Breakthrough Innovation Hub

Entrust Microgrid has been pioneering smart microgrid technologies, focusing on development of smart hybrid DC- and AC-networked microgrids for the built environment, integrating solar PV/BIPV, battery storage, EV charger and heat pump, and advanced energy management systems (EMS) for properties and buildings.
Entrust Microgrid has secured over £10 million grants/funds, contracts, and investments, and developed innovative EnSmart branded solutions, products and services, including EnSmartHome (Smart Home Microgrid), EnSmartBuild (Smart Microgrid for Business), EnSmartEV (Smart DC/DC EV Charging System), EnSmartHEMS (Smart Home EMS) and EnSmartCEMS (Smart Community EMS)

Fab Materials are a materials science company tackling the 92M tonnes of textile waste incinerated or sent to landfill annually. Our flagship process converts mixed textile waste into a cost-effective drop-in replacement for virgin timber in wood fibreboard manufacture (e.g. MDF).

Leveraging decentralised systems and digital intelligence to give communities the ownership of their natural and cultural assets. Creating an enduring record of natural systems, interventions, ownership rights and contractual obligations of communities, organisations and financiers. We are enabling democratised marketplaces for protectors and keepers of natural ecosystems and cultures.

Organic Heat Exchangers (O-Hx) has developed EnergiVault, a next-generation energy storage solution, specifically designed to work with industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. Storing cold energy in “liquid ice” – a phase change material – the system offers both high energy density and fast/flexible discharge capability, hybrid characteristics not available with any other solution in the market. Designed to be retrofitted to existing cooling systems, in a minimally invasive manner, Energivault provides a vital link between renewable electricity generation and operational demands. The system saves customer’s money, reduces carbon, and enhances operational resilience.

Copenhagen Atomics (“CA”) is pioneering a paradigm shift in the global energy market through the development of a thorium-fueled Molten Salt Reactor (“waste burner”). Our technology aims to deliver clean, safe, and abundant energy at costs that are structurally lower than all other currently known energy sources. By combining unique reactor design, the use of thorium, and the ability to recycle nuclear waste, CA has positioned itself as a highly compelling investment opportunity.
This funding round will finance critical steps including regulatory approvals, construction and testing of a 1 MW(th) fission prototype, additional R&D and organizational scale-up

Wondrwall is a technology company dedicated to delivering affordable zero carbon homes. We believe intelligent AI-powered energy management and innovative funding models can help housebuilders deliver low-carbon homes that people can actually afford to buy and live in.