Discover startups and projects in the environment and energy sectors filtered by business area and technology.
This list includes high potential projects and companies based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational, and range from an initial concept up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space.
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| Company Name | Founding year / Canton | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElectricFeel | 2012 | Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Services pooling ] | communication, e-mobility, enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | ElectricFeel provides the most intelligent platform available to build, run and scale shared electric mobility systems in the urban habitat; ElectricFeel's Platform is a full solution for any shared electric mobility service (End-user Application, Management Software, Analytics Portal) | ||
| electrojoule | 2017 | Construction & buildings [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heat energy ] | Geothermal energy, heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smarthome & building, Solarthermal energy |
| AG | We plan, install and maintain sofisticated renewable HVAC systems für mid-sized buildings, all out of one hand, including continuous optimization. | ||
| eleki | 2018 | Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Energy storage ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| provide flexibility to the grid, by using smart charging, calculating the best charging times, sell flexibilty to DSO or swissgrid. Refund the owners of the cars | |||
| ElektroLink | 2009 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| BE | Experts for building automatisation, planning, installing and managing software, programming and hardware. | ||
| E-Man AG | 2018 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity efficiency, Energy sufficiency, Engineering ] | Electric batteries, e-mobility, smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| NW | Consulting, sale of HW and SW for Energy Metering (Smart Meter, electric, heat, cold, water, gas) for whole house of area (micro grid). Taking the whole system in operation and optionally also doing maintenance and prepare Energy invoice for all tenants. | ||
| Embotech | 2013 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | enabling technologies |
| ZH | They strive to lead the market for numerical optimization solutions that will be integral part of tomorrow's decision making systems. | ||
| Emovemotorstore | 2012 | Transport & Mobility | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ZH | Emovemotorstore GmbH was founded in 2012 with the aim of offering clean, efficient, reliable and affordable mobility in the high-end field of electric mobility. | ||
| Enairys Powertech | 2008 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Electric batteries, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Renewable technologies |
| VD | Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions, based on its proprietary hydro-pneumatic and power electronic technologies. These solutions enhance the exploitation of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar sources, and enable electricity consumers and producers to improve their energy efficiency or autonomy while preserving the environment. | ||
| Energie hoch drei | 2017 | Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings ] | low technology |
| BE | Energie hoch drei AG stands for the 3 elements of the energy future - efficiency, consistency and sufficiency. Their core competencies are energy concepts and sustainability consulting in the building sector and in spatial planning from the idea to the implementation. They offer their services to a broad clientele ranging from building owners and planning teams to various institutions. | ||
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| Energy Vault | 2017 | ||
| TI | The Energy Vault storage solution operates with bricks that are lifted to create a tower causing the energy to be stored in the elevation gain, when the bricks are then returned to the ground the kinetic energy from the falling brick is turned back into electricity. Specially engineered control software is used to ensure the bricks are placed in exactly the right location each time. The system is modular and flexible with each plant having a capacity of between 10 and 35MWh and a power output of between 2 and 5MW. The system is ideally suited to longer duration storage but with very fast response times can also be used to deliver short and medium term. | ||
| enersis suisse | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| BE | Enersis focuses on Visual Energy Analytics, with special competences in the areas of energy / utilities, Big Data, Data Science and Analytics. They offer a cloud-based software platform and applications along the complete energy value chain to utilities, smart cities and energy-intense companies. The solution turns data into assets by connecting and visualizing existing customer and additional external data leading to the information platform vision of the Digital Energy Boardroom. | ||
| e-netz | 2010 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | |
| AG | e-Netz AG is an independent planning, engineering and consulting company specialising in technical and energy issues in the energy sector. e-Netz AG unites independent experts for networks, engineering and the energy industry under one roof. | ||
