EnergyLab has announced 10 leading clean energy startups selected to collaborate with Australian and New Zealand energy companies to explore partnerships that will help decarbonise the grid.
This marks the fifth consecutive year of EnergyLab’s industry-led Scaleup Programme, which partners with innovative energy companies including Endeavour Energy & Ausgrid to identify their key strategic needs and then carry out a global search to find leading startups offering relevant solutions.
The 2024 Scaleup Program cohort consists of five startups from Australia, four from Europe, and one from the US, with technologies spanning grid digitisation, advanced analytics, social licence and community engagement, commercial and industrial decarbonisation, distributed energy resource management and on-demand satellite imaging.
These startups represent the best in innovative technologies across the energy sector and have been selected in consultation with energy industry partners.
In addition to offering startups the opportunity to meet, and collaborate with Australia and New Zealand’s most innovative energy companies, the scaleup program introduces startups to some of Australia’s most active climate tech investors, relevant government organisations, and experts from EnergyLab’s 400-strong mentor network.
EnergyLab’s CEO, Megan Fisher, said EnergyLab’s Scaleup Programme is bridging the gap between global startups and Australian energy companies.
“The Scaleup Programme helps to connect startups working on breakthrough energy technologies from anywhere in the world with Aussie energy companies and supports them to explore pilots & partnerships opportunities," Fisher said.
"This not only helps startups to unlock their next wave of commercial opportunities, but also helps industry partners explore emerging tech to decarbonise the grid.”
EnergyLab's commitment to fostering collaboration within the energy sector continues to play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to renewable energy solutions. This year’s selected startups, both local and global, are poised to make significant contributions to Australia’s net zero ambitions.”
The Energy Scaleup Programme will run over the next three months culminating with a virtual public showcase to be held on the weekend of 7 October, 2024.
Expressions of interest from startups for the 2025 cohort are now open.
The 10 startups to join EnergyLab include Diagno Energy, a renewable asset health and risk management platform that helps owners and managers of renewable asset portfolios maximise the revenue from their renewable investments.
Diagno is an Aussie startup while Kraftblock, another programme participant, is a German innovator who has developed a unique thermal storage system.
Kraftblock’s solution enables the seamless integration of renewable energy sources into high-temperature industrial processes.