{"id":85584,"date":"2021-03-01T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=85584"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:22:04","slug":"kohtla-jarve-innovation-fund-received-17-smart-city-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/kohtla-jarve-innovation-fund-received-17-smart-city-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohtla-J\u00e4rve Innovation Fund received 17 smart city ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja%CC%88rve-innovatsioonifond-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Kohtla-Ja\u0308rve-innovatsioonifond.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On February 1, the candidacy for the first round of the Kohtla-J\u00e4rve Innovation Fund ended. The committee received a total of 17 new ideas. The ideas which will receive funding will be announced  at the beginning of March.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 20,000\u20ac innovation fund aims to support companies that make the urban environment more modern, friendly and sustainable. The city of Kohtla-J\u00e4rve in cooperation with science and business park Tehnopol offer an opportunity to apply for access to the city\u2019s contacts, infrastructure and other resources necessary for the implementation of smart city solutions in addition to financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ideas submitted to the competition were very different, ranging from\noptimizing electricity consumption to improving air quality. \u201cIt is a\npleasure to say that we are on the right track with the Kohtla-J\u00e4rve Smart City\nFoundation, because there were a lot of ideas and the solutions were very\ninventive and different,\u201d said Olga Kurdovskaja, head of the Narva Hub\nStartup Incubator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurdovskaja added that she was pleased to see ideas from further regions\nas well participating in the competition. \u201cAnd it is especially positive\nthat the technological solutions reached the market of Ida-Virumaa through the\ninnovation competition\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next stage of the competition is now ahead to identify the ideas that will receive support from the Fund. On February 17, Tehnopol and the city of Kohtla-J\u00e4rve jointly selected the strongest ideas. On February 22, the chosen teams made a presentation to the committee, which included experts from the city of Kohtla-J\u00e4rve and Tehnopol. The next application round of the Innovation Fund will take place in August, the exact dates will be confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the innovation competition: <a href=\"https:\/\/innovatsioonifond.tehnopol.ee\/\">innovatsioonifond.tehnopol.ee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 1, the candidacy for the first round of the Kohtla-J\u00e4rve Innovation Fund ended. The committee received a total of 17 new ideas. The ideas which will receive funding will be announced at the beginning of March. 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