INANOENERGY - CONSULTORIA, DESIGN,PRODUCAO E APLICACAO DE SOLUCOES ENERGETICAS RENOVAVEIS, LDA

Their core work

InaNoEnergy is a Porto-based technology SME whose core work sits at the intersection of energy harvesting and advanced sensor systems. They design and produce self-powered sensing devices — sensors that generate their own electricity through piezoelectric and triboelectric mechanisms, eliminating the need for batteries or wired power in remote or hostile environments. Their materials capability covers gas-sensitive and porous nanomaterials, SERS substrates, and additive-manufactured flexible sensor structures. In practice this means they can build autonomous sensor nodes for oil and gas infrastructure monitoring as well as detection systems for chemical and warfare agents in security applications.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2017–2018), InaNoEnergy focused on energy autonomy as the primary challenge — building sensors that could run indefinitely without maintenance in oil and gas facilities. By 2019, when they joined SENSOFT, the application domain had shifted sharply toward security and chemical threat detection, with their nanomaterial and sensing expertise now directed at warfare agent identification rather than industrial monitoring. The underlying technology thread — self-powered, low-maintenance sensor hardware built on advanced materials — remained consistent, but the market pivot from energy industry clients toward defense and security agencies is clear.

InaNoEnergy is moving from energy-sector sensor applications into dual-use security and defense markets, making them a candidate partner for EU projects combining miniaturized autonomous detection with harsh or contested operating conditions.

How they like to work

InaNoEnergy has demonstrated they can both lead and follow: they coordinated HarshEnergy as a small, focused two-year project, then joined the larger SENSOFT consortium as a technical partner. With 11 unique partners from 7 countries across only two projects, they routinely plug into substantive international teams rather than bilateral arrangements. They appear to function as a specialist hardware contributor — bringing specific materials and device capabilities — rather than a project management hub.

Their two-project H2020 record already involved 11 unique consortium partners spanning 7 countries, suggesting they integrate well into large multinational research networks. No geographic concentration is visible from the available data.

What sets them apart

InaNoEnergy occupies an unusual niche: a small Portuguese SME with credible EU-funded work spanning both energy harvesting hardware and nanomaterial-based chemical detection — two domains rarely combined in a single company. For consortium builders, this means they can contribute both the autonomous power subsystem and the sensing element, reducing the number of partners needed. Their coordinator track record on HarshEnergy also demonstrates they can manage a funded project, not just execute tasks assigned by others.

Highlights from their portfolio

• HarshEnergy
  InaNoEnergy's only coordinator role — a self-directed project targeting perpetual sensing in oil and gas environments, demonstrating both the technical concept of energy-autonomous sensors and their capacity to lead an EU-funded initiative.
• SENSOFT
  A rare dual-use project combining soft-target security scenarios with frontier sensor materials (SERS, porous nanomaterials, additive manufacturing), running four years and signaling InaNoEnergy's pivot toward defense-adjacent markets.