Beyond the Panel: The BeSolar Immersive Awareness Challenge
Beyond the Panel: The BeSolar Immersive Awareness Challenge
How might we develop an immersive, scalable awareness & training environment to educate customers and train contractors on renewable energy in Qatar?
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Everything You Need to Know: From Registration to Submission Guidelines and More
This challenge focuses on developing an immersive, scalable BeSolar Awareness Lab (preferably VR/XR-based) to educate the public and train contractors on distributed solar energy.
Key aspects of the solution include:
- Public Education - Visually and interactively explaining rooftop PV benefits and the net-billing scheme to general customers.
- Standardized Training - Providing a hands-on, safe training environment for contractors to ensure consistent installation quality and safety.
- Technical Accuracy - Modeling components (PV modules, inverters, protection) accurate to real-life and compliant with IEC electrical standards.
- Scalable Multi-user Platform - Supporting up to 3 public users at exhibitions or up to 20 contractors plus an instructor simultaneously.
The goal is to foster a smart, solar-literate community in Qatar while providing consultants, staff, and researchers with a high-fidelity testbed for system studies.
This challenge is open to SMEs and startups that can deliver solutions implementable in a relatively short timeframe (TRL 5 and above).
To register, click on the “Participate here” button at the top of the brief page. Follow the steps to create an account and complete your profile.
Key Dates:
- Submission Deadline: April 12th, 2026 (UTC+3)
- Shortlisting Deadline: May 2026
- Evaluation Deadline: June 2026
- Awarding of Winners: August 2026
Participants are required to complete and submit a participation form. Make sure to follow the guidelines provided in the "Challenge Details" section.
Participation in this challenge is strictly on behalf of startups. Each startup is considered a single participant, and submissions should represent the organization's collective solution. While internal collaboration within the startup is encouraged, the entry must be submitted under the startup's name rather than individual team members.
Winners will receive up to 100,000 USD in QRDI funding for project assessment, engineering design, and pilot development. They will also gain access to BeSolar technical data, training materials, pilot sites like the KAHRAMAA Awareness Park, and expert mentorship from the New & Renewable Energy Department. Furthermore, participants retain their Foreground Intellectual Property (FIP) and gain opportunities for commercial rollout across KAHRAMAA departments and other industry players.