Elia / : Green Bid wins EliaGroup’s first ever hackathon on energy services for consumers with solution that allows prosumers to sell their excess solar energy
October 18, 2021 at 11:42 am EDT
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18 October 2021
Green Bid wins EliaGroup's first ever hackathon on energy services for consumers with solution that allows prosumers to sell their excess solar energy
BRUSSELS -From 13 to 15 October, Elia Group hosted its first ever hackathon, which aimed to translate the Group's vision on consumer centricity into tangible, practical solutions.
Over 100 participants -including coding students, start-up staff and representatives from larger companies -took part in the competition. The Belgian Federal Minister of Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten, attended the event on its first day.
The winning team, Green Bid, was awarded the opportunity to spend 14 weeks developing their solution with Elia Group experts at The Nest, the Group's internal digital incubator. The hackathon demonstrates Elia Group's commitment to fostering collaboration between stakeholders from across the energy value chain.
105 participants forming 14 teams took part in the hackathon
Every team had to focus on solving one of five challenges and received support from both internal and external data and energy experts
Elia Group will be hosting a second hackathon in Berlin next year
Press release
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Elia Group SA/NV is the Belgian transmission system operator, transmitting electricity efficiently, reliably and securely from producers to distribution system operators and major industrial users. The group is responsible for importing and exporting electricity from and to neighbouring countries.
Elia Group SA/NV owns the entire Belgian very high voltage grid (150 to 380 kV) and some 94% (ownership and user rights) of the Belgian high-voltage grid (30 to 70 kV). The grid is a key link between electricity markets in northern and southern Europe. It also links Belgian producers and consumers. Belgium's recent investment in interconnection capacity with its neighbours makes it one of the most open and interconnected grids in Europe.
Elia Group SA/NV has recently expanded its activities on a broader European level and, following its acquisition of the German TSO 50Hertz and in cooperation with Industry Funds Management (IFM), is now one of the top five transmission system operators in Europe.
Elia / : Green Bid wins EliaGroup’s first ever hackathon on energy services for consumers with solution that allows prosumers to sell their excess solar energy
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