Naked Energy is a company that develops and provides solar heat and power technology, specifically their Virtu product range.

Naked Energy

Naked Energy’s purpose is to change energy for good; for the better and forever. We combine engineering, innovation and sustainability to decarbonise heat and power in the built environment, with the world's highest energy density solar collectors. 

Our mission is to supply you with solar thermal and solar PVT evacuated tube collectors; decarbonising demand for heat and power globally, one rooftop, façade, or ground-mounted array at a time.

We drive innovation in the solar thermal and solar PVT sector, integrating our highly efficient technology with monitoring capabilities. Our unique evacuated tube design optimises thermal and electrical outputs in two simple collectors: VirtuHOT (thermal) and VirtuPVT (photovoltaic, thermal). 

VirtuHOT and VirtuPVT can provide off-grid solutions, addressing high hot water and electricity demand for hotels, residential developments/ apartments, leisure centres, F&B manufacturing, and hospitals. 

Operating globally, we value international collaboration to achieve our vision of a world in which heat and power are no longer dependent on fossil fuels, but driven by renewable technology.

As a team, we are united by our passion for mitigating the climate emergency, blending our efforts to offer a diverse solution to a diverse problem. 

Winner of the 2021 CIBSE Building Performance Award, for Product or Innovation in the Thermal Comfort category, our product has been recognised for its potential to support the decarbonisation of heat in the built environment.  

VirtuHOT has been tested by TUV Rheinland and certified to both Solar Keymark and SRCC standards.

Barclays Ventures

Big Sky Partners

ELM Companies

Nesta

TAQA North

Green Angel Syndicate

Earthworm Group

EthicalFin

Naked Energy Ltd

Last week we had the honour to host our strategic partner E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions teams from the UK and Romania as well as colleagues from Germany for a series of talks and workshops in our London office.

The goal was to familiarise them with our Virtu product range and Clarity software suite, and showcase based on various installations how solar thermal technology supports heat decarbonisation, significantly reduces carbon emission and provides significant financial benefits to customers.

Thanks to everyone who attended, in person or online and especially to Stefan Padberg for making the journey all the way from California, and many thanks to Daniel Joisten for helping to organise it all.

This partnership is off to a very good start.

If you are interested in learning more how our technologies and services can help you decarbonise your heat demand, please reach out via commercial@nakedenergy.com

#heatishalf #solarheat #decarbonisation #partnership

The general election is in full swing and both leading parties are positioning themselves to gain the countries trust and votes. Without a doubt, emotions will run high over the next few weeks, and net zero and energy security will become frontrunner topics.

We will hear a lot about future policies, pros, and cons with a lot of back and forth between the main protagonists.

Whoever wins the next election will be well advised in supporting those UK businesses which are driving the energy transition, create local green jobs, and domestic energy security. Our friends in the United States and the European Union have clearly heard this message from their industries and have put relevant policies in place.

The key is to understand that net zero is not a problem to avoid but an opportunity to embrace and the fundamental piece to achieving domestic energy security in the UK.

If you are interested in learning more about our thoughts on this topic, please have a read of Christophe Williams’, CEO and co-founder of Naked Energy, op-ed.

Link in comments (paywall).

Many thanks to BusinessGreen  for allowing us to share our thoughts.

#solarheat #netzero #energysecurity

We are excited to share the latest episode of our Hot Stuff podcast!

In this episode Maria Zagorulko is speaking to Candice Marsh and Adrian Avellano from our partner in Gibraltar Sustainabuild.

This episode takes you on a journey through SustainaBuild’s ambitious mission to revolutionize the construction and hospitality sectors with green practices.

Candice and Adrian provide great insights on the energy transition and the state solar thermal technology in the British Overseas Territory.

We hope you enjoy this episode just as much as we did!

Link in comments.

#heatishalf #solarheat #gibraltar

#Climate #Awards #Built #Finalists

Last but not least, the Built category of the Innovation Zero Awards covers solutions that reduce the climate impact of the construction and operation of homes, buildings, streets, urban infrastructure, and spaces. 

The buildings and construction sector accounts for a staggering 37% of global emissions. The production and use of materials such as cement, steel, and aluminium have a significant carbon footprint. I believe our finalists and award winners will contribute to reducing this footprint. 

🏗 Built Environment // #Mature solutions

1️⃣ Winner 🏆 Company: Naked Energy Ltd 👏 Christophe Williams
Solution: Virtu
Naked Energy manufactures two solar thermal collectors (VirtuHOT and VirtuPVT), the highest energy-density solar appliances on the market. 

2️⃣ Company: Rendesco, kudos Alastair Murray! 
Solution: Rendesco Ground Source Heat Networks 
Funded, heat-pump-based heat networks which provide commercial and domestic developments with low-cost, low-carbon heating, cooling, and domestic hot water as a service

3️⃣ Company: ADAPTAVATE , bravo Tom Robinson and Cassandra Blazquez Rosa!
Solution: Breathaboard 
Breathaboard is a bio-based, carbon-sequestering alternative to plasterboard.

