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Iberdrola selects the web tools of the Spanish company SwitchFleet and the US subsidiary of Hitachi Energy as winners of the Start-up Challenge for Electric Vehicle Fleet Planning. A challenge launched in January 2021 by AVANGRID - Iberdrola's subsidiary in the United States - through the PERSEO International Start-up Programme, as part of its commitment to the electrification of the transport sector.

Five companies have been selected in the search for sustainable structures that allow cost optimisation either because they are made of alternative materials to steel or because their ratio of steel per MW built is lower than that of conventional structures.

Iberdrola, through PERSEO, its international start-ups programme, is looking for new innovative solutions that allow our residential, commercial, industrial and public administration customers an active role in managing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reducing their environmental impact.

The technology of the Spanish company Tychetools has been selected by our PERSEO start-up programme, in collaboration with Schneider Electric and Microsoft, as the winner of the Start-up Challenge: Energy Efficiency in Data Centres.

Iberdrola, through its start-ups program PERSEO is looking for new materials, designs, manufacturing and construction methods for electric substations and very high-voltage lines that enhance the sustainability of the processes.

Minsait has developed a solution that will detect the presence of fire in the vicinity of power lines and alert Iberdrola's Distribution Operation Centre. This, in turn, will allow early notification of the authorities and the Fire Brigade.