Saltes wins Entrance Professional Award 2025
During the New Energy Forum 2025, the Entrance Professional Award was presented to the Brabant-based company Saltes. The award recognizes their promising invention of a heat battery based on molten salt, a technology that enables sustainable heat storage on an industrial scale.
Winners Entrance Professional Award 2025
Saltes will receive a total amount of €100.000, of which €25.000 in cash and €75.000 in support from the Entrance network in Groningen.
Besides Saltes, other promising energy innovations were also awarded: Verdant Biogas won second prize (€10.000) for their compact biodigester, designed for small-scale farmers in developing countries. And BrewRight took third prize (€5.000) for their carbon capture system for small breweries.
Entrance Student Award 2025
Young talent was also rewarded: the 2025 Entrance Student Award went to Lars van der Schuur, Joren Benes, Farshad Saderi, and Daan Vedder, vocational students at Alfa-college Groningen. As part of the project, they developedWaterstof Werkt: H2 Train and Learn HubThe Power Unit, a mobile demonstration installation that demonstrates how hydrogen works as a green fuel. The award includes a €3.000 cash prize.
About the Entrance Award
The Entrance Award is an innovation prize for pioneers who accelerate the energy transition with their courage and innovation. This award is presented annually during the festival. New Energy Forum Awarded to both professionals and students. Our partners, including Gasunie, Energie Beheer Nederland, NAM, Shell, and GasTerra, are contributing to the support package presented to the winners.
