EDP launches a new edition of Free Electrons. Seeking the most innovative startups
ECO
· 02 Dec 2022
The aim is to find solutions that can have an impact on the energy transition, in areas such as renewable energy, smart grids or sustainable mobility. Registration can be submitted until 28 January.
EDP, in partnership with major global energy companies, launched the 7th edition of Free Electrons, a worldwide open innovation programme in the energy sector. The application phase runs until 28 January 2023 and is seeking startups from all countries with innovative solutions and technologies that contribute to accelerating the energy transition and towards a more sustainable planet.
"We recommend Free Electrons to any startup that has solutions ready to be developed for the future of clean energy networks. The utilities put a lot of effort into the programme, which means they are motivated to develop pilots with each company that manages to break even in the selection phase. The different phases of the programme also help to keep everyone on track and reduce the risk of falling foul of their own failures. If you're looking for real business development opportunities to deploy your technology with energy leaders, there's no better programme," Alex Zorniger, vp of business development at Power to Hydrogen, winner of Free Electrons 2022, said in a statement.
As a global open innovation programme, Free Electrons will focus on project and business development possibilities between startups and industry players. The goal is to find solutions that can impact the energy transition, in areas such as renewable energy, smart grids, energy management, sustainable mobility, energy storage, flexibility, green hydrogen or decarbonisation.
Over the next year, the selected projects will have the opportunity to interact with some of the industry's leading experts and present their innovations in various modules and working groups in different geographies. As a global programme for open and collaborative innovation between startups and world leaders in the energy sector, Free Electrons has already invested over the past five years more than 37 million euros in pilot projects that participated in this initiative and could thus see their business idea scale.
Applications can be made until 28 January at https://freeelectrons.org/.
