Renewable Energy & Green Hydrogen

This track focuses on innovative projects in renewables & green hydrogen, with the aim to reach EDP’s targets on renewables adoption and enable the transition in sectors with higher carbon intensity.

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Program structure

Applications

Global call for startups with solutions that address EDP’s innovation priorities and are ready to scale rapidly.

Online pitch

Showcase event for startups to present their solutions to key EDP decision-makers, ensure fit with innovation priorities.

Bootcamp & Open Day

Immersive in-person event designed to accelerate the development of long-term partnerships.

Pilot and Scale

Collaborative journey to refine, validate, and implement the proposed collaborations.

Program structure

Applications

Applications from worldwide Startups that answers the program’s challenges.

Online Pitch

Selected startups will showcase their solutions and their teams to assess the fit for the collaboration.

Bootcamp

Selected Startups and program partners will conduct work meetings to discuss potential pilots/projects between Startup and EDP.

Pilot development

After the Bootcamp, the focus will on validating and putting in place the potential pilot-projects.

Partnering with EDP

Innovation is at the heart of EDP’s strategy, with the purpose to accelerate new impactful businesses and promote fast adoption of innovative solutions to lead the energy transition. By working with EDP, startups will gain a global energy leader as an innovation partner, with presence on multiple continents and a proven track record in developing and implementing groundbreaking technologies.

EDP operates in 28 markets, with strategic hubs in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. It has a total installed capacity of 29 GW worldwide, a distribution network of 387.000 km, and over 9 million retail customers. This ranks it as one of Europe’s largest energy players.

A proven track record in open innovation programs since 2016:

140

Pilot-projects

40

Commercial Rollouts

30

Venture-capital
Investments

€140M

in Total

Challenges & solutions

Deployment

Accelerate the adoption of renewable energy sources with solutions that optimize construction, eases grid interconnection, streamline pipeline development, and unlock supply chain constrains.

Curtailment and Offtake

Generate value from curtailment and increase outreach for RES offtake with innovative strategies.

Emerging technologies

Foster the uptake of cutting-edge technologies to speed up the development of clean energy generation and enhance the operational efficiency of existing assets.

Operation

Maximize asset value and streamline operations by leveraging on automated solutions, predictive maintenance, climate-resilient technologies, and circularity.

Storage & Flexibility

Innovative solutions in the energy storage and flexibility spaces, such as long duration energy storage (LDES), alternative technologies for Li-ion, battery diagnostics and analytics, and market participation tools.

Green Hydrogen

Priorities include solutions to optimize synergies between renewable energy sources and hydrogen production, as well as identifying potential new use cases and reducing the cost for green H2.