- On Tuesday, the company held a conference together with the Spanish Institute of Engineering (IIIE in Spanish) to present the 45 Priority Technological Projects/Lines corresponding to Endesa's different business areas in which it seeks the technological collaboration of Spanish Universities.
- The conference enjoyed the collaboration of groups and research managers from 48 universities with engineering faculties.
Endesa, together with 48 universities from 16 Autonomous Communities, has launched a pioneering process for technological collaboration with universities, with the help of the Forum for University-Business Technological Collaboration created by the University, Training and Employment Committee – IIE.
The process began with a forum held on Tuesday, which enabled the establishment of a high-level technological exchange between more than one hundred and fifty representatives of research groups, managers responsible for Research, Innovation and Transfer at a number of universities in Spain with engineering faculties and representatives of Endesa.
During the forum, Endesa presented 45 Priority Technology Projects/Lines (LTP in Spanish) corresponding to its business areas of energy management, renewable generation (Hydraulic, Wind, Solar) and electricity distribution networks. This technological collaboration involves Endesa seeking support from research groups at the universities that have previously sent technological data sheets to the company describing their experience and capacity for collaboration.
This technological collaboration process is a great opportunity for those young people looking to be part of projects aimed at the present and future development of the energy sector. The research groups will face challenges in different areas such as renewable energies, looking for solutions to avoid the formation of ice on the blades of wind turbines or how to use technology to identify and detect archaeological remains when selecting suitable sites to build new renewable power stations.
In the field of distribution, some of the priority technological lines include searching for autonomous robotic solutions for underground lines and the development of new generation cables that can increase the efficiency of existing distribution networks. The application of artificial intelligence and meteorological studies are some of the other challenges in the field of energy management.
About Endesa
Endesa is a leading electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. The company is also the second largest gas operator in the Spanish market. Endesa operates an end-to-end electricity generation, distribution and marketing business. Through Endesa X, it also offers value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy usage in homes, companies, industries and Public Administrations. It is also the leading operator of charging stations in Spain through Endesa X Way, a business line dedicated entirely to electric mobility. Endesa is firmly committed to the United Nations SDGs and strongly supports the development of renewable energies through Enel Green Power España, the digitalisation of grids through e-distribución, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Endesa Foundation is also active in CSR. Our workforce numbers around 9,260 employees. Endesa is a division of Enel, the largest electricity group in Europe.
About the Spanish Institute of Engineering
The Spanish Institute of Engineering (IIE in Spanish) consists of more than 150,000 engineers belonging to the 9 Spanish engineering associations corresponding to what are only 8 regulated engineering professions in Spain: Aeronautics, Agronomists, Roads, Industrial, ICAI, Mines, Forestry, Naval and Telecom. The primary purpose of the IIE is to contribute to the progress of Engineering by putting it at the service of integral development and the common good of society, raising its national and international prestige, as it also represents the whole of Spanish Engineering internationally.