PlayEnergy is an educational project dedicated to secondary and high schools with the aim to promote students’ understanding about energy through smart and creative learning methods. Teachers from secondary and high schools can submit projects to participate in the competition between September 10th – December 22nd, 2018.
“We are happy to further develop the PlayEnergy educational program in 2018 as well, a competition that encourages young people to be brave, creative and innovative. We believe that the educational process must be based on an Open Power approach, transparent and open, through which we can provide young people with solid knowledge and speak openly about the future and the intelligent use of resources, starting with electricity. Smart power grids, renewable energy sources, home automation systems, smart meters, e-mobility, they all represent the future. It is our duty to convey to younger generations the consideration for a sustainable future, the improvement of the quality of life and the protection of our planet,” stated Georgios Stassis, Country Manager of Enel in Romania.
PlayEnergy is Enel’s initiative dedicated to schools in order to build, together with children, a sustainable, innovative and open future for everyone. A future based on knowledge and intelligent and creative use of energy. This year’s theme is “Start Up Your Energy!” and aims to make young people the protagonists of new ways to tackle energy every day. Students will be able to choose fresh topics such as: E-Home, E-Mobility, E-City, E-Power and E-World.
The competition is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and addresses secondary schools and high schools across the country.
Terms of Participation
In order to participate, teachers must form and coordinate a team of a maximum of five students from the same studying stage (secondary or high school). The projects can be submitted electronically or any another format (power point, practical applications, experiments). This year, teachers and students can download the PlayEnergy 2018 kit from the dedicated Play Energy section on www.enel.ro. The kit is a series of materials which include information on energy resources, experiments and innovations worldwide, with exercises and suggestions for projects. The participants can also access http://playenergy.enel.com, available in all languages of participating countries: this is an essential instrument to connect classes involved in the project where teachers and students can find, among other things, educational materials, multimedia contents, games and interactive experiments.
The deadline to register projects in the competition is December 22nd, 2018. After registration, the projects will enter into the regional selection phase. For each region, a jury of experts will select the top three teams for each studying stage (3 projects for secondary schools, 3 for high schools), based on several criteria, such as relevance to the theme, creativity, originality. The regional jury can also give special awards that would allow access to the selection at national level. In the second stage of the judging phase, a national jury will select, out of all projects accepted at regional level, the first three teams for each studying stage, based on the same criteria. The winners, both teachers and students, as well as the institution they represent, will be awarded sponsorships to sustain innovation and high-tech equipment.
PlayEnergy is the international educational program developed by Enel in 10 countries in which the Group operates (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Italy, Panama, Romania, Russia, Uruguay and Spain), dedicated to secondary schools and high schools. More than 5 million students have participated in the program so far. The project was launched in 2003 with the aim of spreading a responsible energy culture among young people. With its international vocation and its playful educational approach, PlayEnergy is a unique project in Romania, where it was first introduced in 2006.
About Enel
Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global power, gas and renewables markets. It is Europe’s largest utility in terms of market capitalization and figures among Europe’s leading power companies in terms of installed capacity and reported EBITDA. The Group is present in over 30 countries worldwide, producing energy with around 88 GW of managed capacity. Enel distributes electricity and gas through a network of over 2 million kilometers, and with around 72 million business and household customers globally, the Group has the largest customer base among European competitors. Enel’s renewables arm Enel Green Power already manages around 42 GW of wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower plants in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Active on the Romanian market since 2005, Enel is a leading private investor in energy, with operations in power distribution and supply as well as renewable energy production. The company has 3,100 employees and provides services to 2.8 million customers in three key areas of the country: Muntenia Sud (including Bucharest), Banat and Dobrogea, accounting for one third of Romania’s electricity distribution market. Enel is developing an investment program aimed at securing a proper service for end users, improving the quality and security of the network while also complying with Enel’s environmental standards. Enel Energie and Enel Energie Muntenia are leading suppliers of energy in the country, and their offer includes electricity and natural gas, as well as value-added services (assistance, lighting and others).