Innovative Energy Ideas Will Be Awarded!

Innovative Energy Ideas Will Be Awarded! Innovative energy ideas will be rewarded! A prize of 300 thousand lira will be given in the scope of "My Energy is You Acceleration Program". In cooperation with the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK), the Electricity Distribution Services Association (ELDER) and ODTÜ TEKNOKENT, a program called “My Energy is You Acceleration Program” was launched. Thanks to this program, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur candidates or startups will have the opportunity to introduce their early-stage innovative business ideas to the electricity distribution industry. Program applications can be made over the link shared from ELDER and ODTÜ TEKNOKENT's social media accounts until Sunday, December 20th. At the end of the program, successful startups will be awarded 300 thousand TL by ELDER, and support for innovative business ideas and R&D projects will be provided. The prizes to be given by other institutions will be announced at a later date. Serhat Çeçen, the Chairman of the Board of ELDER, stated that they implemented this program in line with the mission of ELDER to be the pioneer of innovation in the energy sector and continued as follows: “In line with the ELDER’s vision of becoming the center of innovation sector, our country's leading actors of the energy market EPDK and Turkey's first and leading technoparks METU is preparing to bring new entrepreneurs to the energy sector to join forces with TEKNOKENT.” Stating that they want to respond to the rapidly changing needs of the energy sector, Çeçen said: “Ensuring the use of national systems in energy infrastructures and increasing projects with strategic importance is among the primary goals of our cooperation. In this context, we think that initiatives that generate ideas will gain importance. We do collaborate with various institutions to support initiatives in Turkey and its neighbors. We believe that the entrepreneurship ecosystem created by ODTÜ TEKNOKENT will contribute to the energy sector and the production of R&D projects that can have a say in the future of the sector. In this direction, as the electricity distribution sector, we will support early stage innovative ideas, develop and project them. We will also vigorously continue to make these supports permanent. ''