Greenovation Renewable Energy for Livelihood Challenge (DRE Challenge 2.0)
Funds rural clean-energy innovation in India with up to ₹20 lakh non-dilutive awards.
EarthON Foundation runs this challenge together with Greenovation Hub, itself a programme of SwitchON Foundation, to back distributed renewable energy solutions for rural and peri-urban India. The problem it's responding to is stated in concrete terms: India loses an estimated Rs 61,000 crore a year in fisheries and 30 to 40% of horticultural produce to poor cold-chain infrastructure and energy ga…
The Greenovation Renewable Energy for Livelihood Challenge backs distributed renewable energy solutions for rural and peri-urban India, covering cold chain and food preservation, water access and purification, productive-use livelihood equipment, DRE operations and service ecosystems, women-led clean-energy enterprises, and DRE data and finance tools. It targets early-stage prototypes through market-ready solutions addressing India's cold-chain losses and rural water access gaps.
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