4️⃣ Company: ZED PODS Limited, well done, Debansu Das!
Solution: The UK's truly affordable, zero-carbon, high-quality modular housing solution, which addresses social inequality in housing and contributes to climate change mitigation through its zero-operational carbon design. 

5️⃣ Company: Kensa Group, great job Tamsin Lishman!
Solution: Networked Ground-Source Heat Pumps ease the transition to low-carbon heating at a scale similar to the gas grid. 

🏗 Built Environment // #Promising solutions

1️⃣ Company: Optimal Cities, that's fantastic, Silviu-Vlad Pirvu FRSA! 
Solution: Optimal Cities is the World's City Planning Companion, leveraging GeoAI and satellite intelligence to enable urban planners, developers and authorities to make cities that heal.

2️⃣ Winner 🏆 Company: Seratech Ltd Ltd and kudos to Sam Draper and Natasha Higgins-Schjelderup
Solution: Seratech's technology focuses on decarbonising cement and creating building materials made from CO2 emissions in a circular process.

3️⃣ Company: Carbon Re, 🎉 Daniel Summerbell and Josh Vernon
Solution: Delta Zero is an AI-powered optimisation software solution designed for the cement industry. 

4️⃣ Company: VOLTQUANT , 🚀 🚀 🚀 Nikita Dabizha
Solution: Grid Search Platform 
VOLTQUANT aims to reduce the 15-year delay in connecting net-zero projects to the grid, facilitating a quicker transition to clean energy.

5️⃣ Company: Natural Building Systems, congrats Chloe Donovan and Krista Zvirgzda
Solution: ADEPT® combines low embodied-carbon materials with modern construction methods to transform the industry.
 
💚 💪 🚀

#Climate Innovation Zero #Awards #Energy #Finalists

According to Net Zero Insights (my favourite climatetech researchers, Andrea, Federico and Emet 💚 ), the Energy segment is the largest in the climate funding ecosystem, accounting for around 40-50%. This is unsurprising, given that energy-related emissions comprise 70+% of all global emissions (see references in the comments).

The quality of solutions submitted for the Energy categories of the #InnovationZero Awards was incredibly high, making the competition super tough! Remember the names of the finalists — I'm sure you'll encounter them again and again.

⚡ Energy and Power // #Promising solutions

1️⃣ Company: RFC Power, bravo Tim von Werne
Solution: Manganese flow battery, which uses low-cost, widely available materials to deliver the long-duration energy storage solution required by a net-zero energy system. 

2️⃣ Winner Company 🏆: Hydrogen Refinery, congrats Martin Bolton
Solution: Hydrogen Refinery (H2R) is bringing to market the world-leading and patent protected Plasma Electrolysis System (PES) upgrading waste and biogas to hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic fuels 

3️⃣ Company: Carbon Re, well done Josh Vernon
Solution: Delta Zero - an AI-powered optimization software solution designed for the cement industry. 

4️⃣ Company: VOLTQUANT, 🚀 🚀 🚀 Nikita Dabizha
Solution: Grid Search Platform
VOLTQUANT aims to reduce the 15-year delay in connecting net-zero projects to the grid, facilitating a quicker transition to clean energy.
Company: CamfridgeLtd.

5️⃣ Company: Camfridge, great job, Alessandro Pastore
Solution: Netzero Magnetic Cooling that helps cut the carbon intensity of cooling to meet NetZero goals whilst reducing costs and enhancing sales


⚡ Energy and Power // #Mature solutions

1️⃣ Winner Company 🏆 : Naked Energy Ltd, bravo Christophe Williams
Solution: Virtu
Naked Energy manufactures two solar thermal collectors (VirtuHOT and VirtuPVT) , which are the highest energy-density solar appliances on the market. 

2️⃣ Company: GeoPura, 🎉 Tiffany Scott
Solution: HPU - hydrogen-powered generator harnesses green hydrogen to provide zero-emission electricity, augmenting the grid where the local supply is insufficient 

3️⃣  Company: Multiverse Computing, that's great Benjamin Cox
Solution: Singularity - a platform delivering our own quantum/quantum-inspired solutions to companies to solve Optimization and AI problems 

4️⃣ Company: Rendesco, kudos Alastair Murray 
Solution: Rendesco Ground Source Heat Networks 
Funded, heat-pump-based heat networks which provide commercial and domestic developments with low-cost, low-carbon heating, cooling, and domestic hot water as a service

5️⃣ Company: Kensa Group, that's fantastic Tamsin Lishman
Solution: Networked Ground Source Heat Pumps 
Networked Ground Source Heat Pumps ease the transition to low-carbon heating at a scale akin to the gas grid. 

I wish you all success in the world 💚 💪 🚀

We have some great photos from our recent grand opening event at ELM MicroGrid and ELM Solar in The Colony, TX. Thank you to everyone who came out and toured our facility!

#grandopening #microgrid #solar

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