ReportMethodology
EPIC100:Theemergingbusinessestransformingenergysystems
Wecalculatedthefigurefor770millionininvestmentbysearchingforeachofthe100EPIC
companiesintheCleanTechGroup’si3Connectdatabase(https://i3connect.com/) accessed on
March 23, 2017.Forthosewithinformationavailable(30ofthe100EPICcompanies),we
addedtogetherthelatestequityinvestmentstotalsforeach. Projectinvestmentcomesfrom
literaturereviewandisthereforeonlybasedonwhatwasavailablepublicly.
Ourcountryanalysisincludeddeskresearchtoassessinfrastructure(includingavailabilityof
smartmeters,accesstoenergy,systemreliability,T&Dlosses),regulation(electricityandgas
includingaccesstowholesalemarkets),businessclimateandenvironmental/energy/
efficiencypolicyinChina,India,Brazil,Europe(UK,Germany,Sweden,Finland,Denmark,
Netherlands)USAandAustralia.
Forthisproject,theteamconductedasignificantamountofprimaryresearchintheformof
interviews.Wewouldliketothankinterviewees,especiallythosefromSME’swhosignedupto
bepartofEPIC2016.
Inadditiontothebelow,wehavealsobenefitedfromconversationswithdifferentgovernment
departmentsandthoughtleadersintheUS,Europe,China,IndiaandBrazilthroughpartners
TheClimateGroup,theAlliancetoSaveEnergyandtheSecretariatfortheGlobalAlliancefor
EnergyProductivity,WorldBusinessCouncilforSustainableDevelopment,International
EnergyAgency,MissionInnovation,X-Prize,DENA(GermanEnergyAgency)andNewEnergy
Nexus.
Name
Organisation
Anna Skarbek, Jess Fritze,
Scott Ferraro
ClimateWorks Australia
Matt Williams
Faraday Grid
Australia & UK
Erica Marcos
Smart Freight Centre
Brazil
Lilian Alves
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Brazil
Luciana Castilla
Energy Policy Researcher, University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Changhua Wu
Teconet
China
Hu Min
Energy Foundation
China
Taiya Smith
The Green Trust
China
Anne-France Kennedy
ON5 Company
Europe
Rolf Zimmerli
Blue Pillar
Europe & USA
Trista Bridges
NUMA
France, Japan
Florian Reiners
Blue Inductive
Germany
Sebnem Rusitschka
ElectraSeed
Germany
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Region
Australia
Arvid Seeberg-Elverfeldt
GRIPs
Germany
Nalin Agarwal
New Energy Nexus
India
Harit Soni
Ecolibrium
India
Renilde Becque
Advisor, Energy Efficiency
Netherlands
Lars Roth & David Forsberg
Bright Energy AB
Energy Systems Professor, Ontario Institute of
Technology
Sweden
Igor Turevsky
Power Drive Efficiency
UK
Gregor Hoefer
GridDuck
UK
Michael Clark, Matt Allen
Become Energy
UK
Sophie Yule
Consultant, European Climate Foundation
UK
Rodney Boyd
Climate Policy Initiative
UK
Dawn Lippert, Melissa Uhl
Energy Excelerator
USA
Josh Whiton
TransLoc
USA
Ted Ko
Stem
USA
Matt Duesterburg
OhmConnect
USA
Nick Gogerty
Grid Singularity
USA
Andrew Krulewitz
Geli
USA
Judy Ko, Jeff Norman
AutoGrid
USA
Scott Kessler
LO3 Energy
USA
Prateek Saxena
Tech Mahindra
USA
Ben Peters
Correlate
USA
Joey Anderson
Sunverge
USA
Michael Murray
Mission Data
USA
Emily Kirsch
Powerhouse
USA
Matt Golden
Open Energy Efficiency
USA
Alan White & Vincent
Schachter
eMotorWerks
Dan Hoornweg
Toronto,
Canada
USA & Europe
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