Ontario Power Generation Partners with MaRS Discovery District on Generate Innovation Challenge

Aug 16, 2019

Ontario Power Generation (OPG), in collaboration with MaRS Discovery District, announced they are teaming up to launch the Generate Innovation Challenge, a partnership competition to generate future-looking solutions that impact the energy sector.

The Generate Innovation Challenge invites innovators from across the country – including startups, scaleups, entrepreneurs, academics, scientists and researchers – to submit the best idea, technology or solution on four core issues underpinning not only OPG’s challenges, but industry challenges that span all forms of energy generation.

The Generate Innovation Challenge will focus on the following four sector specific categories, including:

1. Workforce & Planning

2. Inspection Automation

3. Data Collection in Constrained Environments

4. Automated Monitoring

Solutions that are successful in the competition will gain access to data and information collected over decades of operational experience, procurement support, access to OPG facilities when required and the technical expertise from OPG staff needed to develop mature solutions. They will also receive an initial prize of $25,000 and the opportunity to grow and incorporate their solutions into the energy sector with a credible, long-term partner like OPG.

MaRS works with corporations, government agencies and non-profits to develop competitions that challenge Canadian innovators to solve pressing societal problems like climate change and the opioid data crisis. Working closely with OPG, MaRS helped craft the four sector specific challenges that will support the Canadian power generator in their adoption of the winning solutions.

The Generate Innovation Challenge will launch on Sept. 10 during a webinar, with an additional session held on Sept. 11. Applications for all sector categories will also open on Sept. 10 and close Oct. 10. Those interested in learning more and how to apply can do so by registering for the webinar on Eventbrite.

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