2023 TERA-Award "Carbon Future" Smart Energy Innovation Competition
Competition introduction
The TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition has the mission of "empowering green economic development" and its goal is to find excellent innovative technologies and solutions in the field of smart energy for the future. The competition is committed to creating a global entrepreneurial service platform that integrates application scenarios, bonuses, and investment, helping the implementation of entrepreneurial projects, and promoting the rapid implementation of smart energy innovative technologies.
competition scope
1. renewable energy：
Solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy (e.g., non-food biobased materials)
2. Energy storage and energy conversion：
Electrochemistry, mechanical energy (e.g. flywheel, pumped energy storage, solid gravity, etc.), heat (e.g. air-powered heat pump), energy conversion
3. carbon neutralization：
Carbon capture, carbon utilization, carbon sequestration, methane emission control
4. hydrogen Energy：
Hydrogen production, hydrogen transportation and storage, hydrogen energy application, hydrogen production to green fuels
5. Energy digitalization：
Energy Internet, virtual power plants, A.I. energy management
6. green smart city：
Green smart kitchens, home energy management, green city plans (e.g. transportation infrastructure, green buildings, waste management, air quality management)
entry requirements
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Start-up or research group
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Patented prototypes and products with commercial potential
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The participating projects have entered the early stage of commercial application and have achieved revenue with unlimited revenue scale
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Find partners, investors and markets
Competition schedule
award setting
Participation rights
1. Big prize
The top three in the finals will receive: US$1 million, US$100,000, and US$50,000 respectively.
2. strategic investment Outstanding projects in the competition will have the opportunity to receive strategic investment from Hong Kong and China Gas.
3. landing scene
Hong Kong and China Gas and its subsidiary Hong Kong and China Smart Energy will provide implementation scenarios for outstanding projects in the competition, empowering the implementation and rapid iteration of innovative technologies and products of the project.
4. industry acceleration
Projects participating in the competition will have the opportunity to participate in the TERA-Award 0-1 acceleration camp, which will provide face-to-face communication opportunities for the project team with field experts, well-known mentors, and investors to help the project grow.
5. publicity and reporting
Join hands with professional teams to create the "TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition" media tracking hot topics, explore, track and record the wonderful moments and growth processes of the annual winners, and cooperate with relevant mainstream media to focus on promoting and reporting the winners.