KE launches EPIC to foster innovation, localisation in energy sector

Committed to fostering creativity, innovation and localisation in the energy sector, K-Electric has launched Energy Progress & Innovation Challenge (EPIC) 2025, according to a press release issued by the power company.

Building on the resounding success of its pioneering 7/11+ Innovation Challenge introduced in 2022, EPIC will unite entrepreneurs, academia, researchers and think tanks to develop cutting-edge solutions for the energy industry.

Innovators may address KE’s predefined challenge statements or propose their own transformational ideas. This year’s EPIC Challenge spotlights carefully deliberated themes that align with regulatory priorities and key customer challenges, including ‘Tamper-proof PMT-based load-shedding solutions’ to enable fairer, more transparent power distribution while safeguarding paying customers from unnecessary disruptions.

Other challenge statements designed to inspire groundbreaking solutions for the power sector include ‘Real-time fleet tracking and visibility for power utilities’, ‘Proactive energy theft detection’, ‘Demand forecasting automation using AI’, ‘Battery Energy Storage System utilisation for managing system dynamics under growing RE integration’, ‘Pre-emptive transformer level failure detection’, ‘PV impact analysis’, ‘Smart monitoring of transmission lines: enhancing grid reliability’, ‘Underground MV cable health indexing’, and ‘Open innovation: driving transformation in the power sector’.

The challenge provides these innovators an opportunity to present their ideas to industry experts, and they will receive mentoring sessions to help them enhance the feasibility and scalability of their proposals.

Additionally, the top three finalists will also receive cash prizes worth Rs3 million total, and the possibility of a B2B contract with KE to implement the projects. “EPIC 2025 underscores KE’s unwavering commitment to a forward-looking, innovation-driven power sector,” said KE CEO Moonis Alvi. “By providing a collaborative platform for fresh perspectives, we aim to harness cutting-edge solutions that push the boundaries of technology and shape a sustainable energy future.”

Alvi said that through this challenge, KE has invited diverse participation from across Pakistan, ensuring that the brightest ideas help transform the nation’s power landscape. “EPIC 2025 will harness the transformative power of innovation, and we encourage young minds to seize this opportunity to drive meaningful progress.”