In the last quarter of 2020, Rockstart launched its 20M+ Energy venture capital fund, backed by Enfuro Ventures, institutional investors, European family offices, informal investors and the government. Through its Energy fund, Rockstart invests in seed-stage startups contributing to the energy transition. Rockstart is now introducing the fund's first investments with nine startups. From smart grid technology to carbon reduction, these founders represent six segments in the energy industry and five different countries.
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When energy production is handled by a greater share of renewables, there is a rising demand for grid balancing services as low-inertia power systems and production are harder to forecast and keep stable. Sympower, the flexibility specialist, is providing grid balancing services to help keep the Finnish electricity grid frequency stable at 50Hz.
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En weer valt Elestor in de prijzen, dit keer heeft het publiek Elestor uitgeroepen als winnaar van de KvK Innovatie Top 100.
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A pilot cargo route that would constitute a first step in creating a pan-European emission-free hyperloop network is being investigated in the largest urban area of The Netherlands between Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
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Israel has recently lifted its 2030 national renewable energy target from 17% to 30%. Sympower and its Israeli partner PHOEBUS ENERGY are supporting the Israeli grid in achieving this ambitious target.
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Sympower is taking part in a pilot organised by Dutch Transmission System Operator TenneT to explore how to open aFRR to independent, aggregated demand side resources. Sympower, as an independent aggregator, shows the benefits of the pilot by:

• using a mobile network instead of hardware-oriented connection
  
• allowing smaller decentral assets to be part of grid stabilization

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Sympower teamed up with Greensperad to make solar PR parks smarter and more profitable with curtailment.
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Rockstart, one of Europe’s first accelerators and today a global accelerator-VC, launches its second Fund of € 21m to invest in energy startups. The Fund was launched with the Dutch pension fund ABP, and family office De Hoge Dennen Capital as cornerstone investors, together with Enfuro Ventures and other prominent private-wealth and industry investors and is supported by the seed capital scheme from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The Rockstart Energy Fund aims to invest in energy startups in Europe with a primary focus in the Netherlands.
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