Sustainable energy and mobility for tomorrow's Morocco

ENGIE North Africa is looking for innovative projects in the following fields:

• Energy efficiency: consuming less and better. Energy efficiency has become a priority in the energy mix being adopted by Morocco with the goal to achieve 12% energy savings by 2020
• Smart technologies that make life easier for our customers through new technology. "A technology so advanced that it becomes simple" is the Group’s vision
• Smart Cities and sustainable Mobility: Encourage local relationships, reinforce the interconnectedness of the kingdom’s cities, promote accessibility and encourage green transportation

Deadline for submissions: March 26, 2017

Rewards and benefits:

The finalists and/or winners will have the opportunity to:

• Develop collaborations with ENGIE Morocco, such as new commercial offers or ntegration of the innovation into a business offering
• Participate in ENGIE Innovation Week events in Paris in June 2017
• Show their innovative solutions during the marketplace event to be held in Paris at La Défense
• Pitch their projects or solutions to ENGIE management and potential customers

Detailed description:

This call for projects is open to:

• Innovative Project leaders
• Innovative Companies
• Startups
• Incubators
• Non-profit organizations

Provisionnal schedule:

• November 07-18, 2016: launch of the call for proposals during COP22
• March 26th, 2017: Deadline for submission and Initial selection by a selection committee based on applications
• April 10, 2017: Conference to announce the winners
• June 15th to 17th: Participation in the marketplace event in Paris at La Défense during ENGIE Innovation Week

Selection Criteria:

Projects will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Relevance to the themes
• Innovativeness of the project;
• Project Maturity
• Feasibility and capacity to be rolled out quickly
• Implementation of the project in Morocco
• Projects can take many forms, but they must be capable of being pitched and shown.
• Solutions should be based in or able to be deployed in Morocco

ENGIE North Africa will select up to 3 projects from among the most innovative applications.

Depending on the selected projects, business partnerships with ENGIE Morocoo might be developed.