Company
The Team
Heaten has assembled a team of experts, made up of our board of directors and engineers who has been with us since the start.
Experienced corporate entrepreneur with more than 25 years experience in the energy service industry
13 years of combined Venture Capital and M&A expereince
IMD alumni with strong focus on customer-orientated product development
PhD in applied physics
Former CTO and Special Projects Director in Viking Heat Engines and CTO in other engineering companies
System responsible/site manager Norwegian Navy Costal Corvette
Propulsion system expert, technical advisor, electrical engineer
Former Head of R&D in Viking Development Group since 2009
Control systems manager and -engineer in V-Tech and Aker Solutions
Main inventor behind CraftEngine and HeatBooster technologies
Thermodynamics expert, design specialist and electrical engineer
Former Technical Sales Manager in Viking Heat Engines
Former Project Development Manager at Climeworks
Heat pump market expert
Experienced application engineer
Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with focus on energy and process technology
Former CTO and application engineer in Viking Development Group since 2008
Sales and system manager for Marine and offshore applications in Denison Hydraulics and Hagglunds Drives
Hydraulic system design
Product- and Business Development
Inventor
Master of Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Renewable Energy.
Three years of experience as an energy advisor. Development of energy efficiency plans, use of energy management information system, thermography of buildings, planning of energy and climate sustainable development.
Master’s degree in Global Journalism
Former journalist and freelancer in national newspapers and magazines
Experienced and trained photographer
Former content creator for web based businesses
Transcriptionist and translator
Former lead engineer for engine design at AVL-Schrick
Technical specialist for valvetrain, crank train and special designs in piston engines
23 years of experience in the design and testing of combustion engines, compressors, and fuel cell auxiliaries.
Former guest lecturer at the university of applied sciences in cologne
Former Senior Lifecycle Engineer for Aker Solutions
Former Test & Commissioning Engineer for MacGregor
15 years’ experience in industrial and process control
Control system design, programming, testing, commissioning and support
25 years of experience from various roles in the oil and gas industry company MHWirth / Aker Solutions.
Roles related to process systems, control systems, product and systems management, project management, quality management, technology qualification etc.
Master of Science from NTNU and Master of Management from BI.”
Former R&D Engineer at Viking Heat Engines.
Master in Energy Systems and Business Management from KTH, Stockholm.
2 years as a researcher of thermodynamics and material science in the ETH-domain in Switzerland, specializing in sustainability, renewable energy, and piston engine development.
Built software for the shipping industry as well as rolled out a network of smart electricity meters in Africa and Southeastern Asia.
Mechanical engineer (computer science in mechanical engineering).
Former Lead Engineer Product Line Battery at AVL-Schrick.
In total 13 years of experience in testing and design department with test-setups, test-rig-design, CHP-systems and battery-systems for vehicle applications.
18 years of experience from various controller and financial manager roles, mainly in the processing industry.
Accounting, Financial reporting, Profitability modelling and analysis.
Master‘s degree in Business Administration and Executive MBA in Management Control
13 years of experience from Nordea in Oslo. 22 years of experience within oil and gas, MHWirth/Aker Solutions.
Roles such as; project coordinator, Administrative Support, Executive Assistant, Planning, HR, Recruitment.
Worked within in sales and recruitment for onshore and offshore installations the last years.
MSc Electrical engineering with a focus on Automotive and Renewable Energy.
Former development engineer at Viking Heat Engines Germany with experience in process automation and thermodynamics of heat pumps.
Certified Functional Safety Engineer according to IEC 61508 with 10 years of experiences in industrial automation.
Experienced in process automation, control system design, and thermodynamic test coordination.
Our mission
We believe that heat pumps will play a critical role in providing heating energy for industry.
Our pioneering very high-temperature heat pump technology provides safe, reliable, competitive and sustainable/heating energy.
We believe that integrated digitalisation of our technology and business operations provide superior value to our customers.
Our vision
Heaten accelerates the transition to clean and efficient industrial heat processes through continuous technology, digitalisation and business innovation.
Heaten is recognised as a learning organisation that employs and develops talented people who can see the impact of what they do.
The company
November 2022
Heaten appoints Wendy Lam as the Chair of the board.
January 2022
Heaten secures funding from Azolla Ventures, Nysnø Climate Investments and Shell Ventures.
June 2021
The board of directors appoints Peter P. Breithaupt as new chief executive officer.
April 2021
Heaten appoints Knud C. Petersen as Chariman of the board.
May 2021
Heaten secures funding from Valinor.
Fall 2020
Customer engagement, testing Road-to-market and Digitalization Strategy.
2020
Building C-team and business case, strategy, corporate consolidation.
March 2020
Focus on industrial heat: Heaten AS, co-founded by former VHE, CTO and R&D directors, acquiring assets from VHE.
December 2019
Technology team consolidated to develop large scale Heat Pumps for industrial customers.
January 2019
First commercial HP customer installation.
2010-2018
Cumulated EUR 30m investment in R&D, engineering and testing.
2017
Pivot development towards R&D into Very High Temperature Heat Pump.
2013-
ORC system engineering and long-term testing; achieved 60,000 hours.
2010
First principle review of ORC and heat pump thermodynamics; focus on ORC R&D into ORC marchines.
Our current investors
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Shell Ventures
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Nysnø Climate Investors
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Azolla Ventures
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Valinor AS