Amplus Solar announced the launch of The Miles (M+ Innovation Lab for Energy and Sustainability) challenge for clean energy startups with ready to deploy solutions in India.

Amplus, Asia’s leading distributed energy company providing low carbon energy solutions to industrial and commercial customers, launched the challenge in association with GoMassive Earth Network, an angel investor forum focused on sustainability. The MILES challenge will provide participants mentorship and access to resources in the energy industry. Amplus will support the winners of The MILES Challenge through seed capital, which will help the startups scale up.

EY are the Process Advisors for the event. A jury comprising renowned experts from leading Indian and international institutions like the World Bank, UNEP, IIM Ahmedabad and others will evaluate the competition.

The applications for the challenge are open till 31st January 2021. The focus areas include Distributed Solar, IoT applications in Energy, Battery Storage and Electric Mobility.

“Amplus began as a start-up with an idea in the area of distributed solar. One of the reasons behind our success was the support we received from mentors and investors who believed in us. With the MILES Challenge, we wish to help other Indian start-ups in the clean energy space achieve their potential”, said Sanjeev Aggarwal, Managing Director and CEO, Amplus Solar.