AEinnova’s INDUEYE 2.0 sensing technology aims to help big industries to digitalize easily, costly-effectively being environmentally friendly. In this sense, the European Industry has an opportunity to increment their productivity being more sustainable. Focused on Energy Intensive Industries with big facilities in explosive environments (called ATEX) as oil&gas, chemical, petrochemical, food and wood industries they have significant limitations to achieve the Industry 4.0 transition. In detail: -Energy: Powering wired sensors requires high investment in wiring (50€/meter of wire) whereas wireless sensors require maintenance (batteries replacement cost about 300€ every 6-24 months). -Communications: Wired sensors need high investment in infrastructures whereas wireless in order to save battery use low-range protocols needing repeaters (i.e. Wifi or Bluetooth). -Data representation: Big industries use SCADA to represent data. It isn’t flexible, not accessible to historicals, nor web-based/mobile nor predictive maintenance. -ATEX. Wireless IoT holds lithium battery that is explosive and highly contaminant. They cannot be installed in explosive environments forcing all sensors to be wired. Moreover, these big industries are highly inefficient due to they lose 65% of their energy needs in the form of waste heat (1.4PWh yearly or the 21% European energy needs). AEinnova creates the first wireless industrial IoT device that solves these limitations. It’s a batteryless, free-of-maintenance, wireless long-range, self-powered by heat and ATEX taking all the advantages of all the state of-the-art. Also, all the data is presented in a Software-as-a-Service IoT web-based dashboard with reports and analytics. The technology’s kernel is protected by patent in EU, USA and Canada patent.

A breakthrough in micro-energy harvesting and storage technologies is required to cover the increasing demand of autonomous wireless sensor nodes (WSN) for the future Internet of Things (IoT), which is considered one of the five technologies that will change the world by connecting 27 billion devices and generating €2 trillion market by 2025. The HARVESTORE project aims to power these IoT nodes from ubiquitous heat and light sources by using nano-enabled micro-energy systems with a footprint below 1cm3. Using disruptive concepts from the emerging Nanoionics and Iontronics disciplines, which deal with the complex interplay between electrons and ions in the nanoscale, a radically new family of all-solid state micro-energy sources able to harvest and store energy at the same time will be developed. This new devices will be called “μ-harvestorers” (μHS). In order to enable this science-to-technology breakthrough, our nano-enabled μ-HSs will be integrated in silicon technology. This will allow reaching the highly dense features and scalability required for a real miniaturization and massive deployment that will show their viability as a new technological paradigm of embedded energy. The HARVESTORE project addresses this challenging objective by building an interdisciplinary research consortium that includes consolidated and emergent leading researchers in modelling, microfabrication, materials science and energy together with high-tech pioneer SMEs with unique capabilities to develop and deploy IoT nodes for real applications. Moreover, the structure and communication strategy have been designed to make HARVESTORE a lighthouse project for boosting this novel micro-energy paradigm and building around an innovation ecosystem founded on emerging Nanoionics and Iontronics applied to energy.

Waste Heat (WH) emissions are a major economic and environmental issue, and the European legislation is increasingly pushing industrial companies to look for new solutions to reduce them. In this sense, Energy Harvesting (EH) techniques are one of the most promising sources of solutions, with a potential market of $250 million in the next 3 years. However, currently available EH solutions have important limitations mainly due to their low adaptability to different industrial settings and their high maintenance costs. HEAT-R proposes a new solution allowing the direct conversion of WH into electricity. It is a modular unit using multiple ThermoElectrical Generation cells associated and controlled through a programmable control unit based on System-on Chip technology, overcoming actual limitations by providing: • a large power generation capacity • a low-cost packaged solution • an adaptable and fully scalable system • a reliable, easy-to-install and maintenance-free product Current prototypes have been validated in relevant environments and one of the main objectives is now to scale up and adapt them to specific industrial requirements. In this sense, a demonstration within the premises of the first early adopter customer (SEAT-Volkswagen) will be performed during next months. The main objectives of HEAT-R are to validate the feasibility of the following technical, economic and impact aspects of the project: - Manufacturing process definition, including a Quality & Certification plan - New key partners identification - Industrial prototype validation - Know-how protection plan development - New customers’ requirements and needs identification (installation, validation, maintenance ...) - Market study improvement, including a deeper competitor analysis - Commercialization plan implementation (national and international strategies) - Target annual profit forecast validation (1.459.940€ in 2018) - Target direct qualified job generation (23 positions)

The project OxyBatt addresses a pressing need for portable energy storage in the intermediate temperature range. Currently, no battery technology is capable to operate between 200 ºC and 400 ºC, due to issues related to performance degradation and safety concerns of commercial systems. This limitation has a substantial impact on the penetration of industrial internet-of-things solutions in energy-intensive industries, where high temperature and risk of explosions are common, and hinders the application of advanced predictive maintenance and safety tools. OxyBatt will cover such a critical gap by offering a new battery product, built upon an innovative technology for a thin-film rechargeable system that utilizes oxygen storage. Unlike conventional commercial batteries, the system is inherently safe and thermally stable, making it well-suited for use in hazardous environments at high temperatures. The core technology behind OxyBatt has no reliance on scarce elements such as Co and Li, which is currently a concern for European Union’s battery ecosystem. Through a user-centered approach, the product will be customized and refined throughout the project in order to be seamlessly integrated and tested in a commercial industrial IoT device. This activity will demonstrate the potential for the OxyBatt device to enter a huge market, namely predictive maintenance in harsh industrial environments, which is inaccessible by current solutions. Complementary co-development and business activities will maximize the potential of the new battery and will establish a clear roadmap for commercialization, including startup creation.

InduEye family represents a transformative leap in industrial IoT, developed through 10 flagship European R&D initiatives including H2020 SME Instrument (Phase I), EIC Accelerator Pilot, LIFE+ Programme, H2020 FET Proactive, M-ERA.NET, and Eurostars among others. This EU-funded innovation delivers the world's first commercial and fully batteryless, heat-powered wireless sensor system for predictive maintenance and steam trap monitoring, harnessing waste heat (ΔT≥25°C) to eliminate batteries and wiring. Our patented technology (4 international patents granted) reduces maintenance costs by 25%, cuts unplanned downtime by 35%, and improves energy efficiency by 20% across industries. The solution features three breakthrough products (two hardware solutions and one software): InduEye Vibro (TRL9) for real-time vibration analysis in rotary equipment and InduEye LeakSense (TRL8) for steam system optimization - solving a $2.8B global problem where 20-30% of industrial steam is wasted through faulty traps. Additionally, AEInnova's DAEVIS cloud platform combines cost-effective computing with advanced analytics, reducing cloud dependency by 90%.With deployments across 5 continents (including Japan's MIC-certified systems, Turkey's Tüpras refinery, Nigeria's Unotelos facility, and Brazil's Petrobras plants), our ATEX/IECEx-certified sensors operate in extreme conditions (300°C+) while delivering ROI in under 6 months. Recognised with 30+ international awards, including two UN honors (UNECE and Global Compact SDG7 Prize) and the European Commission's Innovation Radar Prize 2024 as "Europe's Most Sustainable Technology,". Backed by €9M in competitive grants and strategic partnerships with industrial giants (Repsol, ArcelorMittal, BASF, Petrobras..), we're scaling EU production (Spain/Germany) to target €74M revenue by 2030, creating 176+ high-skilled jobs while recovering 3.5kg CO2/sensor annually - directly contributing to EU Green Deal targets and industrial sovereignty.