The startup specializes in recovering waste heat from industrial processes using organic Rankine cycles (ORC) and high-temperature heat pumps. This technology reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enhances environmental sustainability by capturing and repurposing energy that would otherwise be lost.
Funding
$22.8M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Many industrial processes release significant amounts of waste heat, which is lost to the environment instead of being reused. This represents a missed opportunity to improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and lower operational costs for industrial facilities.
Solution
Energie Circulaire provides comprehensive, financed, and turnkey solutions for industrial decarbonization by recovering and valorizing waste heat. Through energy service contracts, they enable industrial sites to fully exploit the potential of their operations by harnessing waste energy. Energie Circulaire improves energy autonomy by providing a local source of decarbonized energy, in the form of heat and/or electricity, at a competitive and consistent rate, all without upfront investment from the client. They leverage Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology and high-temperature heat pumps to convert waste heat into usable energy, offering secured business models based on innovative technological solutions to limit market risk exposure and reduce emissions.
Target Audience
Energie Circulaire primarily serves large industrial sites in sectors such as steel, food processing, cement, construction materials, waste incineration, metallurgy, paper, petrochemicals, drying processes, and glass, seeking to reduce their carbon footprint and energy costs.
Features
- Project management encompassing pre-project phases, construction, and commissioning
- Scenario development for technology selection and business model definition
- Contractual relationship management with various partners
- Establishment of appropriate legal structures
- Assistance with permits and authorizations
- Feasibility studies and project development
- Financial structuring and funding coverage
- Support for obtaining grants and financial aid
- Identification of pre-financiers for white certificates
- Bank loan securitization
- Operation and maintenance of systems
- Analysis and verification of energy gains
- Energy billing management
- Identification of energy flexibility opportunities
- Management of energy purchase/sale operations to generate additional revenue
- Cogeneration operations management to increase gains
- Expertise in ORC, industrial heat pumps, thermal storage, CCU/S, steam turbines, small heat networks, gas expansion, electric/hybrid boilers, small cooling networks and electrolyzers