Youth Education & Entrepreneurship Program Access to Energy Program
An exciting global challenge open to teams of students and young entrepreneurs from all backgrounds. Your mission? To develop an innovative business model that delivers clean, affordable, and renewable energy solutions tailored to the needs of local communities.
Innovate for Impact:
Empowering You to Lead the Energy Transition
We empower you to lead the energy transition by embracing key values: Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, and Teamwork.
Challenge Theme
Solar Power Agriculture
Explore solutions for solar-powered pre/post-harvesting, storage, and processing.
Solar Powered Microbusinesses
Innovate for retail and services, refrigeration, manufacturing, and production
Your Project Proposals should be
Affordable
Making clean energy accessible to all, including low-income communities, by prioritizing cost-effective solutions.
Sustainable
Built to last—recyclable, repairable, and well-documented to support long-term use, maintenance, and continuous learning.
Innovative
Introducing new and creative solutions to energy challenges.
Local
Designed with locally available components, ensuring that the system can be installed, operated, and maintained by professionals trained within the country.
Create meaningful impact
Your idea should consider
Access to
Reliable Energy
Reliable energy access to power homes, schools, and businesses.
Improve Wellbeing
Improved well-being through better healthcare, education, and safety.
Increased Savings
Cost savings by reducing energy expenses and increasing financial stability.
Enhanced Convenience
Enhanced convenience with efficient, modern energy solutions.
Increased Crop
Yield/Income
Empowered farmers with better irrigation, storage, and productivity.
Access to
Better Workspaces
Workplace improvements for safer and more productive environments.
Clean Cooling
and Cooking
Sustainable cooling and cooking solutions to reduce emissions and improve health.
Challenge Prizes
The top three winning teams will share a total prize pool of €10,000. (1st Place: €6,000, 2nd Place: €2,500, 3rd Place: €1,500)
Product basket sponsored by Schneider Electric's Access
to Energy Business
Boost your personal
brand and grow your professional network​
Mentoring sessions
from Schneider Electric Experts
Who Can Participate?
This is a global competition open to all students and young entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference through innovation in renewable energy. We invite you to join us in creating sustainable solutions for those who need it most. ​​
Current enrolled students aged 18 to 30
Participants must have proficiency in English as the official language for the competition.
Must participate in teams of up to 4 members. We encourage each team to be gender balanced.
All team members must study in the same country, but they may attend different educational institutions, and be enrolled
in different courses, and various academic years.
Go Green Challenge Timeline
1 April - Launch and Registration
Registrations for the competition open. Participants to form teams and start working on their idea.
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31 May - Registrations Close
Registrations will not be accepted. Registered teams to continue working on their project proposal submission.
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30 June - Submission Deadline
Teams to submit their project proposal for evaluation.
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1 July - 31 July - Internal Proposal Review
Judges to review all submissions and will select the top 10 teams.
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1 August - 31 August - Team Project Development Phase
The selected top 10 teams work on their business case proposal.
1 September - 30 September - Internal Project Review
Judges review the 10 submissions to select the top 3 teams for the Global Final.
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16 October - Online Global Final
Top 3 teams will pitch their business case for the project at the digital competition.
​​Get Involved!
Ready to make an impact? Register for the Schneider Go Green Student competition today and be a part of the movement towards a cleaner, more sustainable future for all!
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Individual Registration - Register by submitting your resume using the following link. After registering you will receive a follow-up email with with additional instructions on how to form your team and submit your project proposals.
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Form Your Team - Identify and define your team members.
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Submit Your Project Proposal - Submit Your Project Proposal - Identify the problem or opportunity, and submit a renewable energy solution that addresses the identified environmental and social impacts. Evaluation will be based on eligibility criteria and judging standards.
4
Project Development and Submission - The top-10 teams selected will proceed to develop their idea into a comprehensive business case. Each team will be paired with a Schneider Electric mentor to support during the project development phase.
5
Project Review Process - Judges will review submitted project materials according to the judging criteria and select the top 3 teams, who will be invited to the global virtual finals to pitch their solution.
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Global Finals - The Top-3 teams will get the opportunity to present their solution to a virtual panel of judges, who will identify a global winner!
Your Learning Journey - We are here to support you every step of the way! With our free online courses in technical skills related to the energy transition, you will get the knowledge necessary to create impactful, scalable solutions for a sustainable future. Check out Schneider Electric University.
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