New Energy Challenge

Title: {New Energy Challenge 2024 Aftermovie}

Duration: {1:56} minutes

Description: 

{Aftermovie of the New Energy Challenge finals event in November 2024}

{In 2024, the ninth edition of the New Energy Challenge (NEC) was jointly organised by Shell, YES!Delft, Rockstart, and Unknown Group. This year's NEC focused on discovering innovative energy and battery technologies, aiming to enhance industrial demand-side flexibility and improve energy forecasting. The finals event, held at Slush in Helsinki in November 2024, is captured in this aftermovie.}

{New Energy Challenge 2024 Aftermovie} Transcript

[Background music plays throughout]

{Bright, uplifting music}

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{New Energy Challenge}

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{Video footage of finalists standing together in groups socialising}

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{More than 150 applications / 12 finalists / From across the globe}

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{Snapshots of finalists in Helsinki}

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{Finalists / Pitching sessions, Helsinki}

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{Video footage of Nathan Cooley, Adena Energy, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Co-Founder and CEO, Adena Energy}

{Nathan Cooley} 

{Really lucky to be here in Helsinki. I see the NEC as a great opportunity to understand how to work with large entities and finding commercial opportunities.}

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{Video footage of Shell GM Commercial Innovation Partnerships, Akilah LeBlanc, addressing the finalists}

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{Video footage of Leon Baade and Dr Eveline van der Maas, 8inks, being interviewed}

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{Customer Program Manager, 8inks}

{Dr. Eveline van der Maas}

{It’s always great to see so many startups tackling different parts of the energy transition and seeing what other players in the market are doing.}

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{Video footage of David Chang, CloudReady, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Founder and CEO, CloudReady}

{David Chang} 

{During the process we shaped our solution.}

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{Video footage of jury sessions}

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{Video footage of Brian Morin, Soteria, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Founder and CEO, Soteria}

{Brian Morin}

{We were assigned a mentor and he’s done a really good job helping us think about: How do larger companies think? How do we interact with the different stakeholders and make what we’re doing a success for them?}

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{Snapshots of startups at NEC networking event}

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{Video footage of Scott McNally, RedoxBlox, being interviewed}

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{Vice President of Business Development, RedoxBlox}

{Scott McNally}

{I’ve been really encouraged by the collaborative nature, by Rockstart, by Shell… We all want to solve the same problem.}

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{Snapshots from jury sessions and networking event}

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{Video footage of Alpha Wang, TerraQuanta, being interviewed}

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{Founder and CEO, TerraQuanta}

{Alpha Wang} 

{I made a lot of new friends working in the same industry globally.}

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{Video footage of jury sessions}

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{Video footage of Tarvo Õng, FuseBox Energy, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{CEO, FuseBox Energy}

{Tarvo Õng} 

{People from Shell were involved really, and they really worked with us.}

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{Video footage of one of the stages at the Slush event in Helsinki, with lasers shining into the audience}

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{The Jury / Slush Event, Helsinki}

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{Video footage and snapshots of Slush event}

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{Video footage of Ilsa Maria Sillekens, Shell, being interviewed}

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{Team Lead Industrial Energy Management, Shell}

{Ilsa Maria Sillekens} 

{My impression of the startups and their solutions – very high quality with their ideas on what’s next and what is required to take it to the next level.}

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{Snapshots of Akilah LeBlanc, Shell, from the jury sessions}

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{Video footage of Akilah LeBlanc, Shell, being interviewed}

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{GM Commercial Innovation Partnerships, Shell}

{Akilah LeBlanc}

{I’m always really impressed by the intellectual horsepower of the people that are thinking about solutions to the energy transition.}

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{Video footage of Akilah LeBlanc and Jermaine Saaltink, Shell, at Slush}

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{Video footage of Jan Geert van Hall, YES!Delft, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Investment Director, YES!Delft}

{Jan Geert van Hall} 

{This is actually a very nice opportunity to get to, sort of, test in real life how your potential customers will look at your product.}

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{Snapshots of jury sessions}

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{Video footage of Max ter Horst, Rockstart, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Managing Partner, Rockstart Energy Fund}

{Max ter Horst}

{A unique opportunity for each startup participating. In the end, if you want to be successful in the energy transition, you need scale.}

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{Snapshot of Noah Paul, Unknown Group, in jury session}

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{Video footage of Noah Paul, Unknown Group, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Investment Associate, Unknown Group}

{Noah Paul} 

{Connecting the right dots and getting people at the right table is the value in the end, from an impact perspective.}

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{Video footage of jury sessions}

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{Video footage of Jermaine Saaltink, Shell, being interviewed}

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{Investment Principle, Shell Ventures}

{Jermaine Saaltink}

{High energy, high conviction… I got a total buzz out of it.}

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{Video footage of restaurant tables set up in interior courtyard}

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{Winners / NEC Celebration Gala, Helsinki}

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{Video footage of finalists talking at dinner tables; snapshots of Frederick Lessmann, Hyperheat, holding an NEC trophy}

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{Video footage of Frederick Lessmann, HyperHeat, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Co-Founder and CEO, HyperHeat}

{Frederick Lessmann}

{We are very thankful that we could win this challenge. We’re looking on the way ahead to do some very interesting collaboration with Shell.}

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{Video footage of performance of live Kantele music at gala dinner}

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{Video footage of Frederick Lessmann, HyperHeat, and Tanner Behrend, Edgecom Energy, talking at gala dinner, and Tanner accepting his award}

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{Video footage of Tanner Behrend, Edgecom Energy, being interviewed}

[Conversation/ speech Title]

{Strategic Growth Manager, Edgecom Energy}

{Tanner Behrend}

{Getting that stamp of approval in terms of seeing that alignment between what we’re working on and what Shell views as challenges on a much larger, global scale, I think is super validating.}

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{Snapshots of Tanner Behrend holding his award}

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{Video footage of New Energy Challenge cohort cheering}

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{New Energy Challenge}