Our innovation model

More than 75 billion devices are connected to the Internet of Things — IoT — and this figure is set to triple in just three years. Objects will become smart and the world will undergo a fourth industrial revolution.

Awards that do not exist, unbeatable job offers, products at prices too low... These are just a few examples of scams that circulate nowadays on the Internet. Would you know how to detect them?

A new wave of innovation is coming, which will not only change what we do, but who we are. The future will be defined by people who are capable of adopting new ways of working, sharing and collaborating.

The television, the fridge and even the coffee maker are now smart. Virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence coordinate our devices and learn from our habits to make our lives more comfortable and efficient. Home automation is no longer the future – it is the present, transforming the way we live in our homes.

According to the first list published by Fortune magazine in 1955, 429 of the 500 most important companies in the world no longer exist. In a volatile society like ours, where the digital revolution is changing the way we consume, communicate and get information, companies — like species — must adapt to survive.

From the National Control Center (NCC) in Portland, Avangrid Power — the Iberdrola group's subsidiary in the USA — controls and operates more than 55 wind farms and photovoltaic plants spread across the entire country in real time. Kit Blair, the centre's director, tells us about the daily operation of the most advanced renewable energy facilities in the nation.