EDF (” EDF “) continues to bring innovative power services and solutions to customers in China and around the world, in an effort to build a “zero carbon energy future”. On May 25, the 2023 EDF Pulse “Can Create the Future” Award ceremony organized by the world’s leading low-carbon energy company, EDF France, was held in Beijing. Shanghai EDF Information Technology Co., LTD., Xi ‘an 1980 New Energy Technology Co., LTD., and Beijing Zhengsheng Smart Electric Power Technology Co., LTD stood out. They were the winners of “virtual power plant”, “green hydrogen energy” and “carbon networking”.

According to the introduction, 2023 EDF Pulse “Can create the future” plan through the linkage of senior professionals in EDF and the upstream and downstream industry chain, through the model of proof of concept, to jointly innovate solutions and explore more new opportunities. In addition to receiving a bonus of RMB 100,000 Yuan and exchange and discussion with EDF global technical experts, the three winning enterprises will have the opportunity to work with EDF China R&D center experts and related business unit teams to achieve the “first kilometer” of POC results transformation. In addition to receiving investment from EDF Venture Capital team, We will also be able to expand into both domestic and overseas markets by joining the EDF Pulse global innovation Ecosystem.

In a video message, EDF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond said: “EDF is fully committed to the energy transition in order to combat global climate change and achieve its group-wide goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Edf has always placed innovation at the heart of its strategy and activities on the path to green energy. “Edf understands that the energy transition requires a forward-looking approach to technology and business models, and that working with partners with different strengths in the sector can lead to the best solutions for energy transition.”

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In recent years, global energy transformation has accelerated, and digitalization has become the key to reduce energy consumption and achieve efficient management under new scenarios and new modes. China has set the goals of “peaking carbon” and “carbon neutrality”, and will continue to optimize its energy structure during the 14th Five-Year Plan period to promote the construction of a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient modern energy system. In particular, new technologies and applications such as renewable energy, distributed energy, diversified electricity use and flexible electricity use play a decisive role, posing greater challenges to the power system from both the supply side and the demand side. As a long-term partner of China’s energy development and a global leader in low-carbon electricity, EDF sees the huge potential unleashed by China’s low-carbon transformation development. Through the 2023 Pulse initiative, EDF is committed to open collaborative innovation, To explore more “low-carbon transformation” and “digital transformation” solutions with Chinese partners.

Edf’s Pulse “Can Create the Future” program is based on three major areas: “virtual power plant”, “green hydrogen energy” and “carbon networking”, and continues to seek for pioneering Chinese enterprises with innovative solutions. China Industry News reporters learned that after EDF Pulse, an innovative brand owned by EDF France, was launched in China in 2021 and launched the “Can Create the Future” competition, EDF Pulse will be launched in China again in 2023, and the competition will be upgraded to a joint innovation plan, which has been widely concerned by Chinese startups in the field of energy. More than 180 start-up teams have signed up for the 2023 Pulse “We Can Create the Future” initiative, which opened on March 1. After three rounds of review, including preliminary screening and review, 16 teams entered the newly upgraded “micro-acceleration camp”. After “one-to-one” communication with experts and proposal improvement, 12 startups were selected from the 16 teams to enter the final road show. Professional judges from EDF, large energy companies, investment institutions, the French Embassy and other organizations carefully discussed the plans presented by the 12 finalists, and finally selected one winning enterprise from the three joint venture themes.

“All of today’s roadshows are very exciting and exciting,” said Gerard Fu, Vice President and President of EDF China. “Thank you to all the judges and guests.” Entering the final stage, all start-ups are already innovation “leaders”. In EDF’s view, innovation requires joint efforts with partners and open innovation, so we wanted to build a platform to collaborate with innovative start-up teams through the EDF Pulse “Can we Create the Future” initiative. Going forward, EDF looks forward to working with our innovation partners to promote low-carbon and digital transformation, and to promote carbon reduction in China, as well as to work with our Chinese partners to contribute to global low-carbon transformation and green and sustainable development.