R-evolution: Fostering technological innovations to fast-track green-tech ventures

As the CEO of R-evolution, a business division of Hexagon, I am delighted to shed light on our work, designed to further sustainable change. At the heart of our mission is the importance of turning profit-driven investments into green-tech opportunities. Utilising Hexagon’s technologies, we focus on transforming businesses in a way that gives back to the environment and supports societal betterment. Undeniably, our initiatives in renewable energy, blue carbon ocean projects, desalination and biodiversity conservation have left a significantly positive business impact, mostly evident in the crucial sustainability contributions we made in 2023.

 

Solar-powered solutions for a thirsty world

One exciting venture has been our strategic partnership with Desolenator, a Dutch start-up leading the development of solar thermal desalination processes. By harnessing solar energy, clean, desalinated water becomes a reality, erasing the digital shadow of environmental harm. Desolenator’s patented solution sets itself apart by eliminating damaging chemicals, membranes, and energy intermittency, typically prominent in reverse osmosis methodologies.

At R-evolution, we’re accelerating the optimisation of Desolenator’s process by digitally mirroring the desalination process for superior monitoring and asset performance management. This is achieved via Hexagon’s state-of-the-art Smart Digital Reality solutions. Our partnership’s end goal is clear: ensure affordable, sustainable and reachable fresh water for all by 2040. We’re striving to create a future where clean water scarcity is no longer an issue.

 

A tech-driven approach to biodiversity conservation

In pursuing biodiversity conservation, R-evolution launched Green Cubes where the inaugural partner is La Gamba Tropenstation part of the University of Vienna’s Department for Botanic and Biodiversity studies. From its inception in La Gamba, Costa Rica, this forest initiative strives to expedite biodiversity conservation of rainforests globally.

Green Cubes takes a ground-breaking approach, merging technology and science to keep rainforest conservation more valuable than its alternatives. Employing the Green Cubes Methodology, we utilise earth observation, airborne LiDAR, soil DNA analysis, camera traps, and passive acoustic sensors to monitor rainforest development in an urgent bid to preserve the biodiversity of our planet. Green Cubes offers an excellent opportunity for businesses to contribute to biodiversity conservation and meet their ESG engagement goals.

 

Lighting the path to renewable energy

Our collaboration with Google Cloud to digitalise renewable production allows us to use R-evolution’s 16.44 MWpl solar park in Spain as a stage to display our joint offering combining Hexagon sensors and software with Google technology. Google Cloud Data Lake boosts speed of innovation, and when combined with our data analytics expertise, we aim to make solar power more profitable whilst actively fighting CO2 emissions.

This partnership is but a stepping-stone in our broader efforts to disrupt energy production with the power of data, making it more efficient, accessible, and sustainable. It represents the leaps we aim to continue making to accelerate the transition towards renewable energy and a greener, cleaner world.

R-evolution remains relentlessly committed to fuelling sustainable change, one innovative partnership at a time. Through this continuous development and dynamic collaborations, the potential of the renewable blueprint for solar energy production and beyond is boundless.