The European Innovation Council and Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, invite EIC-funded startups and scaleups to apply for a new EIC Corporate Day, which will include an exclusive pitching and matching session with Vattenfall’s decision makers on the 5th and 6th December 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Vattenfall is seeking innovative and market-ready products/services in the areas of wind, heat and grid management.
Make sure to APPLY by 17th October 2024
The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme includes tailored preparatory sessions for the selected EIC companies on their business proposals, pitch and deck presentations by international experts, with the inside guidance of Vattenfall.
On the 5th and 6th of December, the EIC founders will enjoy focused networking opportunities, and a dedicated pitching session followed by one-on-one meetings with high level decision makers of the Swedish corporation. Finally, EIC companies will also benefit from post-event support to maximise the impact of their business proposals.
Opportunities for selected EIC companies:
- Privileged access to Vattenfall high-level decision makers.
- Knowledge sharing and network building for future business.
- Possibility to initiate a collaboration or strategic partnerships with Vattenfall and enter new markets.
- Personalised support including a group session with Vattenfall, 1-to-1 session with business experts, high quality feedback to adjust the pitch deck, pitch dry-run and business proposal review.
Who can apply?
Applications are open to all EIC companies working on innovative solutions related to renewable energies focusing on wind power, energy grid management or heating related topics. Vattenfall is particularly interested in innovations that align with at least one of the following focus areas:
- Wind Power:
- Cold Climate: Ice causes both a reduction in power production and pose safety issues. We are looking for solutions or services directed at identifying or removing ice from both onshore and offshore turbines
- Ancillary Services: Wind park nowadays are sometimes combined with batteries, PV, electrolysers or similar. We are looking for hybrid powerplant alternatives aimed at increasing the capacity factor. In addition, solutions aimed at performing grid services are also of interest.
- Energy Grid Management:
- Development of Heat Maps: When adding new production to a grid or adding a load knowing the grid capacity crucial. It is common to create heatmaps representing this. We are after solutions or technology to help both create the heatmap and also to improve the capability of mitigating capacity problems.
- Support with grid connections – where to get more power for future developments: We understand grid constraints are real and it is currently one of the biggest challenges for new developments. Vattenfall is actively looking for new ways to navigate these challenges when working with local DNOs. We are keen to understand how we can potentially find new ways to interact with the DNOs and provide them with more support to accelerate connections to the grid.
- Heating:
- Infrastructure
- Identification of leaks for old infrastructure, Identifying leaks in existing district heating networks is challenging. We are after technologies to both identify and also quantify potential leaks for hot water.
- Operations and Maintenance of existing networks, We are after new solutions in long term maintenance and operation strategies for existing district heating.
- New connections and new technologies to be implemented, District heating is of growing interest in some markets and we are interested in any solutions or services aimed at building new robust district heating systems.
- Development of thermo-solutions
- We understand that District Heating can offer a more sustainable and cost-effective way to warm our businesses and homes. As the technologies are constantly evolving we would like to explore new solutions in this space.
Please specify which specific topic you are interested in your application.
EIC awardees can apply by clicking on the following link.
Please acknowledge that the information you provide on the application form will be shared with Vattenfall, which will select the participants based on their business interests and strategic goals.
The EIC team will contact all selected applicants once the process is finished. However, this contact does not include feedback or recommendations for those not selected.
Commitment required:
Participants must be available for the entire duration of the programme, which includes the preparation phase (online training sessions, pitch checks, and business proposal reviews), the event days in Berlin (December 5-6, 2024), and follow-up activities. Selected companies must be represented by C-level executives. Additionally, selected participants will be responsible for arranging and covering their travel and accommodation costs.
Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat with approximately 21,000 employees across multiple countries. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation.
We work for a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways to, move make and live. To solve the climate challenge, we need to think in new ways - either by creating completely new solutions or by developing existing technology and making it more cost-effective. To succeed, we need to collaborate, and we at Vattenfall are open to new partners. Fantastic ideas can come from research or startups, and together with a large company like us, the idea can scale up faster.
About the EIC Corporate Partnership Programme
The EIC Corporate Partnership Programme supports EIC-backed companies looking to scale by securing new customers and business partners. To date, more than 1 200 EIC-backed start-ups and scale-ups, together with over 2 500 high-level representatives from more than 100 large companies, took part in the programme, resulting in significant impacts on organisations, tracking progress, and closing deals, often within 6 months.
About the EIC Business Acceleration Services
This opportunity is brought to you by the EIC Business Acceleration Services. To explore other opportunities to connect with the largest corporates in Europe, keep an eye on our events page.
All participants are expected to fill out a brief satisfaction survey shortly after the matchmaking opportunity and a business impact survey after six months. Failure to do so may lead to exclusion from future Business Acceleration Services.
Cancellation policy
Cancellations will only be considered in duly documented cases of “force majeure”. Unjustified cancellation can lead to exclusion in future Business Acceleration Services business opportunities. For additional information, please refer to our Helpdesk (please choose “EIC Corporate Days with Vattenfall” as the subject).
DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.