StarWatts Event • Accelerating the Energy Transition Together • 9 october 2025

StarWatts - Accelerating the Energy Transition Together

Are you a corporate with a pressing energy challenge? Or a venture capitalist seeking groundbreaking investment opportunities? Then StarWatts is the ideal platform for you!

This unique program culminates in a high-impact event on October 9th, bringing together corporates, venture capitalists, and start-ups & scale-ups to drive innovation in the energy sector.

Our mission is to:

• Support the innovation trajectories of corporates.

• Enhance the international recognition of Belgian innovation players.

• Attract international innovation to benefit Belgian corporates (and vice versa).

• Connect start-ups with venture capitalists.

StarWatts is organised by four leading energy innovation organisations: Blue Cluster, Cluster TWEED, EIT InnoEnergy and Flux50.

What is your solution for the StarWatts Energy Challenges?

Would you like to present your innovative energy solution to top names in the energy sector? Take your chance and join the StarWatts Challenges. Submit your idea and pitch it on October 9 in Brussels to an audience of more than 300 energy experts.

On 9 October, StarWatts will bring together more than 300 European players in energy innovation at Maison de la Poste in Brussels. Start-ups, scale-ups, technology providers, investors and large companies will meet to help shape the future of energy.

Leading players in the energy sector have now launched their Energy Challenges. These Challenges are designed to tackle concrete problems in the energy sector and present your innovations to a specialist audience.

Seize this unique opportunity to put your idea on the map, build partnerships and make a real impact in the energy transition. Whether you are a start-up with a fresh vision or a scale-up with a proven solution: this is the stage to show yourself.

Discover the challenges

John Cockerill

• Market Applications for Green Heat Solutions >

ORES / RESA

• Enhancing ESG with Emissions & Biodiversity Monitoring >

• Phase Balancing based on Smart Data >

• Plug-In Asset for Grid Congestion Management >

DEME

• Advancing Autonomous Operations at Sea >

• Decarbonizing Marine Operations in Remote and Harsh Environments >

Fluvius

• Detecting and Mapping Shallow Gas Pipelines >

• Mobile Grid Solutions to Reduce Service Disruption >

• On-site visualization of exact location of cables and pipelines >

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

• Forecasting and Reporting Onshore Power Demand (OPS) >

• Monitoring Scope 3 Emissions >

This is a list of the first series of challenges. A number of additional challenges will be added to the list in the near future.

Timeline

Below you can find an overview of the different steps of the StarWatts Energy Challenges:

• June 2025 : Launch of the StarWatts Energy Challenges

• 31 July 2025 : Deadline for submitting your innovative energy solution

• August 2025 : Evaluation of all entries for the StarWatts Energy Challenges

• 5 September 2025 : All applicants are notified whether they have been selected to pitch

• 9 October 2025 : All selected applicants present their solution in Brussels

Sponsors

More info

All information on the challenges, the terms and conditions to participate, the possibilities for sponsoring etc. can be found on the official StarWatts website >

Are you looking for specific information, do you have any questions or do you want to get to know us more closely? Contact the StarWatts team >