NOVATON AG, is based in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded in 2010. Its founder, the late Prof. Dr. Thomas Hinderling, was the inventor of the Solar Islands technological principle. Prof. Dr. Hinderling contributed a long list of novel technical ideas over a distinguished career as an internationally renowned physicist, manager and facilitator of technology. In 2013, NOVATON acquired the patents of NOLARIS SA, based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Today Novaton offers niche commercial applications & services in clean, renewable energy & technology.