Portfolio

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To date Carbon Trust Investments has co-invested £10.8m across twelve companies which together have raised £110m in total. Recently we have invested £1m into 4energy, an innovatiove cooling system developer. Other recent investments include £2m into CamSemi, an energy efficient power supply unit developer; and £700k into Green Biologics, a developer of novel fermentation processes for the biofuel sector.

Current Portfolio

Acal Energy   Technology aimed at addressing the inherent technical limitations of the cathode side of membrane-based fuel cells.

CamSemi   Power management controls that will help manufacturers develop more energy efficient power conversion products.

CMR Fuel Cell   The Compact Mixed Reactant fuel cell is a new platform approach to design and operation of all types of fuel cell.


4energy		   4energy's innovative cooling systems have proven to reduce the energy used to regulate the temperature of critical industrial electronic equipment by up to 90%.

GreenBiologics   Industrial biotechnology company which is developing "next-generation" biofuels. Butafuel (TM) is their superior and sustainable transport fuel based on bio-butanol.

Heliswirl   Developer of Small Amplitude Helical Technology, which increases transport efficiency of fluids. (Website under construction)

Natural   UK leader in sustainable building materials and systems for the shell of buildings.

Pelamis   Developers of off-shore semi submerged, articulated wave energy power conversion modules.

Whitfield Solar   Designers of low-cost photovoltaic solar concentrating systems for utility-scale applications.
 

Publications

 
 
 
 
Investment trends in European clean energy 2003–2006
The Carbon Trust, through its activities in investments, research and development, technology accelerators and business incubators, has been supporting the development of the low carbon and clean...

 
Carbon Footprinting
This guide provides an explanation of key footprinting concepts, a definition of the term ‘carbon footprint’ and an overview of the key issues in calculating an organisation’s carbon impact.

 
Annual report 2006-07
The Carbon Trust's annual report covers all of our activities and finances for 2006/07. This year we helped our customers to identify annual carbon savings of 4.6-5.4 million tonnes of CO2.