| Enlife | 2015 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AI | Enlife is a multinational smart energy technology company delivering web and mobile based energy intelligence solutions for home users, utilities, local governments (municipalities) and distributed organizations in the corporate sector to aid consumers across the globe to better monitor, manage and optimize their energy use, carbon footprint and energy savings while driving down consumption costs. | ||
| EN-PRO | 2012 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Electric batteries, Photovoltaics |
| AG | En-pro GmbH develops, plans and implements tailor-made photovoltaics in all variants in construction and logistics. As qualified solar experts they build photovoltaic systems for commercial customers, private individuals, institutions and the public sector. | ||
| ENSY | 2010 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| GR | ENSY AG manifactures plans, installs and manages Drinking Water Turbines to produce electricity in small communities. | ||
| Enuu | 2018 | Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management, Road transport ] | e-mobility |
| BE | Enuu is the first free* LEV sharing service that redefines urban mobility. Enuu is based on an intelligent and highly efficient light electric vehicle. It allows you to avoid being stuck in traffic jams and has a very low carbon footprint. | ||
| Envergate Energy | 2014 | Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| TG | Envergate Energy AG develops, produces, sells vertical-axis turbines and is active in the field of renewable energies and consulting. | ||
| EnvEve | 2008 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Forestry ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| TI | EnvEve is an high tech company specialised in Internet of Things. It has developed a unique Internet of Things framework for outdoor applications with robust and reliable devices enable sophisticate analytics to support decision in Agriculture and Forests. | ||
| Envirobot | 2016 | Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Environmental monitoring, Water Management ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| VD | The Envirobot project is funded as part of the swiss Nano-Tera program. In the context of this project we are improving the anguiliform swimming robot (fourth generation of Amphibot) and equiping it with multiple sensors for pollution detection in lakes. | ||
| EPEA Switzerland | 2009 | Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | low technology |
| SZ | EPEA implements Cradle to Cradle ® projects in all industries in the Alpine Region, particularly in Switzerland and Austria. | ||
| eqlosion | 2018 | Behavioural change, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Many fields ] | |
| VD | eqlosion is a service based company, active in the setting and piloting of entrepreneurship projects in the field of sustainability. eqlosion creates new activities and define itself as a company factory focused on sustainability. | ||
| esave | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, lighting |
| GR | Street lamps can be dimmed automatically via esave's slControl as long as little or no light is needed. If the sensors detect pedestrians, cyclists or cars, the intensity of the lighting is adjusted specifically for a certain section of road. | ||
| eSMART Technologies | 2011 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| VD | eSMART develops intelligent systems for building automation. It can manage building functions like heating, lighting, electricity or videophone systems with a touchscreen in the living room or a smartphone app. The screen can also display the current use of electricity and water in real-time, informing occupants about energy consumption. | ||
| Essento | 2015 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | low technology |
| VD | Essento is a company that specializes in edible insects. We develop, produce and market various specialities based on edible insects for the retail trade as well as the catering trade. Essento is a food-tech startup that provides the European and Swiss market with a locally produced, delicious and sustainable source of animal protein in the form of insects. | ||
| ethec | 2017 | Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| ZH | We are a team consisting of 16 students and 5 supervisors of ETH Zurich and ZHdK. As part of a focus-project, we are developing a prototype of an electric motorcycle with two-wheel drive. Our main goal is to have a driving range of 250 km using braking energy recuperation at both wheels and latest battery technologies. | ||
| Eturnity | 2012 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Energy sufficiency, Heat energy, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| GR | Eturnity provides Live-Energy-Analysis (LEA) platform that supports its users (Utilities) in the consultation and the sales process for Solar Power Systems, Heat Pumps and E-Mobility Charging Stations digitally. Utilities and Installers can save up to 50% of their time throughout the process. | ||
| Evatec | 2004 | Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | enabling technologies |
| SG | Evatec offers a range of platform architectures equipped with evaporation, sputter , etch and PECVD source technologies according to application, substrate format and throughput requirements | ||
| EveryCook | 2014 | Food, Farming or Forestry [ Energy efficiency, Food production & retail ] | smart device |
| ZH | Production of a smart pan that cooks the meals in an easier and more energy efficient way | ||
| EVG Zentrum | 2017 | Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| LU | Supports the development of community solar projects (EVG) | ||