Earlier this month the Ukrainian capital Kyiv (Kiev) saw its central part equipped with 50 high-tech underground garbage containers for solid urban waste, reported Kiev City State Administration (KCSA). Another 250 containers will appear in the city by the end of the year, with the total number reaching one thousand next year.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it will allocate €1 million to Ukrainian businesses developing or adopting eco-friendly technologies in 2017 and 2018. The funding will be provided in the framework of the Finance and Technology Transfer Centre for Climate Change” (FINTECC), a technology transfer program which the EBRD is launching …
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SolarGaps, which has designed “the world’s first solar smart blinds,” is among CB Insights’ list of 92 renewable energy companies outside the US that have raised equity funds since 2015. It is the only startup from Central and Eastern Europe featured in the listing. The review covers residential, commercial, and utility-scale renewable projects, as well as renewable-powered …
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Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he wants to talk to Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk about using the tech entrepreneur’s innovative power technologies to tackle Ukraine’s energy crisis. During an exchange on social network Twitter earlier this week, Musk bet he could build a huge lithium-ion battery network to prevent power blackouts in South Australia …
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Ecoisme, a Ukrainian startup which has developed a connected device for energy management, has agreed with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) an eight-month pilot project to improve energy efficiency in the emirate. The agreement, signed in late November, came as a result of Ecoisme’s participation in a three-month acceleration program in Dubai Future Accelerators. Supported by the Dubai Future Foundation …
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A Germany-based startup with roots in Ukraine is raising money for a new gadget it says will help save on heating bills across Europe. Called eCozy, the startup produces smart thermostats that calculate the best-fit heating regime for the radiators they are attached to. According to the head of the startup’s customer support department, Alexandr Kudryashov, the …
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Ecoisme, a Ukrainian startup which moved its headquarters last year to Poland, has launched its device to “track energy usage of any device, get tips to reduce it and alerts about devices left turned on.” Presented as “the world’s most intelligent home energy monitoring system,” the Ecoisme device is currently available on Indiegogo, where it …
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Kyiv (Kiev) Polytechnic Institute (KPI), a leading Ukrainian technical university, has teamed up with private partners Kyiv Polytechnic Science Park, Island Management, and Technology of Nature to implement two major projects, “Polyteco Science City” and “Own Heat”. According to the protocol of intentions signed last week, the partners intend to build a research-and-production complex covering 251,000 …
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Kyiv City Hall, which is constantly criticized for paying more attention to distributing expensive land to insiders than serving residents’ needs, launched an online map that reflects the breakdowns in the city’s utility system on Nov. 19. KitSoft, a local website developer, made an interactive map that shows the exact addresses of the buildings experiencing any utility …
Krakow-based Ecois.me, a provider of hardware and software for energy saving, has snagged $100,000 in seed investment from T-Venture, an innovation fund of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom. Run by a team of Ukrainian programmers, the startup intends to monetize energy consumption reduction. Ecois.me plans to sell specially designed sensors to customers who keep track of their household power consumption, …
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Ukraine’s inefficient energy sector leaves it vulnerable to being stretched over a barrel – literally – by Russia. Roman Zinchenko says the answer lies in start-ups. “We don’t believe only presidents and prime ministers can solve this. Let’s treat the problem of this country as a start-up – and invite people to hack solutions for this.” He has begun a …
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