Timeline

This year's challenge began in March 2022. The registration phase ended May 1st, 2022. Start-ups and scale-ups were able to sign up until then to participate.

After closing of the registration phase, the process of selecting the top 20 candidates begins.

During this period, the best entries were selected on the basis of the quality and potential of their business model, innovative technologies and digital solutions. The twenty best entries are the participants of the New Energy Challenge 2022.

All twenty participants were invited for deep-dive interviews. The interviews were conducted by Rockstart, Shell and YES!Delft experts in June to select the ten finalists.

The ten finalists were announced and invited for the Finals Phase, taking place late September, October and the first week of November.

The Finals Phase officially started with a kick-off meeting on September 28. All finalists were invited as this was the official welcome to the finals programme and at the same time an opportunity for the finalists to meet alumni of the New Energy Challenge.

An extensive network of experts has been coaching the finalists to validate their business proposal, find their product-market fit and prepare to pitch for an expert jury during the Finals Event in November. The coaching and expert sessions were provided by Rockstart, YES!Delft and/or Shell and took place during the entire month of October.