Innovative Solutions to Protect Solar Plants Against Hail and Extreme Weather

Enel is seeking innovative solutions to protect photovoltaic plants from the damaging effects of huge hailstones and extreme weather. This challenge aims to find practical and cost-effective methods to ensure the resilience and efficiency of solar installations in the face of increasing climatic threats.

Application Deadline
January 8th, 2025
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How It Works

All proposers are invited to carefully read the challenge description and the Regulation of this challenge, attached below in the Attachments section, before submitting a solution.

Please note that this Challenge is managed in collaboration with Leading Edge Only (hereinafter “LEO”), the challenge program partner of Enel S.p.A.

BY SUBMITTING A SOLUTION, THEY AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT THE ATTACHED REGULATIONS OTHER THAN THE TERMS OF USE OF THIS PLATFORM.

Eligibility

THE CHALLENGE IS RESERVED TO ALL THE LEGAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE REGISTERED OFFICE AND PRODUCTION SITE IN EUROPE AND WHICH ARE NOT PART OF THE ENEL GROUP. 

The employees of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A. who are involved in the organization and management of the Competition or admitted to the Open Innovability Portal back office, as well as their spouses or partners and their relatives up to the fourth degree, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.

The spouses, partners, and relatives up to the fourth degree of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A.’s employees who are involved in the organization and management of the Challenge and of all the people admitted to the Open Innovability® Portal back office, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.

Also, the spouses, partners and relatives up to the fourth degree of the employees of Enel Grids and Enel S.p.A. who have worked or currently work in the technical sector of network component design and standardization are not eligible for the participation in this Challenge.


Challenge, Award, IP rights, Deadlines

This is a call for Partners Challenge; the participants will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Challenge Owner with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. 

Moreover, Enel Green Power will award the best proposal with a prize of 10.000USD. 

This Challenge does not require Intellectual Property (IP) transfer. However, sometimes the Challenge Owner company requests that certain IP arrangements shall be made, should a partnership be formed. 

The Winning Solution will be rewarded with the possibility to negotiate a collaboration agreement with the Challenge Owner. 

The proposals will be admitted until NOVEMBER 26, 2024 and the evaluation will start after this date. 

Late submissions will not be considered. 

Please carefully read this Challenge specific regulation