide.dk
Horsens Business and Innovation Centrewww.innovation-horsens.dk
Incuba Science Parkwww.incuba-sp.dk
Innovation MidtVestwww.innovationmidtvest.dk
NOVI Innovation Incubatorwww.noviinnovation.dk
Nuparkwww.nupark.dk
Science Parks of Southern Denmarkwww.syddanskeforskerparker.dk
Scion-DTU Science Parkwww.sciondtu.dk
Symbion Science Parkwww.symbion.dk
Teknologisk Innovationwww.tekinno.dk
Denmark Finland
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Origo Nordwww.kunnskapsparken-nord.no
Oslo Innovation Centerwww.forskningsparken.no
Rana Sicence Parkwww.kunnskapsparken.com
Sarsia Innovationwww.sarsia.com
Sintefwww.sintef.no
Steinkjer Knowledge Parkwww.kunnskapspark1.no
Sørlandet kunnskapsparkwww.kkp.no
Tel-Tek Inkubatorwww.tel-tek.no
Tretorget Inkubatorwww.tretorget.no
TTO Nordwww.ttonord.no
Ålesund Kunnskapsparkww.aakp.no
iParkwww.ipark.no
IT Fornebu Inkubatorwww.itfi.no
Kongsberg Innovasjonwww.k-i.no
Kongsvinger Kunnskapsparkwww.kpark.no
Leiv Eriksson Inkubatorwww.lei.no
Lillehammer Kunnskapsparkwww.lkp.no
Mo Industriinkubatorwww.kub.as
Molde Knowledge Parkwww.mkp.no
Narvik Innovation Parkwww.fpn.no
NCE Subseawww.ncesubsea.no
NorInnovawww.norinnova.no
Nyskapingsparken Inkubatorwww.nyskapingsparken.no
Bioparkenwww.bioparken.no
Bodø Science Parkwww.kpb.no
Campus Kjellerwww.campuskjeller.no
Coventurewww.coventure.no
Driv Inkubatorwww.drivinkubator.no
Energiparkenwww.energiparken.no
Gjøvik Science Parkwww.gkp.no
Gløshaugen Innovation Centerwww.ig.ntnu.no
Inkubator Nordwww.inkubatornord.no
Inkubator Ålesund Kunnskapsparkwww.aakp.no
Innovation Centre Hedmarkwww.kunnskapsparken-hedmark.no
Norway
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Karolinska Institutet Science Parkwww.ki.se/sciencepark
Kista Science Citywww.kista.com
Krinova Science Parkwww.krinova.se
LEADwww.leadincubator.se
Lindholmen Science Parkwww.lindholmen.se
Liveumwww.liveum.se
Medeonwww.medeon.se
MINCwww.minc.se
Movexumwww.movexum.se
Munktell Science Parkwww.munktellsciencepark.se
Norrköping Science Parkwww.norrkopingsciencepark.com
ESPIRA Tillväxtcenterwww.espira.se
Faxeparkwww.faxepark.se
Framtidens Företagwww.framtidensforetag.se
Gothia Science Parkwww.gsp.se
Gotland Interactive Parkwww.gotlandinteractive.com
GU Holdingwww.holding.gu.se
Idélabswww.mdh.se/idelab
Ideon Science Parkwww.ideon.se
Incuberawww.inkubera.se
Innovatum Inkubatorwww.innovatuminkubator.se
Inovawww.inova.nu
Kalmar Science Parkwww.kalmarsciencepark.se
Acusticumwww.acusticum.se
Aurorum Business Incubatorwww.a-b-i.se
Aurorum Science Park Luleåwww.aurorum.se
Blekinge Business Incubatorwww.b-b-i.se
Bparkwww.bpark.se
Business Incubator Östersundwww.miun.se/businessincubator
Chalmers Innovationwww.chalmersinnovation.com
Chalmers Science Parkwww.chalmerssciencepark.com
Create Bueiness incubatorwww.createbusinessincubator.com
Sweden
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Silverdalwww.silverdal.se
Solander Science Parkwww.solandersciencepark.se
SSE Business Labwww.ssebusinesslab.com
Stiftelsen Teknikdalenwww.teknikdalen.se
Stockholm Innovation & Growthwww.stockholminnovation.com
SU Holdingwww.holding.su.se
Sustainable Innovationwww.sust.se
Sweden Cleantech Incubatorswww.scti.se
Teknikbynwww.teknikbyn.se
Teknikhöjdenwww.teknikhojden.se
Teknocenter Science Parkwww.teknocenter.se
TelecomCitywww.telecomcity.org
Uminova Innovationwww.uminova.se
Uppsala Innovation Centrewww.uic.se
Videum Science Parkwww.videum.se
Åkroken Science Parkwww.akroken.se
Örebro Innovation Centerwww.oic.nu
Novum Research Parkwww.novum.se
Sahlgrenska Science Parkwww.sahlgrenskasciencepark.se
Sandbacka Parkwww.sandbackapark.com
Science Park Halmstadwww.scienceparkhalmstad.se
Science Park Jönköpingwww.sciencepark.se
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“In these days of economic recession,
traditional industries that have particular
problems, such as energy or automotive
sectors, need to see their opportunities and
use the right moment to save their business-
es by investing in innovative cleantech start-
ups, and cooperating with them.”
Helena Tillborg | Sweden Cleantech Incubators
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