#electrical network
The area of electrical networks is in charge of the construction, operation and maintenance of power lines, substations, transformation centers and other infrastructures, to transfer the electrical energy from the production centers to the final user.
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Power generation and distribution infrastructures may be directly affected by phenomena such as floods, storms or other extreme events whose frequency and intensity are expected to increase as a consequence of climate change in the coming years.
- Facebook Iberdrola: anticipation, prediction and management to increase the climate resilience of its infrastructures
- Twitter Iberdrola: anticipation, prediction and management to increase the climate resilience of its infrastructures
- Linkedin Iberdrola: anticipation, prediction and management to increase the climate resilience of its infrastructures
Hyperion, a 3D printing company, and Sensohive, which makes sensors for monitoring concrete curing, are the winners of the Start-up Challenge, the contest launched to find solutions to optimise the construction of electricity transport facilities by boosting efficiency and process productivity.
- Facebook Real-time monitoring and 3D printing solutions for optimising electric transport installations
- Twitter Real-time monitoring and 3D printing solutions for optimising electric transport installations
- Linkedin Real-time monitoring and 3D printing solutions for optimising electric transport installations
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A device that emulates a predator has been the winning solution of the Startup Challenge Bird Protection on Electricity Grids, which seeks to minimise the impact of power lines on the environment, especially on birdlife.
- Facebook An autonomous predator emulator to improve the coexistence of overhead lines with fauna and flora
- Twitter An autonomous predator emulator to improve the coexistence of overhead lines with fauna and flora
- Linkedin An autonomous predator emulator to improve the coexistence of overhead lines with fauna and flora
Iberdrola, through its start-ups program PERSEO is looking for new materials, designs, manufacturing and construction methods for electric substations and very high-voltage lines that enhance the sustainability of the processes.
- Facebook Looking for new materials, designs and methodologies for electric substations and very high-voltage lines
- Twitter Looking for new materials, designs and methodologies for electric substations and very high-voltage lines
- Linkedin Looking for new materials, designs and methodologies for electric substations and very high-voltage lines
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Minsait has developed a solution that will detect the presence of fire in the vicinity of power lines and alert Iberdrola's Distribution Operation Centre. This, in turn, will allow early notification of the authorities and the Fire Brigade.
- Facebook Minsait, winner of the challenge for the early detection of fires in the vicinity of power lines
- Twitter Minsait, winner of the challenge for the early detection of fires in the vicinity of power lines
- Linkedin Minsait, winner of the challenge for the early detection of fires in the vicinity of power lines
The UK electricity market regulator Ofgem has granted the consortium formed by Iberdrola, through its subsidiary ScottishPower Energy Networks and National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), provisional approval to build the 2-gigawatt (GW) ...