Ready to Scale Your Sustainable Solutions for Offshore Wind Farms?

As one of the most innovative utility companies, Iberdrola is looking to integrate nature-inclusive design solutions into the offshore wind farm infrastructure to deliver a net-positive impact on biodiversity. The focus is on habitats and species of conservation importance; however, it is recognized that promoting wider biodiversity gains could also result in significant benefits.

In particular, Iberdrola is committed to integrating biodiversity conservation into decision-making, minimizing problems, and establishing programs to reverse and offset impacts. The significant expansion of the offshore wind pipeline puts Iberdrola in an optimal position when participating in auctions and tenders planned for the coming months in its new growth platforms for both projects in its existing pipeline and for new pipelines.

In this context, Iberdrola, through its International Startup Program – PERSEO, invites high-quality innovative proposals that seek to develop, test, or monitor nature-inclusive solutions that could be implemented in an offshore wind farm environment.

Iberdrola is no stranger to working with startups and emerging companies - over the last two years, the Group has launched over 18 Startup Challenges to address pressing issues in today's energy networks.

Moreover, working with Iberdrola presents a unique opportunity:

Winning this Challenge will award you with signing a collaboration agreement for the development of a Proof-of-Concept (PoC). The PoC will be developed in collaboration with the technical specialists from Iberdrola Generation.

Additionally, PERSEO covers the costs of the pilot activities and provides you with the necessary technical support, giving access to infrastructures and real data to test your solution.

Finally, PERSEO may consider investing in your solution!

The focus is on habitats and species of conservation importance; however, it is recognized that promoting wider biodiversity gains could also result in significant benefits.

In particular, Iberdrola is committed to integrating biodiversity conservation into decision-making, minimizing problems, and establishing programs to reverse and offset impacts. Your solutions may span:

• Scour Protection Solutions for Subsea Infrastructure & Cables
• Modifications to Foundation Design
• Reduction of Collision Risk from Wind Turbine Generators
• Blue Carbon Capture Initiatives
• Sensing & Monitoring Techniques and Equipment

Your benefits include:

• Collaboration Agreement & Pilot Test: The prize for the winner consists of a collaboration and test agreement with PERSEO or any other Iberdrola group company. The group will support the cost of the pilot activities.

• Access-all-Areas: Iberdrola will provide the winner with all necessary technical support, as well as a site and real data to test the solution. This includes access to equipment, teams, infrastructure, high technology sites, and shared work areas.

• Scale Your Technology: If the pilot test is satisfactory, Iberdrola may offer the winner the opportunity to scale up the solution by adapting it through commercial agreements.

• Investment: What's more, PERSEO will consider investing in the participating company and/or the winner of the challenge.

The winner of the challenge will sign a partnership contract with Iberdrola and/or PERSEO and will be able to test their solution in a real environment.

For the collaboration of the pilot project, Iberdrola will:

• assume the costs of the collaboration and the proof of concept
• provide the necessary technical support to test the solution proposed
• give access to equipment, appliances, infrastructure, high technology sites, and joint work areas
• provide a real environment and real data to test the solution

The project will be developed in collaboration with technical specialists from the Iberdrola Generation group.

You are welcome to submit more than one proposal, just make sure to submit a separate application form for each proposal.

The application period for this challenge ends on 30 September 2022.

The following value propositions will be considered, among others:

• The maturity, reliability, and durability of the solution.
• Ease of installation and maintenance.
• Investment and operational costs.
• Scalability of the solution for this and other applications in the electricity sector.

Your proposals will be analyzed by experts from Iberdrola's Generation group.