Schneider Go Green Challenge - Youth Education and Entrepreneurship Program, Access to Energy Program.

Schneider Go Green Challenge

Go Green is a global challenge open to teams of students and young entrepreneurs from all backgrounds! Your mission? To develop an innovative business model that delivers clean, affordable, and renewable energy solutions tailored to the needs of local communities! This year’s challenge theme is Solar Power Agriculture and Solar Powered Microbusinesses. Register now for a chance to win a share of €10k, receive mentorship from a leader at Access to Energy, a Solar Family Home Kit, and gain global exposure to elevate your professional profile.

Welcome to the Schneider Go Green Challenge, Youth Education and Entrepreneurship Program. Access to Energy Program

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An exciting global challenge open to teams of students and young entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Your mission? To develop an innovative business model that delivers clean, affordable, and renewable energy solutions tailored to the needs of local communities.

Innovate for Impact: 

Empowering You to Lead the Energy Transition

We empower you to lead the energy transition by embracing key values: Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, and Teamwork.

Challenge Theme

Solar Power Agriculture

Explore solutions for solar-powered pre/post-harvesting, storage, and processing.

Solar Powered Microbusinesses

Innovate for retail and services, refrigeration, manufacturing, and production

Your Project Proposals should be Affordable

Making clean energy accessible to all, including low-income communities, by prioritizing cost-effective solutions.

Sustainable

Built to last—recyclable, repairable, and well-documented to support long-term use, maintenance, and continuous learning.

Innovative

Introducing new and creative solutions to energy challenges.

Local

Designed with locally available components, ensuring that the system can be installed, operated, and maintained by professionals trained within the country.

Create meaningful impact

Your idea should consider

Solar Panels

Access to Reliable Energy

Solar Panels

Improve Wellbeing

Cost savings by reducing energy expenses and increasing financial stability.

Solar Panels

Increased Savings

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Enhanced Convenience

Solar Panels

Increased Crop

Yield/Income

Solar Panels

Access to Better Workspaces

Solar Panels

Clean Cooling and Cooking

Challenge Prizes

The top three winning teams will share a total prize pool of €10,000. (1st Place: €6,000, 2nd Place: €2,500, 3rd Place: €1,500)

Boost your personal brand and grow your professional network

Mentoring sessions from Schneider Electric's Access to Energy Experts

Product basket sponsored by Schneider Electric's Access to Energy Business

Who Can Participate?

This is a global competition open to all students and young entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference through innovation in renewable energy. We invite you to join us in creating sustainable solutions for those who need it most. 

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Current enrolled students aged 18 to 30

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Participants must have proficiency in English as the official language for the competition.

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Must participate in teams of up to 4 members. We encourage each team to be gender balanced.

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All team members must study in the same country, but they may attend different educational institutions, and be enrolled

in different courses, and various academic years.

Go Green Challenge Timeline

April 1: Launch

Registrations for the competition open

May 31: Identify

Form your teams and brainstorm your idea

June 30: Submit

Teams will work on their idea and submit their project proposals for evaluation

August 31: Development

Top 10 teams are selected and invited to submit their business case for evaluation

September 30: Review

Business cases are reviewed and the top 3 teams selected to progress to global finals

October 16: Global Final

Top 3 teams will pitch their project at the digital competition.

Get Involved!

Ready to make an impact? Register for the Schneider Go Green Student competition today and be a part of the movement towards a cleaner, more sustainable future for all!

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Individual Registration - Register by submitting your resume using the following link. After registering you will receive a follow-up email with with additional instructions on how to form your team and submit your project proposals.

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Form Your Team - Identify and define your team members.

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Submit Your Project Proposal - Submit Your Project Proposal - Identify the problem or opportunity, and submit a renewable energy solution that addresses the identified environmental and social impacts. Evaluation will be based on eligibility criteria and judging standards.

4

Project Development and Submission - The top-10 teams selected will proceed to develop their idea into a comprehensive business case. Each team will be paired with a Schneider Electric mentor to support during the project development phase.

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Project Review Process - Judges will review submitted project materials according to the judging criteria and select the top 3 teams, who will be invited to the global virtual finals to pitch their solution.

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Global Finals - The Top-3 teams will get the opportunity to present their solution to a virtual panel of judges, who will identify a global winner!

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Your Learning Journey - We are here to support you every step of the way! With our free online courses in technical skills related to the energy transition, you will get the knowledge necessary to create impactful, scalable solutions for a sustainable future. Check out Schneider Electric University.