Start-Up Challenge

British Smart Power Networks (SMPnet) was the winner of this challenge in the search for innovative solutions that promote voltage synchronisation measurement systems between remote points, adapted to the needs of the distribution grid. The challenge was launched by Iberdrola through its International Startup Programme - PERSEO, the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub and Catapult.

Spanish startup XmartSense won the Wind turbine monitoring challenge with a wireless, self-powered sensor capable of measuring temperature, moisture, pressure, etc, to improve systems monitoring on wind farms.

The Andalusian startup Solum won the Micro-mobility Startup Challenge with a car park for electric vehicles capable of accommodating bicycles and scooters. The contest was launched, through Iberdrola International Startup Programme - PERSEO, to seek safe parking and charging solutions for this type of vehicle.

Four international projects have been selected as winners of the Startup Challenge launched in May 2021 by Iberdrola — through its PERSEO International Startup Programme —, which sought low-cost and environmentally friendly solutions to sustainably combine the deployment of photovoltaic parks and primary sector activities in rural areas.

In our last Startup Challenge of 2020, we were looking for competitive and innovative solutions, based on power electronics, that allow us to optimize medium and low voltage networks, improving their flexibility in different load scenarios.

Iberdrola has selected Olvondo Technology as the winner of the Start-up Challenge Emission-free Industrial Heat, part of the European Innovation Council's Energy4Planet initiative. The multinational thus begins a collaboration with the Norwegian start-up to test the scalability and competitiveness of its technology to improve energy efficiency in industrial processes.