1st PowerNEST installed & sold to
Rabobank "When your banker
becomes also your client"
IBIS POWER www.ibispower.eu an innovative Dutch company providing renewable energy
solutions with highest impact to society, beneficiary of the European “SME instrument”
(Phase 2), installed and sold its first PowerNEST solution to Rabobank NL
In April 2015, the Dutch company IBIS Power obtained a SME "Phase 2" grant from the European
Commission who invested 1,7M euro in the IRWES project (Integrated Renewable Wind Energy
System) via the Horizon 2020 programme. This investment helped creating 16 high qualified jobs in
the Netherlads during the last year.
The project first main objective was to design, fabricate and install a demonstration unit for public
performance verification. The unit was designed during six months and afterwards tested off site. It
was finally placed in April 2016 in the field of a logistics company in the North of the Netherlands.
PowerNEST is an innovative wind and solar
combinedpower system that is most efficient,
answers customers needs in terms of looks and
architectural integration, and is esecially designed
for buildings of 5 levels and higher. The
demonstrator was placed on top of a set of 3
(wide) by 3 (height) 40ft containers to simulate
the effects of a building’s façade.
PowerNEST demonstrator in Eemshaven, the
Netherlands https://youtu.be/O4Is6nKOMmc
Getting the SME grant was a very important achievement that has enabled
us to grow and outroll PowerNEST faster. Being recognized by the European
Union gives us great credibility with partners and early adopting customers.
I am very grateful for the European support. As a team we feel empowered
by them to make PowerNEST possible for the many high rises in Europe
which are in need of an effective and attractive renewable energy solution,
and contribute in the emerging urban energy transition of the European
community.
Dr. Alexander Suma, CEO of IBIS Power.
May 2016
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By the end of April 2016, the very first spin of PowerNEST was recorded and the demonstrator has
already started sending energy to the grid. The opening event to present the very first PowerNEST to
the public will take place at the end of June 2016. Several public, industry and media stakeholders will
also participate. Installing more PowerNEST’s and perfomance validation for optimization and knowhow development are the main activities for the coming months at IBIS.
One of the largest banks in the Netherlands, Rabobank, has committed to buy a PowerNEST in the
coming three years. The unit will be placed in one of their high rise buildings. Moreover, Rabobank
has provided bridge financing for the successful development of the IRWES European project.
Ibis Power proves that a disruptive and innovative scientific approach for new
applications of smart wind energy solutions can really make the difference. Even
though the profitable large scale application of small scale wind energy in the
built environment still needs to be proved, we, at Rabobank, feel that Ibis Power
is very well positioned to play a leading and successful role in this transition
towards local renewable energy generation.
That is why Ibis Power won Rabobank’s Herman Wijffels Innovation Award in
2014, why we have bridge financed their EU subsidy and why we intend to
partner with them in the coming years, including the quest to find suitable roofs
to scale up the business in close cooperation with our business partners in the
bottom up local renewable energy solutions movement like Nudge.
Bas Rüter, Rabobank Head of Sustainability
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The City of Copenhagen has adopted a series of ambitious plans, among other things on CO2
neutrality in 2025, Climate Change Adaptation of the City, Green Mobility, Waste as a Resource and
Green Urban Nature. Against this backdrop, the City of Copenhagen and IBIS Power signed in April
2016 a Partnership Agreement to establish a framework for cooperation. IBIS Power will provide its
architecturally integrated wind and solar rooftop system solution, PowerNEST, for te city of
Copenhagen.
Woonbedrijf (Social Housing Association headquartered in Eindhoven), owns a large stock of 50s-70s
buildings in the Eindhoven region. Several rounds of technical and financial discussions are taking place
since April 2015 to identify potential buildings to place PowerNEST’s. In February 2016, Woonbedrijf
and IBIS Power signed together a Letter of Intent for the placement of a first PowerNEST during the
second half of 2016 as part of a set of three instalations.
More on IBIS Power: http://www.ibispower.eu/
More on SME Instrument http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument
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