Start Up Energy Transition Award
Awards €10,000 per category to energy-transition startups founded within the last 10 years.
Applicants pick one category and submit a complete application between 1 September and 30 October 2026; a jury ranks and evaluates entries through December, and the top 15 finalists plus the wider SET100 list are announced by February 2027. Winners are chosen per category at a final jury meeting in Berlin and announced at the SET Tech Festival on 17 March 2027, each receiving €10,000 in prize mone…
Looking for startups and young companies, founded within the last 10 years, building solutions for the global energy transition across five categories: clean energy and storage, mobility and transportation, industrial decarbonization, buildings and construction, or energy infrastructure and digitalisation. Applicants need a proof of concept plus a client or partner, or a working prototype at TRL 4 or higher.
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