The Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park), which launched in 2020 the MEA Energy Innovation Hub, is looking for participants in the 48-hour global hackathon. It will identify and co-create innovative solutions that provide a multidisciplinary and socially beneficial response to urgent energy challenges, WAM reports.
Calling all university students and professors around the world, SRTI Park is looking for the best collaborative ideas that will answer the challenges facing the energy sector.
Participants can take part in teams of up to four (4) people or individually, and come with innovative ideas in one or more of the following categories:
* Decarbonisation – how to capture and reduce CO2 emission; more efficient biogas, biofuels, e-fuels, green hydrogen, carbon-dioxide storage, etc.
* Renewable energies – innovative proposals for renewable energies such as solar, wind, hydro, wave, geothermal, or biomass fuels.
* Energy efficiency – come up with ideas based on cutting-edge technologies such as Internet of things (IoT), AI (artificial intelligence), Big Data, or Blockchain that can maximise energy use, lower costs and produce small carbon footprint.
* Energy storage – proposals based on storage options with batteries, thermal systems, mechanical systems, or any other emerging technology.
* Sustainable mobility – develop technology-based ideas to boost green mobility green and embrace zero-emissions vehicles and infrastructures as well as eco-friendly transport of goods, and connected multi-modal mobility.
* Circular economy – proposals relating production of energy, industrial symbiosis, co-operation at a municipal level, client interface and satisfaction.
A total of 15 best ideas will be chosen from among all participants to go through to the 48-hour hackathon. A panel of experts will guide the finalists in the development of a prototype Business Model for their ideas. The climax of the hackathon will be a Pitching Session, where all participants will showcase their prototypes before a jury, which will decide the three best projects winning prizes of US$5,000 for 1st place; US$3,000, 2nd place; and US$2,000 for 3rd place.
All hackathon participants will be part of the SRTI Park ecosystem and will join the incubation program in September. They can also be a speaker in one of the monthly events to showcase their solutions to smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable energy.
Join the Virtual Hackathon now! Interested parties can sign up by following this link. Registration of ideas is until May 27, 2021 (23:59 GMT+4). The selected 15 ideas will be announced on June 7 and the 48-hour virtual event will happen on June 22-23 this year. This call is open to university students and professors around the world.
