2026 Schneider Go Green Challenge
Pays student teams up to €6,000 to design a locally-buildable clean energy solution that solves a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem.
The 2026 Schneider Go Green Challenge is Schneider Electric's competition for student teams aged 18 to 30 who design a locally-buildable clean energy solution for a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem, paying up to €6,000 per team. Registered teams submit a project proposal by the deadline, and judges pick the top 10 to develop a full business case over the following …
Schneider Electric wants teams of students aged 18 to 30 to identify a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem and design a clean, commercially viable solution for it. Solutions must be affordable, sustainable, innovative, and built from locally available components so local professionals can install and maintain them. Teams of two to four members must all study in the same country, though they can attend different institutions.
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