Good Energy: Hult Prize 2018 Wrap-Up

EDN’s President, Kathleen Rogers, was on the executive jury for the 9th annual Hult Prize, and was at the 2018 Global Finals and Awards Gala at United Nations Headquarters in New York on September 15. This year’s Hult Prize chose “Harnessing the Power of Energy to Improve the Lives of 10 million People” as its theme and the six finalists proposed start-up enterprise solutions. The winner was awarded 1 million dollars in start-up capital to realize and scale their enterprise. Highlights from the event are below.

Great to be part of this event in support of projects to build a more sustainable future. #hultprize #earthdayeveryday https://t.co/FaW4YkCtW0

— Earth Day Network (@EarthDayNetwork) September 15, 2018

@Kathleenedn from @EarthDayNetwork has hard questions for team Phyta @UNC! #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult pic.twitter.com/9QgH2tM6Ui

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

SunRice is a rice drying service that aims to reduce rice wastage and empower rice farmers in South East Asia. They bridge the gap between off-the-shelf rice drying technology and rice farmers that could not afford it. #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult @UNC pic.twitter.com/hxqL0fs2L0

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

Phyta seeks the creation of new food supply systems that do not rely on unsustainable strategies. #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult @UNC pic.twitter.com/eqbLw8MNV8

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

Noor Medical’s mission is to increase humanity’s access to equitable healthcare by providing devices to sterilize medical instruments with capability to work in a variety of operational contexts. #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult @noor_medical @UniFreiburg pic.twitter.com/ePoizIUMPE

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

With a game-changing innovation! U-Light aims to provide a simple, affordable and reliable source of light. The company aims to provide light to 1.2 billion people living off the electricity grid across the world. #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult pic.twitter.com/PspDXgVHQJ

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

ImpactRays is a social enterprise start-up which has developed a smart, solar-powered & automated irrigation system for the 86 million low- income smallholder Nigerian farmers, to address the food security problem. #HP18 #HultPrize #PowerForGood #UN6 #HP19 #UNHult pic.twitter.com/EJaFDi2ICL

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 15, 2018

And the winner of #HP18 #PowerForGood is team SunRice from University College London @ucl Congratulations!! #HultPrize #UN6 pic.twitter.com/S6Fn7MlcIr

— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 16, 2018

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