SolarX challenge Archives - JumpWhere https://jumpwhere.com/tag/solarx-challenge/ Job Openings, Job tips, Interview tips, Aptitude questions, Freshers Job Openings in Bangalore Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:18:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://jumpwhere.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/fav.png SolarX challenge Archives - JumpWhere https://jumpwhere.com/tag/solarx-challenge/ 32 32 Start-up Challenge – SolarX Startup challenge 2024 at Invest India https://jumpwhere.com/solarx-startup-challenge-2024-at-invest-india/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:18:52 +0000 https://jumpwhere.com/?p=23576 SolarX Startup Challenge 2024 at Invest India aims to discover implementable, cost-effective, scalable, and innovative solutions to some of the most persistent challenges faced by the solar energy sector. Eligibility Criteria For SolarX Startup challenge 2024 at Invest India: Operation Duration: Must be a maximum of 10 years – calculated from incorporation date until public […]

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]]> SolarX Startup Challenge 2024 at Invest India aims to discover implementable, cost-effective, scalable, and innovative solutions to some of the most persistent challenges faced by the solar energy sector.

Eligibility Criteria For SolarX Startup challenge 2024 at Invest India:

Operation Duration: Must be a maximum of 10 years – 
calculated from incorporation date until public nominations open
Revenue: Participant must be generating monthly revenue from operations
Innovation: Should have a minimum viable product and/or 
service explicitly related to innovation

Problem Statements:

  • Develop scalable and sustainable off-grid solar solutions (Solar Home Systems (SHS), Mini-Grids, Solar Microgrids) to address energy poverty in remote and underserved areas across APAC countries
  • Develop scalable models to boost cost competitiveness in solar applications for logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain. By optimizing energy-intensive production processes, solar-transportation vehicles, and Solar powered smart logistics systems.
  • Development of innovative, space-efficient solar technology, essential to address the challenge of limited land availability in densely populated/land deficient countries
  • Development of circular economy in solar for recycling end-of-life solar panels, reducing electronic waste, and ensuring responsible disposal.
  • Develop AI, IoT, GPS-based SaaS tools to enhance manufacturing, deployment, and integration of solar energy for eg. land mapping, 3D modelling, project monitoring, tools.
  • Innovate manufacturing for sustainable, efficient materials, to enhance energy output, cost reduction and improved efficiency in solar equipment, such as high-efficiency inverters, ACDBs, DCDBs, and other components.
  • Technical or business model innovations to reduce cost of grid integration, optimizing energy distribution of rooftop solar, utility-scale solar, energy storage solutions to address intermittency issues associated with solar power generation.
  • Implementing solar-powered technologies such as high-efficiency DC pumps with smart controllers for water pumping, purification, and irrigation to promote sustainable water management in various regions
  • Promoting the development and adoption of solar-powered solutions for innovative business models for emerging use cases such as E-Mobility, green Hydrogen, AgriPv, transportation, solar-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, etc
  • Other Areas of Solar Application with on-ground applications

Incentives:

  • Cash grant worth USD 15,000 each for 20 startups
  • Acceleration support

Timeline For SolarX Startup challenge 2024 at Invest India:

  • December 2023: Announcement of the challenge at COP 28, Dubai
  • 22 January 2024: Call for Applications
  • Jan-Mar 2024: Capacity building exercise of local
  • 31 March 2024: Closure of applications
  • April-June: Evaluation of Applications by committee
  • July 2024: Declaration of winners
  • August-October: Acceleration programs for winners
  • November: Award ceremony and conclusion

About Organisers:

  • International Solar Alliance (ISA): 
    • The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an action-oriented, member-driven, collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies as a means for bringing energy access, ensuring energy security, and driving energy transition in its member countries.
    • The ISA was conceived as a joint effort by India and France to mobilize efforts against climate change through the deployment of solar energy solutions.
  • Invest India:
    •  Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India with experience in delivering projects of national and international importance.
    • These projects aim to drive the socio-economic development of the target section. Invest India has been assisting the Government of India as a program monitoring unit since its inception hence the targeted outcome has never been profit- making rather larger socio-economic well-being is paramount.

Contact Us:

IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no hidden fees to apply for this job opening. So any candidate who is eligible can directly apply.

About the Company:

https://www.investindia.gov.in/

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