Selection of Enel's technological projects

Call for technological
projects

Implement your project in the production of an international energy corporation

Projects Expertise

Looking for technological solutions in the areas of renewable energy, thermal generation and sustainable development

Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators

https://www.enel.com/

30 million euros

invested by the company in startups
development over the past 3 years

Innovation Enel hubs are open
all over the world

200

activated collaborations
with startups

73 million

end users around the world

Solutions were deployed by Enel
on its operations at global level

What are the benefits for participants?

Paid pilot with Enel Group

Mentor support from Enel and GenerationS

Presentation of the project to Enel's top management

Scale up to international markets

Renewable Energy

Water Power Engineering:

Innovative robotic solutions (excluding drones) for Hydro power plant O&M activities for employees support or for partial/total equipment replacement
Robots and systems to support inspections and improve safety
Additive technologies (3D printing)
Innovative welding systems and material deposition techniques
Solutions to maximize thermal conductivity of turbine condenser tubes

Health and Safety:

Storage:

Wind Power Engineering:

Solar Power Engineering:

Substructures to mount photovoltaic modules (fixed, and equipped with single-axis tracker)

Cross-Functional Tech:

Blockchain technology to guarantee that energy originates from a renewable source.

Sustainable Development

Technologies to expand the term of resource utilization and equipment operation
Solutions for recycling and reclaiming the following waste products: ceramics, timber, wires and cables, light bulbs, rubber goods, pneumatic automobile tyres, construction waste (rockwool, scrap brick), electric motors, generators, electric transformers, hazardous waste (mercury-filled lamps, mercury thermometers, petrochemicals), municipal solid waste
Projects for waste recycling (particularly, plastics, batteries, glass, aluminum, reinforced concrete)
Solutions applicable for water treatment systems
Projects for recycling the items lost their consumer properties: uninterruptible power supplies, leather work shoes, computer, electronic, optical, special clothing made of cotton and mixed fibers, filters (oil and gas purification, gas masks, vehicles).

Thermal Generation

Innovative technologies to provide security with focus on equipment and sensors for operation and maintenance of electric cabinets
Early diagnostics of vibration status for auxiliary equipment / large-scale rotating equipment not involving fixed monitoring systems
Monitoring and tracking occupational safety (in different weather conditions)
Identification of behavior
Monitoring of health status, safety controls and diagnostics of personal protective equipment, electrical and mechanical equipment and machines
Monitoring, control and risk mitigation for on field activities operation even in stressed weather environments (early anomaly detection and real-time alerts)
Monitoring and recognition of workers' behavior in order to detect and prevent potential risk situations
Solutions to increase the level of staff training, both technical, and related to on-the-job safety
Augmented reality goggles to assist in equipment operation and maintenance