EDF Pulse India reveals the 1st edition winners

The Grand Jury members have made their choice during the Grand Final, a hybrid jury session, physically held in New Delhi together with jury members connecting from Singapore and France. Chosen from 80 candidate projects, the 9 finalists were selected to represent the following categories: Sustainable Smart Living, Resilient Smart Infrastructures and eMobility Infrastructure.

Discover the 2020 winners

1st Prize - Nunam

Energy storage systems that run entirely on used lithium-ion battery cells.

Discover Nunam

2nd Prize - Charge+Zone

App-based Fully Automated EV Charging Network that enables reliable charging services including the payment transaction.

Discover Charge+Zone

3rd Prize - Solavio Labs

This start-up was started by engineers who wanted to develop innovative technologies and engineering solutions for improving the performance of solar power plants.

Discover Solavio Labs

Temperate Technologies, Special Prize from the Jury

Low-power and low-cost cold storage solution suitable for off-grid operation in villages for raising farmer incomes.

Discover Temperate Technologies

Grand Jury members in New Delhi

Harmanjit Nagi, Director and country Head, EDF India ; Cécile Martin-Phipps, Director Strategy & Communication, International Solar Alliance ; Saurabh Kumar, Executive Vice Chairman, EESL, Energy Efficiency Services ; Daniel Maitre, Minister Counsellor for Economic & Financial affairs, French Embassy in India.

Thanks to our French Ambassador, H.E. Emmanuel Lenain, for hosting this event in New Delhi.

The 9 finalists of the 2020 edition

A2P Energy Solution ; Nunam ; Temperate Technologies ; Solavio Labs ; TherML ; Village Energy ; Charge+Zone ; Elocity Technologies ; Lithion Power

Our EDF Pulse team in India

Arjun Uberoi, Sushma Talwar and Harmanjit Singh Nagi.

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The categories

3 great challenges for 2020 – and beyond!

  • Sustainable Smart Living

    Innovative products and services improving the standard of living while reducing the environmental impact towards CO₂ neutral and zero waste objectives.

  • Resilient Smart Infrastructures

    Innovative products and services improving the operational performance of existing electrical assets infrastructure and reducing downtime by predictive maintenance including but not limited to: smart devices, IoT platforms etc.

  • E-Mobility Infrastructure

    Innovative products and services improving the e-mobility infrastructure value chain including charging and battery-swapping stations, EV system components such as electricity network, energy production and storage.

How many awards will be given out?

In 2020 :

  • 3 Awards given to startups chosen by a Grand Jury of experts and leading figures
  • Up to 3 Special Mentions would also be attributed by the Jury

Committees of innovation experts from within and outside the Group will choose the most innovative projects including a Grand Jury of figures & highly recognized personalities from the world of research, business and media.

What do the start-ups win?

  • A marketing campaign aimed at the general public to boost visibility
  • Depending on the Award, prize money up to $20,000 to develop their business

The  Grand Jury  of  EDF Pulse India 2020

Hybrid jury session, physically held in New Delhi together with jury members connecting from Singapore and France.

The  Grand Jury  of  EDF Pulse India 2020 is chaired by Béatrice Buffon, Executive Director, in charge of the EDF International Division, with Jean-Philippe Buisson, Senior vice President Asia, EDF International Division ; Harmanjit Nagi, Director and country Head, EDF India ; Bernard Salha, Senior Executive President, in charge of EDF research and development division and EDF CTO ; Carine de Boissezon, Chief Sustainability Officer ; Yannick Duport, Head of eMobility Division ; Frederic Belloy, Head of EDF Renewables International Operations ; Antoine Jourdain, Technical and international Director of ENEDIS, EDF distribution subsidiary and external figures: Daniel Maitre, Minister Counsellor for Economic & Financial affairs, French Embassy in India; Saurabh Kumar, Executive Vice Chairman, EESL, Energy Efficiency Services; Cécile Martin-Phipps, Director Strategy & Communication, International Solar Alliance. Tejpreet Singh Chopra, Founder and CEO, Bharat Light & Power, Sanjeevan Sinha, Chairman & Managing Director, South Bihar Distribution Company.

Calendar

2020 EDF Pulse Startup Awards Calendar

Our 2020 finalists

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A2P Energy Solution Private Limited

A2P Energy Solution is an indian startup that aims to solve the crop residue burning problems, increase the farmes income and at the same time convert crop residue into NextGen biofuels.

  • Sustainable Smart Living
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CHARGE+ZONE

CHARGE+ZONE, a startup company since July 2018, within our renewable energy group TECSO ENERGY, is with a mission to create an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Network of more than ONE MILLION charging points by 2030.

  • eMobility Infrastructure
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Elocity Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Elocity is striving to make the world a better place through innovations in clean energy space.

  • eMobility Infrastructure
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Lithion Power Private Limited

Lithion Power provides an IoT-enabled, data-driven IEP for EVs - this includes smart EV charging & battery swapping infrastructure along with software that enables you to control assets in real-time.

  • eMobility Infrastructure
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Nunam

Nunam is a Bangalore based startup that aims to use old lithium-ion battery cells form old laptops, powerbanks, or electric mobility devices at scale, to turn it into new energy storage.

  • Sustainable Smart Living
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Solavio Labs Private Limited

Solavio Labs was started by engineers who wanted to develop innovative technologies and engineering solutions for improving the performance of solar power plants.

  • Resilient Smart Infrastructures
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Temperate Technologies

Temperate Technologies is a startup that creates cold storage solutions for off-grid packhouses to increase farmer incomes. With energy-efficient cold storage units products that are mobile, and powered by solar panels.

  • Sustainable Smart Living
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TherML

Automated machine learning based controllers for optimized cooling of DC with power saving strategies and predictive maintenance of critical equipment.

  • Resilient Smart Infrastructures
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Village Energy

Village Energy builds thriving communities by using advanced technology to help grid operators improve the reliability and affordability of providing energy to consumers.

  • Resilient Smart Infrastructures

EDF in India

EDF has been present in India since more than 25 years. EDF Group aims to be one of the key partners in the country’s ambitious energy development program.
EDF Group has been constantly engaged in various capacities in development of large Hydro projects, Pumped Storage projects and Thermal projects with Indian State utilities.
Leading the way in India for Smart Grids development, EDF was awarded the USD 70 Million. Project for development of 5 Million Smart Meters in 5 States in India by EESL – in addition to being technical consultants to NDMC for deployment of their Smart Grid project.
EDF has large investments in the Solar & Wind Power Projects in India with a Renewable portfolio of 1.5 GW.
EDF Group is leading the negotiations on behalf of the French Nuclear Industry with NPCIL for developing the World’s Largest Nuclear Project with 6 EPR reactors.

  • 5
    Million
    SMART METERS
  • 1.5
    GW
    RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO IN INDIA
  • 250
    k
    LIGHTING POINTS
  • 12
    +
    STATES PRESENCE IN INDIA
  • 200
    +
    EMPLOYEES IN INDIA
  • 2
    GW
    RENEWABLE CAPACITY TARGETED BY 2022

  • New Delhi
  • Mumbai

  • New Delhi
  • Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  • Noida, Uttar Pradesh

  • New Delhi
  • Patna, Bihar
  • Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

  • New Delhi
  • BAP, Rajasthan
  • Semli, Madhya, Pradesh
  • Roorkee, Uttarakhand

SMDPL 
(EDF RENOUVELABLES JV SITAC)

  • New Delhi
  • Gujarat