IBERDROLA, S.A.
More than 80% of
The energy company has celebrated the first edition of Innovation Week, in its Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub with the presence of
The company will allocate
As part of its strategy towards energy transition, and with the aim of contributing to the decarbonization of the economy,
The grids are the backbone of the new energy model and the path for the transition to a green economy, which will enable the integration of more renewables, sustainable mobility and electric vehicles, smart cities and self-consumption.
Therefore, by 2025, the company will allocate
'The role of electricity grids in connecting and integrating distributed renewable generation, mobility and air conditioning into the system is strategic if we want to achieve the electrification of the economy,' said
Under the slogan 'Building together the grid of the future', and with the aim of sharing the most advanced innovation projects in the field of smart grids, the meeting was attended by
The event was also attended by all the agents involved in the process of transforming the electricity system, from universities and institutions to companies and young talents.
BOOSTING INNOVATION
Investment in R&D&I is essential on the road to transforming grids into a smart, more reliable and secure infrastructure that enables more economical and responsible consumption. 'Innovation and technology, with the use of data and artificial intelligence as a lever to provide value, are the only way to continue advancing along this path,' said Ruiz-Tagle.
In recent years,
In order to achieve the objective set, it is also necessary to have the collaboration and alignment of all the agents involved, not forgetting the administrations. 'To make the networks of the future a reality, we need frameworks to attract the necessary investment with practical and agile mechanisms, and to develop open innovation collaboration models that attract talent,' said
TECHNOLOGY JOBS ACCELERATOR
The energy transition will require a generation of professionals with the highest skills to meet the challenges of the future. To promote their preparation, more than 100 students from different universities and young people recently incorporated into the labor market have had the opportunity to participate in a collaborative meeting in which they have addressed the use of data provided by the digitization of the network to offer a better service to customers.
The Innovation Week has also hosted a sample of the latest technology for grid management, such as the use of drones for remote monitoring of substations and the installation of bird protection elements in overhead lines or the use of virtual reality in the supervision of electrical infrastructures, such as substations, without the need to travel. This type of development aims to reduce risk situations for field professionals and optimize network maintenance.
COLLABORATIVE HUB ON DECARBONISATION
The meeting also brought together the collaborating companies of the
This technological space has already identified more than 120 R&D&I projects in which some 220 professionals are already working.
In this way, the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub has become a pole of growth and collaboration around decarbonization and the fundamental role of smart grids in the energy transition. To this end, it combines its technological capacity with that of equipment and service providers, universities and start-ups from all over the world, thus proposing the design of the electricity grid of the future.
Electric grids will be a key pillar of the
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