CarbonFreed
AI-powered platform accelerating renewable energy plant certification.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
* | €1.0m | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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CarbonFreed is a German greentech company founded in 2020 by electrical engineer Marko Ibsch in Meldorf, Germany. Ibsch, who serves as CEO, has a background in power systems and automation and identified inefficiencies in the grid connection process for renewable energy plants. The company was established to accelerate the energy transition by digitizing and streamlining the certification of renewable energy systems.
The company's core product is "gridcert," an AI-supported software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that significantly reduces the time required for the grid connection process of large solar and, increasingly, wind power plants. It digitizes the entire workflow, from document compilation and communication between project partners—such as planners, developers, and grid operators—to the final certification audit. By standardizing datasets and using machine learning, gridcert cuts the certification timeline from several months to just a few weeks. The platform currently serves installation companies and project planners primarily in Germany, focusing on solar plants with an output of 135 kW to 950 kW, with plans to expand to larger systems and wind turbines. As of late 2023, the company had successfully guided over 700 systems through the grid connection process.
CarbonFreed operates on a B2B model, providing its platform and associated services to facilitate the complex certification process required by German regulations (VDE-AR-N 4110). In November 2023, the company secured nearly one million euros in a seed funding round from investors including MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein, Bürgschaftsbank Schleswig-Holstein, and Sparkasse Westholstein. This capital is intended to fund the further development of the gridcert software and support international expansion, as demand for such a solution is growing outside of Germany.
Keywords: renewable energy certification, solar plant grid connection, AI software, greentech, VDE-AR-N 4110, energy transition, cleantech, SaaS, project planning tools, wind power certification, grid integration, electrical planning, system certification, decarbonization technology, photovoltaic systems, Marko Ibsch, gridcert, plant certification software, German startup, Meldorf