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ISONIK wins UK Final of ClimateLaunchpad with its ultrasonic ice prevention tech
Ice build-up on the blades of wind turbines is an issue for 65% of the world’s wind farms, decreasing energy generation by up to 20% and resulting in revenue loss for wind farms globally. ISONIK’s technology can be retrofitted inside the blades and uses ultrasonic soundwaves to prevent ice build-up. Its founding team, who met on Imperial’s MSc Cleantech Innovation, came in first place in the 2025 UK final of ClimateLaunchpad.
Biofonic’s novel acoustic tech wins top prize at Undaunted’s Greenhouse Demo Day
Biofonic is a climate startup developing tech that unearths rich insights into soil, to make agriculture more profitable and sustainable. Its Founder, Alex Parks, was awarded first prize at Undaunted’s most recent Demo Day, when she took to the historic stage at The Royal Institution to pitch to Imperial’s climate innovation community alongside the 13 other early-stage startups from The Greenhouse accelerator’s seventh cohort.
Unearthing the Soul of Climate Innovation: Introducing ALMa
Undaunted’s Climate Solutions Catalyst is building a novel tool with the power to unearth untapped academic research that has huge potential to tackle climate change if it can be supported to commercialise.
Its lead developer, Dr César Quilodrán-Casas, deep dives into the team’s search tool: ALMa. “Alma means soul in Spanish,” he says, “and that’s exactly what we are trying to find: the soul of climate innovation and the people behind it; those who can lead the translation of these ideas from research to industry – research that could grow into something transformative if the academics behind it can translate their ideas.”
News archive
Women in cleantech innovation: “I wanted to start a business that could make people’s lives better” – Megan Hale
For the next blog in our series profiling trailblazing women in cleantech, the Grantham Institute’s Linsey Wynton chats to ... Read more
ISONIK wins UK Final of ClimateLaunchpad with its ultrasonic ice prevention tech
Startup empowering reliable wind energy with its ice prevention tech comes in first in UK final of world’s largest green business ... Read more
Vertical farming and sustainable food production: Women in cleantech innovation
As part of our series profiling women making waves in the field of cleantech innovation, the Grantham Institute’s Linsey Wynton... The ... Read more
Imperial co-hosts UN roundtable on capital markets and sustainability at FFD4
Imperial College London brought academic insight to the UN, co-hosting a high-level roundtable on capital markets at FFD4 in Seville. Read more
From Bangladeshi roots to natural algae dyes
Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month 2025 with Redwan Rahman, researcher in Sustainable Chemical Engineering and co-founder of ... Read more
Scientists call for action and implementation ahead of COP30
The Countdown to COP30 event began with a clear message: science must be placed “at the heart of everything we do”. Read more
Imperial to host CDL-London to support entrepreneurship in critical minerals
Imperial Business School will host Creative Destruction (CDL) London, a mentorship programme to support entrepreneurship, backed by ... Read more
Biofonic’s novel acoustic tech wins top prize at Undaunted’s Greenhouse Demo Day
Biofonic is a climate startup developing tech that unearths rich insights into soil, to make agriculture more profitable and sustainable. Read more
Unearthing the Soul of Climate Innovation: Introducing ALMa
Dr César Quilodrán-Casas, Advanced Research Fellow in Machine Learning, is part of Undaunted’s Climate Solutions Catalyst team. ... Read more
Imperial launches Schools of Convergence Science to drive scientific discovery
The new Schools of Convergence Science will help Imperial supercharge scientific discovery and drive economic growth. Read more
AI startup Deep.Meta shortlisted for £1 million Manchester Prize
Digital twin designed to reduce carbon emissions from steel-making is chosen as an example of AI for the public good. Read more
From the lab to zero emissions – how can we accelerate climate innovations out of academia?
Dr Christopher Waite and colleagues leading Undaunted’s Climate Solutions Catalyst (CSC) programme reflect on the need to proactively ... Read more
Imperial at London Tech Week 2025
Imperial academics, staff and startups take part in a range of events across this year’s London Tech Week. Read more
AI evidence pipelines could offer reliable support for conservation decisions
AI can match human experts in retrieving conservation evidence, researchers from Imperial College London and Cambridge University find. Read more
Imperial founders, innovators and alumni shine in Forbes 30 Under 30
The prestigious listing of young entrepreneurs includes 14 innovators from Imperial. Read more
