What WILL HAPPEN next?
The selection committees have spoken: out of 452 entries the nominations for the Clean Energy Challenge have been selected!
The fifty-seven nominees will get the opportunity to refine their entries based on the feedback they receive from the selection committee members.
Finally, an international jury will decide which projects will get funding and support in the accelerator phase to develop their projects further into market ready prototypes.
More about the process
Nominees announced!
See all nominated entriesABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT PHASE
The outcome of the selection phase has been announced on 25 January 2019. The fifty-seven nominees will now get the opportunity to refine their entries based on the feedback they receive from the review committee members.
Read more on the review committee
ABOUT THE JURY
An international jury will decide which projects will get funding and support in the accelerator phase to develop their projects further into market ready prototypes. The winning projects will be announced on March 6 in a special event at Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam.
ABOUT THE Acceleration phase
The acceleration program is tailor-made for each of the winners of the three tracks.The winning projects will get funding and support in the accelerator phase to develop their projects further into market ready prototypes.
So WHAT ARE THE JUDGING CRITERIA?
RELEVANCE
Your idea is relevant because you’ve gained local insights and collaborate with people and/or organizations already working on solutions.
IMPACT
Your idea has positive impact on people, places and systems and you propose clear metrics to measure this.
FEASIBILITY
Your idea is feasible: technically, economically, politically, legally, socially, culturally and psychologically.
SCALABILITY
Your idea may be developed for a specific location or community but has the potential to be scaled up to benefit the many.
EXCITEMENT
Your idea is exciting because it is new and creative and a great story to share.
COMMITMENT
Your idea is developed by a well-balanced and highly committed team or you have assembled a group of people around you who can help develop your idea further.