Christian Hackl at TUM-Tech and Thomas Bereuter at the EPO discuss the role that IP played in Orcan's dynamic growth in generating power from waste heat

Christian Hackl and Thomas Bereuter

Renewable energy company Orcan Energy AG1 is a former university spin-out that commercializes innovative waste-heat power generators comprising standard components and designed for a broad range of applications. Due to market entry barriers, the company had to make an early pivot from a technology provider to a business model oriented towards product sales, taking the arduous path of developing and installing standalone products by themselves.