Start-Up Challenge
We challenge start-ups to come up with innovative, competitive and sustainable solutions
With PERSEO, Iberdrola Group promotes different challenges addressed to emerging technology companies with the aim of finding innovative solutions that enable its operation to be improved and its environmental footprint to be minimised.

Latest start-up challenges
PERSEO launches numerous challenges per year. Here you can consult the most recent ones at any time:
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In our last Startup Challenge of 2020, we were looking for competitive and innovative solutions, based on power electronics, that allow us to optimize medium and low voltage networks, improving their flexibility in different load scenarios.
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Facebook A spin-off from the University of Cardiff will help us optimize medium and low voltage networks with power electronics
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Twitter A spin-off from the University of Cardiff will help us optimize medium and low voltage networks with power electronics
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Linkedin A spin-off from the University of Cardiff will help us optimize medium and low voltage networks with power electronics
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Iberdrola has selected Olvondo Technology as the winner of the Start-up Challenge Emission-free Industrial Heat, part of the European Innovation Council's Energy4Planet initiative. The multinational thus begins a collaboration with the Norwegian start-up to test the scalability and competitiveness of its technology to improve energy efficiency in industrial processes.
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Facebook Norwegian heat pump HighLift wins Start-up Challenge for decarbonisation of industrial processes through clean energy integration
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Twitter Norwegian heat pump HighLift wins Start-up Challenge for decarbonisation of industrial processes through clean energy integration
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Linkedin Norwegian heat pump HighLift wins Start-up Challenge for decarbonisation of industrial processes through clean energy integration
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SICdrone, Night Vision Technology Solutions and Open Ocean Robotics have been the three companies selected to carry out their pilot project in the Startup Challenge launched last April — by Vineyard Wind, an Iberdrola affiliate company — in which we called for technology with the ability to minimise the impact offshore wind farms may have on local marine mammals. The winner will take part in a startup accelerator program run by Greentown Labs.
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Facebook Three companies have been selected for the Offshore Wind Challenge: protecting marine mammals
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Twitter Three companies have been selected for the Offshore Wind Challenge: protecting marine mammals
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Linkedin Three companies have been selected for the Offshore Wind Challenge: protecting marine mammals
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Four companies have been winners of the second Startup Challenge launched by the company: Photovoltaic panel cleaning.
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