We use the four natural elements -fire/energy, water, air and earth - as metaphors for our cleantech investment strategy. A non-limitative list of investment themes or areas of interest:

Fire/Energy

• intelligent electrical power network technologies (smart grid or microgrids, power management, ...)
• power quality and reliability technologies
• technologies for electrical, chemical and mechanical storage (e.g. batteries, flywheels, hydrogen, ...)
• energy efficiency
• clean power harvesting and conversion technologies (renewable energy, wind, solar, biomass, ...)

Water

• zero-harm effluent discharge technologies
• membrane and affinity technologies
• rapid sensing and information processing control technologies
• cost-effective removal of specific components and/or valuables

Air

• greenhouse gas reduction technologies
• decarbonisation and CO₂ storage technologies
• removal of nanoparticles
• low to zero emission technologies

Earth

• soil decontamination and monitoring technologies
• biobased chemistry
• biomass conversion and platform technologies for biorefineries
• second and third generation biofuels

We also see interesting possibilities in the cross-section of these domains and other application areas. Some examples:

• green chemistry and white biotech
• advanced materials
• wireless sensor networks and agent technologies
• noise and vibration reduction