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Ten cleantech companies from the Nordic countries will present their business cases on November 17th. Five companies representing the early selection of the ongling Nordic Cleantech Open competition, and five growth-stage cases including NCO - alumni.

ReformTech, Sweden
Daniel Hagström, CEO
www.reformtech.se

The flame free catalytic combustion in ReformTech’s unique catalytic heaters provide several advantages such as high fuel efficiency without any dangerous emissions. Among other advantages are a possibility to use different fuels, a directionally controllable heat radiation, low costs and robust performance. Catalytic heaters from Reformtech can be utilized for example in automotive applications for engine and compartment heating, battery pre-heating, heating in mobile homes as well as for other applications where efficiency, signature and environmental impacts are vital to the user.  

Ekolite, Finland
Vesa Rommi, CEO
www.ekolite.fi

Ekolite converts “Waste to Value” when making composite materials from biomass and industrial wastes by means of mechanical and/or chemical activation. Ekolite is targeting to commercialize new modified biofuel ash-based geopolymers for infrastructures and new natural fibre composites for thermal, acoustic and fire insulating materials. Primary areas of use are green buildings and infrastructure; secondarily the solutions can be used for transportation, energy production and forest industry renewal. New construction materials can improve energy efficiency, absorb noise and improve overall safety and comfort of living.

Norsetek, Norway
Vidar Holmøy, CEO
www.norsetek.no

The Light Rotor is an innovative technology developed by Norwegian Norsetek. It includes a new structural arrangement for how to build large wind turbine rotors. It enables rotors to be lighter and larger so that they have a better cost efficiency. The conventional three-bladed and cantilevered blade design was originally made for blade lengths of 8-10 meters. This design is today scaled up to 65 meters or more. The Norsetek technology can save up to 40% of material weight, significantly lowering costs related to material. Rotors are sectionable which enables easy transports of large wind turbines on roads and on the sea.

Black Silicon Solar, Denmark
Hjalmar Nilsonne, Co-Founder
www.blacksiliconsolar.com

Black Silicon Solar develops a proprietary nanotechnology process for improving silicon solar cells in a cost-efficient way. By mainly focusing on reducing costs rather than improving the efficiency Black Silicon Solar has been able to develop an alternative texturing process that makes the overall production of solar cells 10% cheaper, reduces production times, use of toxic chemicals, and the amount of silicon used per cell. Black Silicon Solar is targeting the 50 billion dollar silicon solar market with the solar cell manufacturers as end-customers. These manufacturers are currently under severe financial pressure from Chinese competitors and cost-reducing technologies such as the Black Silicon Solar process will be crucial for their survival.  

Yoga, Estonia
Priit Vimberg, CEO
www.yogasystems.com

Yoga has developed an affordable building automation platform for Telecoms to bring easy-to-use fully intelligent building automation to masses. Yoga is a powerful tool for all buildings to achieve the most healthy indoor climate, highest security level and comfort in the most energy efficient way. Yoga works through a cloud system linking you with your home or office regardless of your location through a mobile phone, computer, or TV. 

Me-Mover, Denmark
Jonas Eliasson, CEO
www.me-mover.com

Me-Mover is offering the Next Step in urban motion and personal transportation: a stepmachine on wheels. It is three-wheeled, pedal driven in bicycle speeds, and it folds in three seconds to a compact trolley that can be brought along on public transport. Apart from its safe and engaging handling, it is a safe, fun and simple way of including physical motion in daily life and urban commuting. As such the Me-Mover will enable users to skip the car in many occasions- making multimodal commute a viable alternative.  

Netcycler, Finland
Juha Koponen, MD and Co-Founder
www.netcycler.com

Netcycler is a swap service for secondhand goods. Netcycler enables people to swap stuff they no longer need to things they want. For a single item posted online you may have up to thousands of trade opportunities – due to powerful automated trade rings. Best of all, you can get the items you want for free! An integrated shipping service brings convenience and facilitates long-distance trades. In March 2010, Netcycler was launched in Finland and has since been launched in Germany and the UK. There are already 80 000 Netcycler users and the user base is growing fast. 

Innowind, Norway
Kjetil Egeland, CEO
www.innowind.no