Germany and, therefore, the German-based TVM Capital Technology Team is uniquely positioned in the cleantech space. More than 11,000 ‘clean’ companies have had there start here capitalizing on a green-minded political landscape, a population with a high adoption rate for green products, and best in class R&D centers and domestic expertise.
This sector is widely diverse and highly specialized expertise is necessary to enable company growth and success. Specifically, the TVM Capital Technology Team has expertise and interest in the following segments of the environmental technology industry:
- Energy Storage & Management Hardware: Batteries, fuel cells, ultra-caps Software: distribution, regulation, billing
- Demand side efficiency: Lighting, IT hardware, software management systems, light weight materials
- Solar PV and its value chain: conventional, concentrated, thin film PV and electronic/electrical balance of plan
- Thermal Processes: ORC, heat pumps, solar thermal heating & cooling, heat storage, deep geothermal
- Wind & Water Energy: Wind turbine components, wave and tidal, low head hydroelectric
- Water & Waste: distributed desalination & purification, water treatment: sewage & industrial, waste to energy
- Chemical and Biological Processes: Clean coal, CO2 sequestration, 2nd generation biofuels — enzymes, bacteria and algae
