Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence
  • This initiative is part of the National Strategy on Artificial Intelligence that the Government presented today.
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Elewit closes the call for proposals for its second venture-client programme with more than 60 proposals from startups from 18 countries
  • The candidates propose innovative solutions that use Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things to promote the digitalisation of electricity system assets and services through satellite technology, as well as to bolster the security of professionals in the maintenance of facilities and in the inspection works for electricity infrastructure.
  • In the first edition of the programme, Elewit invested more than 300,000 euros in the development of pilot projects of four Spanish startups that are applying cutting-edge technology in the fields of line engineering, s
Elewit, the new brand of the Red Eléctrica Group, successfully completes its first venture-client programme for startups
  • Elewit is the new brand of the technological platform of the Red Eléctrica Group, a company that was born in 2019 to promote the energy transition and the development of telecommunications.
  • Its first venture-client programme has promoted the development of four Spanish startups specialising in the fields of blockchain, augmented and extended reality and artificial vision, which have launched six pilot projects in the fields of substation maintenance, line engineering, electricity demand-side management and occupational health and safety.

Elewit, the new brand

Spain’s Zeleros raises 7M€ in financing to lead the development of hyperloop in Europe

Zeleros Hyperloop has completed a financing round worth more than €7 million. The company starts a new and important phase in the development of its unique version of hyperloop, the “fifth mode of transport”, the best alternative for the future to connect efficiently and sustainably long-distance routes for passenger and cargo transportation. Connections like Paris – Berlin could be reduced to less than an hour.

Positive Energy+ will invest 4 million euros in innovative projects to contribute to economic and social recovery from coronavirus

The Positive Energy+ platform estimates an initial investment of 4.19 million euros for the final 12 start-ups selected from the urgent call launched on 7 April. The initiative, which received 396 proposals in just thirteen days, closed successfully on 19 April and during the virtual Positive Energy+ Demo Day some of the finalists were announced.

Cyber Security Company CounterCraft raises $5 Million in a funding round led by Adara Ventures, and joined by new investors eCAPITAL and Red Eléctrica Group

CounterCraft, a European cybersecurity software company, today announced it has secured $5 million in additional funding. The financing round was led by Adara Ventures, joined by new investors eCAPITAL and Elewit, with participation from existing investors including Evolution Equity Partners, ORZA, and Wayra (Telefonica’s Open Innovation Hub).

Positive Energy+ selects 14 innovative projects to contribute from the energy sector to the economic and social recovery from COVID-19

The Positive Energy+ platform has selected 14 projects from the 396 proposals received after the launch of its urgent call to tender last April. The proposals, which offer solutions to alleviate the economic and social impact of COVID-19, were presented at the Positive Energy+ Demo Day event, held virtually yesterday afternoon and organised by the corporations promoting the initiative: Enagás, Elewit, CLH, Iberdrola, bp, EIT InnoEnergy, Acciona, Capital Energy and DISA.

Positive Energy+ receives almost 400 innovative projects to alleviate the economic and social impact of coronavirus

This pioneering initiative in Spain was launched on April 7 in search of projects related, on the energy side, to environmental sustainability, mobility, social impact, digitalisation, telecommunications and 4.0. The ‘decarbonisation and sustainability’ category has received the largest number of proposals.

Elewit se une a la iniciativa #innovacionfrentealvirus

La iniciativa #innovacionfrentealvirus es un proyecto puesto en marcha por la Consejería de Educación - Castilla y León y Startup Olé Accelerator. Esta comunidad que pretende aliviar los efectos de la crisis provocada por la COVID-19 y generar oportunidades y sinergias. Expertos de Elewit y del Grupo Red Eléctrica acompañarán como mentores a las startups que presenten sus ideas y proyectos.

Energy companies promote the Positive Energy+ initiative to alleviate the impact of coronavirus through innovation

Several companies in the Spanish energy sector have joined forces to combat the effects of the crisis caused by the coronavirus in Spain. Together they have created Positive Energy+, a pioneering initiative in Spain that uses innovation as the main tool to offer effective responses to help alleviate the economic and social impact of COVID-19.