ReShape: A Global Call for the Energy Transition

ABSTRACT

As the world begins to transition into the new normal, we continue to embrace our innovation mindset in order to reimagine the way we do business.

This call aims to transform innovation into future solutions for the global energy landscape and the new needs emerging around the world. To do so, we will work closely with solvers, startups and SMEs on challenges that span across our organisation and our business.

OVERVIEW

Prior to the Covid-19 emergency, many organisations were evaluating how developments in disruptive technologies could impact the future of sustainability and the ways in which we work. The pandemic has accelerated this process for many companies, spurring them to reassess their current business models.

Now, we continue to work towards building a brighter future: our vision to develop solutions that generate significant impact and empower sustainable progress has not changed. Thanks to Innovability (innovation at the service of sustainability), we have digitalised all of our assets and introduced several innovative technologies within the company, such as drones, cloud processes and automation.

We believe that the world has an unprecedented opportunity to leverage new technologies in order to fight climate change, and Enel wants to lead this action. Innovative methods to optimise remote working as well as digitalise and automate workflows have the power to make traditional businesses more efficient and create new opportunities to transition towards cleaner energy. These disruptive technologies are key to creating a world where we can come together without boundaries. Our response to this context is ReShape: building a brighter future through Innovability.

Watch the teaser video: https://youtu.be/2lKSqkcmrAI

ELIGIBILITY

This Campaign is dedicated to startups, scaleups and SMEs, incorporated in any country, with a technology and/or solution at commercial level (TRL ≥ 7, unless otherwise defined in the specific Challenge).

CHALLENGE, AWARD, IP RIGHTS 

This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge. The Solver will write a preliminary proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with the goal of considering a collaboration

All intellectual property rights, if any, in the idea or concept demonstrated by the Proposed Solution will remain with the Solver. 

DEADLINE 

Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (Central European Time) on November 30th, 2020.

Late submissions will not be considered.

ABOUT THE SEEKER
Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators. Enel works in more than 30 countries across five continents, generating energy with a total installed capacity of more than 88 GW, selling gas and distributing electricity across a network spanning approximately 2.2 million km.

With almost 74 million end users around the world, Enel has the biggest customer base among our European competitors, and we are one of Europe’s leading energy companies by installed capacity.

The Enel Group is made up of approximately 68,000 people from around the world who are working together on the same goal. We are Open Power and our aim is to overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world. This is to be achieved through a new approach which combines attention to sustainability with the best in innovation.

Enel is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs. Through its openinnovability.com crowdsourcing platform, the company connects people and ideas from across the world, encouraging anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects and solutions that help develop local communities. Enel is also committed to helping to achieve 4 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
7 - Access to affordable and clean energy
9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
13 - The fight against climate change