2023 NEW TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE: ENERGY EVOLUTION
As our dependence on energy continues to grow, it becomes increasingly important to innovate the solutions that will ensure a cleaner and more equitable energy future around the world.
The 2023 FIRST Global Challenge New Technology Experience: Energy Evolution guides teams in learning about all types of renewable energy, including hydrogen technologies, and the steps to create a clean energy future. FIRST Global teams will research and develop their own solutions to advance the implementation of and improve access to renewable energy.
Learn more in the 2023 FIRST Global Challenge New Technology Experience: Energy Evolution Guide.
ENERGY EVOLUTION WINNERS
GOLD – Team Lebanon 🇱🇧
Team Lebanon's project focused on creating a solar and hydroponics farm for clean electricity, plant cultivation, and electrolysis for green hydrogen.
SILVER – Team Republic of Moldova 🇲🇩
Team Republic of Moldova's project focused on a water cooling system to improve the efficiency of solar panels.
LEARN MORE →BRONZE – Team Tunisia 🇹🇳
Team Tunisia's project focused on converting seagrass into biogas for cooking and fertilizer.
LEARN MORE →ONLINE RESOURCES
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GLOBAL ENERGY OVERVIEW
International Energy Agency
World Energy Outlook report provides critical analysis and insights on trends in energy demand and supply, and what they mean for energy security, environmental protection, and economic development
International Renewable Energy Agency
World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023 report on progress, priority areas, and actions to realign the global energy transition with climate objectives
UN Energy
Plan of Action Towards 2025 report from the United Nations’ mechanism for inter-agency collaboration in the field of energy
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Collects, analyzes, and disseminates international energy information to promote public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment
HYDROGEN
International Renewable Energy Agency
Information on hydrogen, its creation, use, and challenges
International Energy Agency
Defines the importance of hydrogen as an energy carrier, its role in clean energy transitions, and how to continue the momentum of development
Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) Singapore
Singapore’s National Hydrogen Strategy aims to develop hydrogen as a major decarbonization pathway while strengthening energy security and resilience
Increase Your H2IQ
Introductory resources on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies provided by the United States Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office
World Economic Forum
Article: Everything you need to know about hydrogen in the clean energy transition
International Energy Agency
Report analyzing the current state of hydrogen and offering guidance on its future development
Air Products
Overview, benefits, applications, and additional resources from the world’s largest hydrogen supplier and a leader in hydrogen fuel infrastructure
The Hydrogen Map
A regularly updated compendium of global low-carbon hydrogen projects and their status
Global Programme for Hydrogen in Industry
A program launched by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to assist developing countries in overcoming identified barriers and encourage a just hydrogen transition
Financial Times
Article examining whether hydrogen can help cut emissions across industries from transport to construction to combat climate change
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Five major challenges in the hydrogen economy – and five potential engineering solutions
Hydrogen Tools
A portal developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to support implementation of the practices and procedures that will ensure safety in the handling and use of hydrogen in a variety of fuel cell applications
Baker McKenzie
Global Hydrogen Policy Tracker interactive map to track the key legal, regulatory, and policy developments in relation to clean hydrogen across the globe
H2 Bulletin
An independent daily hydrogen news publisher providing authoritative, original and well-researched information for hydrogen professionals
Hydrogen Council
A global CEO-led initiative with a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the clean energy transition
World Hydrogen Summit
A global platform for hydrogen businesses to showcase, collaborate and advance the global hydrogen economy
Plug Power
Building an end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem — from production, storage and delivery to energy generation
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
International Energy Agency
Describes renewables, why they are important, their role in clean energy transitions, and challenges
United Nations Environment Programme
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report documents the progress made in the renewable energy sector
Our World in Data
Renewable energy data from organization that publishes research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
International Renewable Energy Agency
The Renewable Energy Statistics 2023 report provides datasets on power-generation capacity, actual power generation, and renewable energy balances for over 150 countries and areas
United Nations
Overview of renewable energy and the natural sources from which it is derived
REN21
Renewables 2023 Global Status Report covers policies, markets, and much more, while telling the most up-to-date global story on renewable energy
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ELECTRIFICATION
Resources for the Future
Energy Efficiency 101: The basics of improving energy efficiency, from how it can reduce energy use and mitigate climate change to the policies in place to encourage people to invest in energy-efficient products
Mission Efficiency
A collective of actions, commitments, and goals to accelerate the transition towards energy efficient economies worldwide
International Renewable Energy Association
Synergies between renewable energy and energy efficiency
International Energy Agency
Defines energy efficiency, why it is important, its role in clean energy transitions, and opportunities for investment
Energy Efficiency Global Alliance
An international coalition of government, corporate, and NGO leaders that champions faster and deeper implementation of energy efficiency solutions to meet global energy and climate goals
Sustainable Energy for All
Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform drives action and commitments with a focus on specific energy efficiency sectors such as buildings, lighting, appliances, district energy systems, industry, and transportation
Energy Transitions Commission
Making Clean Electrification Possible: 30 Years to Electrify the Global Economy report on clean electrification
Global Electrification Platform
An open access, interactive, online platform that allows for overview of electrification investment scenarios for a selection of countries
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership
Global Electrification Monitor follows the pace of electrification across the world and identifies vastly underutilized potential for electrification of the different end uses in all parts of the world
International Renewable Energy Association
Smart Electrification with Renewables: Driving the Transformation of Energy Services
International Energy Agency
Defines electrification, its role in clean energy transitions, and associated challenges
ACCESS TO ENERGY
United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Sustainable Energy for All
An international organization to drive faster action towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7)
World Bank
Report: Universal Access to Sustainable Energy Will Remain Elusive Without Addressing Inequalities
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet is a unique platform accelerating equitable energy transitions and averting carbon emissions, expanding energy access, and creating jobs in the process
TheGlobalEconomy.com
Country rankings for percent of the population with access to electricity in 2020
Global Environment Facility
A catalyst to promoting renewable energy on many fronts — from removing barriers and building capacity to direct financing of investments in renewable energy technologies
Our World in Data
Access to energy data from organization that publishes research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems
World Bank
Percent of world population with access to electricity by nation, region, and economy type
ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO AN IMPROVED ENERGY FUTURE
The Rockefeller Foundation
Power and Climate commitment to empower people, especially women, by connecting them to renewable electricity, creating green jobs, and cutting carbon emissions to protect the planet
Bezos Earth Fund
Created by a commitment of $10 billion from Jeff Bezos to be disbursed as grants to fight climate change and protect nature
Systems Change Lab
Convened by World Resources Institute and Bezos Earth Fund to monitor, learn from, and mobilize action toward the transformational shifts needed to protect both people and the planet
United States Department of Energy
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office focuses on research, development, and demonstration of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
World Resources Institute
Accelerating the transition to a clean, affordable energy system
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