hello energy, the tool for energy and sustainability management for large real estate companies, has raised one million euros in an investment round. This pre-series A round was led by Enfuro Ventures and supported by a number of investors from the Netherlands and England.
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A new milestone in hyperloop transportation was reached when European countries banded together and agreed to create a joint technical committee (JTC) called JTC 20. As part of  the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), the goal of this technical committee is to define, establish, and standardise the methodology and framework to regulate hyperloop travel systems and ensure interoperability and high safety standards throughout Europe.
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Europe’s first facility to test hyperloop at high speeds will be built in the Dutch province of Groningen. The new European Hyperloop Center (EHC) will be open to hyperloop developers from all over the world.
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Groningen en Zeeland zijn de provincies die geselecteerd zijn als finalisten in de race om het European Hyperloop Center (EHC) binnen te halen.
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Koolen Industries, together with the renowned German fund Freigeist Capital, multiple Dutch and Belgium investors, and one of the first engineers of Uber invested millions in Hardt Hyperloop. The company has raised more than ten million euros to date.
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Sympower has raised €3 million in a Series A funding round from Dutch investment funds Social Impact Ventures and Participatiefonds Duurzame Economie Noord-Holland (PDENH), current investors and team. The capital will fund the further international roll-out of Sympower’s electricity grid balancing services following successful implementation on electricity markets in Finland and the Netherlands.
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On the 8th of May 2019 the Swedish Transmission System Operator (TSO) Svenska Kraftnät opened up the market for FCR (Frequency Containment Reserves) for consumers with a flexible electricity consumption in Sweden. Electricity consumers in Sweden are now, thanks to the partnership between Vattenfall and Sympower, able to sell their flexibility to Svenska Kraftnät.
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Koolen Industries has signed the agreement for a multi-million investment in the electricity storage company Elestor BV. After years of research and development, Elestor is at the verge of introducing its revolutionary hydrogen bromine flow battery to the market. This technology is a next step in low cost electricity storage at scale.

Kees Koolen, owner of clean energy conglomerate Koolen Industries and former CEO of booking.com and early investor in Uber: “Elestor’s storage systems are designed for large scale stationary applications, whereby the storage costs per kWh are impressively low. With Elestor, another exciting storage technology has been added to the group of companies that we invest in. Since these technologies are complementary and serve a different range of applications, we are together able to deliver turnkey solutions for virtually every demand, in all markets and on a very large scale. The unique Flow Battery technology from Elestor fits extremely well in that strategy.”
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