All proposers are invited to carefully read the Challenge description and Regulations, in the Attachments section, before submitting a solution.

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

IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A SOLUTION, PARTICIPANTS MUST ACCEPT THE ATTACHED REGULATIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS OF USE OF THIS PLATFORM.

Please explain your proposal clearly in English, attach documents (max 5 files, 35MB total size, ZIP, JPG, PDF format). 

ELIGIBILITY

THE CHALLENGE IS RESERVED TO ALL THE LEGAL ENTITIES AND PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE ENEL GROUP.

The employees of Enel Group companies, as well as their spouses or partners and their relatives up to the first degree, are not eligible for participation in this Challenge.

Challenge, reward, IP rights, and deadlines

This is a Call for Partners Challenge; participants will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Challenge Owner.

Enel X may reward the best proposal(s) with a prize up to $10.000 (“Prize”).

In order to avoid any misunderstanding, we would like to make it clear that the Prize shall be deemed to include all ancillary charges (including, but not limited to, payments to professional social security funds, etc.) as well as any applicable taxes. The winning Participant (“Winner”) shall provide all necessary documentation and information for the disbursement of the Prize, including any invoice, tax and financial compliance certificates as may be required under applicable laws and regulations.

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 offered the chance to negotiate a collaboration agreement with the Challenge Owner.

The proposals will be accepted on the openinnovability.com platform until September 8th, 2025 and the evaluation process will start after this date (this deadline could be postponed).

Late submissions will not be considered.

Specific regulations attached

What Happens Next?

After the Challenge deadline, the Challenge Owner will complete the review process and decide with regards to the Winning Solution(s). All participants that submit a proposal will be notified on the status of their submissions however, no detailed evaluation of individual submissions will be provided.

The Challenge Owner will evaluate the proposal considering the characteristics required for the solution, focusing on the following criteria:

• Compliance with the Challenge’s request and the quality of the solution, including must-haves and nice-to-haves, as specified on the Open Innovability® Challenge page;
• Viability of solution implementation during trial period in an urban environment located specifically in Italy. We can evaluate alternative testing scenarios in Spain;
• Degree of innovation;
• Solutions that are not generally known or easily accessible to experts in the sector;
• Technical and regulatory compliance;
• Replicability in different contexts and countries;
• Economic and production feasibility.

If the reward includes the opportunity to collaborate with Enel, once one or more suitable solutions have been identified, Enel will reserve the opportunity to start a collaboration, by way of example, on all or part of the following activities:

• Test execution;
• Supply of prototypes (if the solution includes equipment);
• Installation and site tests;
• Follow-up and monitoring of the proposed idea’s behavior.

At the end of the assessment, you will receive feedback.

If your proposal is successful, an Enel contact person will get in touch with you in order to discuss the next steps.

The final reward for this Challenge is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the pre-awarding process, including acceptance of the Challenge Regulations.

The pre-awarding process includes obtaining some documents from the participants such as the Counterparty Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ) and a signed copy of the Challenge Regulations.