Latest news from the world of cleantech

CleantechAlps: 15 years of commitment to sustainability and Swiss cleantech

In June 2025, CleantechAlps will celebrate 15 years of commitment to promoting clean technologies (cleantech) and sustainability in Western Switzerland. Founded in June 2010 on…

Solar Impulse Pioneer Awards 2025

Calling all sustainability pioneers! The Pioneer Awards are back! The Pioneer Awards by, our partner, the Solar Impulse Foundation celebrate organisations driving the ecological transition…

Watts Up? - A call for projects looking for innovative energy solutions

EnovArk, in collaboration with The Ark Foundation and OIKEN, is launching its first call for projects Watts Up?. The aim of this initiative, open to…

Voting is now open for the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2025!

The public vote for the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2025, the benchmark competition for young companies in our country, is officially open. Until July…

800 MWh of renewable electricity per year with an agrivoltaic installation in Aargau

800 MWh of renewable electricity per year with an agrivoltaic installation in Aargau Energie 360° is building an agrivoltaic solar installation on a cherry orchard…

DePoly raises $23 million to accelerate sustainable plastic recycling

DePoly, based on the Energypolis Campus in Valais and supported by CleantechAlps since its inception, has secured a total of $23 million in initial financing….

Green Business Award: 37 nominated companies set new standards for
a sustainable economy

From natural mushroom-based foam to vertical wind turbines, the seventh edition of the Green Business Award once again demonstrates the diversity of the nominees. Each…

The Valais start-up Emissium wins the START Global pitch and no less than 500,000 euros!

Last week, the young company Emissium, based on the Energypolis Campus in Sion, won the pitch competition at the START Global event, organised in St….