Applications for our 2023 cohort are now closed.
TechX is propelling start-ups to achieve more industry support, funding and growth.
We are currently reviewing submissions.
Our Clean Energy Accelerator is an intensive 15-week programme for 12 innovative clean energy start-ups with clear potential to significantly accelerate the transition to an affordable net zero energy industry.
We look for diverse, innovative start-ups that will pave the way in clean energy. If you are a forward-thinking founder with bold ideas that can help unlock the next generation of net zero technologies, we want to hear from you. Discover more about the award-winning programme below.
- Targeting clean energy start-ups at technology readiness level 2 to 6
- Up to £100k grant per start-up*
- Single or multi-team founders welcome
- Open to start-ups globally
*Note: there are certain repayment obligations in relation to the £100,000 grant which are conditional upon the attainment of specific financial milestones within a 10 year period. More detail can be provided on request
Programme Benefits
Receive up to £100,000 grant funding, expert support and mentoring on:
Testing your value proposition and business model with technical experts from potential industrial customers across the value chain.
Creating a prototype or minimum viable product.
Pitching to potential customers at our final showcase Demo Day.
Securing field trials to pilot your solution with the industry including bp, Equinor, ADNOC and our other partners.
Structuring capital raising and pitches to investors, before putting it into practice on Investor Day.
Building diverse teams.
Connecting into the Net Zero Technology Centre’s extensive energy industry network and maximising the benefit.
Creating and developing your brand.
Structuring your business optimally from a legal and tax perspective.
Complying with regulation and anticipating regulatory changes.
Protecting your IP, developing an IP strategy and applying for patents.
Testing your value proposition and business model with technical experts from potential industrial customers across the value chain.
Creating a prototype or minimum viable product.
Pitching to potential customers at our final showcase Demo Day.
Securing field trials to pilot your solution with the industry including bp, Equinor, ADNOC and our other partners.
Structuring capital raising and pitches to investors, before putting it into practice on Investor Day.
Building diverse teams.
Connecting into the Net Zero Technology Centre’s extensive energy industry network and maximising the benefit.
Creating and developing your brand.
Structuring your business optimally from a legal and tax perspective.
Complying with regulation and anticipating regulatory changes.
Protecting your IP, developing an IP strategy and applying for patents.
From start-up to scale-up
TechX start-ups receive an additional two years of free growth support, with access to co-working space in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Our technology focus areas
- Renewable energy technologies, hydrogen, other clean fuels and green chemicals
- Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
- Digitalisation
- Oil and gas emissions reduction technologies
Strategic & Professional Services Partners
Supported by our global partners
TechX Strategic Partners bp, Equinor and ADNOC provide the programme’s start-ups with access to technology experts, investment opportunities and the potential for field trials.
TechX Professional Services Partner Accenture supports the TechX team and provides the programme’s start-ups with expert tutoring during the 15-week programme.
Pioneer Start-up Portfolio
43 start-up graduates that continue to grow, evolve and deliver
The alumni have completed over 20 field trials and six have commercialised (Intebloc, Nudge Exchange, Optic Earth, Resolute Energy Solutions, Sentinel Subsea and Test1). Find out how the TechX accelerator and growth programmes have helped scale them to shape the future of clean energy technology.
Blue Gentoo
Blue Gentoo
Blue Gentoo provides its clients with the ability to actively manage gas hydrate risks. The company is developing a gas hydrate management solution to provide real-time monitoring of gas production flow. This will mitigate and manage the formation of gas hydrates and ensure the efficient dosing of ‘anti-freeze’ chemicals saving the customer millions on OPEX.
Envio
Envio
Envio’s solution allows equipment to be tracked through a digital tracing mechanism. Originally developed for tracking the transportation of high value retail goods, the technology is being deployed to monitor the movement of mission critical equipment offshore.
Envio’s proprietary equipment containers remotely verify contents, location, usage and even prevent tools that are out of certification from being used.
Envio worked with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop their digital equipment label that can display dynamic information to help navigate an asset through a complex supply chain. This included operational testing through a number of field trials.
Immaterial
Immaterial
Immaterial manufactures super-adsorbent nanomaterials which can dramatically reduce the cost of separating, storing, and transporting gas. The project looks to compress, rather than the liquify, natural gas which delivers significant financial and CO2 savings on each tonne of gas shipped.
Further opportunities are possible regarding downhole refinement and selective element extraction as well as carbon storage.
Immaterial worked with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop their metal organic framework (MOF) technology for the storage of natural gas. This allows natural gas to be transported economically from remote locations.
Immaterial are currently working with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop effective MOFs for the purification of hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
Intebloc
Intebloc
Intebloc has developed intelligent offshore solutions for safer and more efficient crane operations. The technology scans a load and compares it to a scan of a lay down area, ensuring a safe and efficient lay down. It will also include a crane back camera, communications and proximity warning system for the crane driver and personnel to ensure safe operation at all times.
This solution improves safety onboard and helps prevent incidents and fatalities.
Intebloc won the bp Technology Award during their participation in Cohort 1 of the TechX Accelerator programme.
Intebloc worked with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop their crane camera technology which improves personnel safety in many industrial applications. They developed a prototype including all critical elements: the camera, display monitor and battery pack.
Paragon Inspection
Paragon Inspection
Paragon is developing integrated digital inspection technology which will transform the inspection of small bore tubing and hugely reduce hydrocarbon leaks.
The technology can be used to assess small bore tubing to provide an effective indicator as to whether the tubing has been correctly assembled and automatically register this and reporting associated risk back to the customer.
RAB Microfluidics
RAB Microfluidics
RAB Microfluidics is a research and development start-up from Aberdeen University developing cutting-edge microfluidic technology to provide real time condition monitoring and predictive failure analysis for rotating equipment.
The company’s project features a miniature ˜lab-on-a-chip’ condition monitoring device that analyses metal fragment content in lubricating oil to diagnose early signs of equipment failure.
RAB Microfluidics won the bp Technology Award during their participation in Cohort 1 of the TechX Accelerator programme.
Sensalytx
Sensalytx
Sensalytx is a data analytics and visualisation company that has developed an artificial intelligence based modular software platform. The software will analyse and visualise Distributed Optical Sensing data showing fluid movement inside and outside a well. It will facilitate well condition assessment and monitoring over the life of a well, especially when planning plug and abandonment operations.
It will analyse fluid flow across multiple completion tubing, casing, cement and formation interfaces beyond the capabilities of current logging techniques. It will deliver significantly quicker analysis, state of the art visualisation and decision ready analysis reports.
Sensalytx worked with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop their data analytics and visualisation software. They trialled their technology using historical and current operator software.
TenzorGEO
TenzorGEO
TenzorGEO provides an integrated service in micro seismic data acquisition and interpretation for high accuracy hydrocarbon mapping, delivering a multi-million dollar reduction in E&A campaign costs.
Based on a maximum likelihood method, the service has had technical and commercial success onshore.
TenzorGEO worked with NZTC’s Solution Centre on a project to develop their service which can drastically reduce the cost of well exploration. Click here to learn more about the project.
Test 1
Test 1
Test1 has developed a unique sponge-like material that only soaks up oil and hugely outperforms existing spill absorbing materials. In only a few minutes, the material absorbs every kind of hydrocarbon up to 35 times its own weight and can be reused more than 100 times. One kilogram of PUFF sponge can absorb three tonnes of oil in any weather and sea condition and in any location. The absorbed oil can be recovered for recovery and processing instead of disposing it, like current methods.
There is also an opportunity to use the product in revolutionary filters for areas such as produced water to further recover oil in the process.
