Dalkia acquire 75% of shares in TIRU
The French giant Dalkia, a 100% subsidiary of the EDF Group, has taken another step forward in the renewable energy sector by acquiring 75% of the French company TIRU, a specialist in waste recovery energy production. TIRU, the company for the Industrial Treatment of Urban Waste, was founded in 1922 and was previously 100% owned by EDEV (EDF Environmental Development). The company designs, builds and operates waste treatment plants in...
Wair, the anti-pollution scarf for cyclists
At the origin of every success story in business there is the germ of an idea, and Wair, a French startup currently developing an anti-emission scarf for cyclists, are no exception to this universal truth. The path towards this anti-pollution scarf began with a disturbing story. Some years ago, Caroline van Renterghem, founder of Wair, was cycling to work in the Paris region as she did every morning, however, this particular morning...
Interview with Jacques Touillon, founder of Foobot
We have just published an interview with Jacques Touillon, the found of Foobot. Foobot is a connected device which measures indoor air quality. It can measure the air quality of a home and provide the information directly via a smartphone, or on the device through LEDs that change colour based on the results. In the interview conducted during the Cleantech Forum 2016, Jacques Touillon presents Footbot and also discusses current issues...
Electroroad, revolutionising public transport
Among the large number of startups present at Cleantech Forum in 2016, one venture particularly stood out – Electroad, an Israeli startup that aims to make us reconsider our concept of electricity-based public transportation. The size of battery needed to power a bus would take up a huge amount of space, would weigh one-third as much as the bus itself and would cost half the price of the vehicle. Imagine for a moment that we can...
Hydrao, the connected smart shower
Hydrao is a smart and connected showerhead developed by Smart & Blue, a startup present at this year’s Cleantech Forum in Lyon. The principle behind the device is simple: the shower head is equipped with a light that changes colour depending on the amount of water consumed. It changes from green when less than 10 litres have been consumed to blue (- 20 L), purple (- 30 L) and red (- 50 L) before flashing in case of high...
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