Ready to Scale Your Wireless Sensor Solution?

Iberdrola has more than 400,000 Secondary Substations in the United States, Brazil, UK, and Spain. These centers house more than 1.5 million medium-to-low voltage distribution transformers, built and operated to provide a high quality and reliable service to a total of 31 million electricity supply points. The digitization of its network allows Iberdrola to have new sensor equipment in the substations to monitor the conditions of the installation and critical equipment, such as medium-voltage switchgear, the medium-low voltage transformer, the low-voltage panels, and the digital equipment itself.

Sensor data on substations enable preventive maintenance, the early detection of anomalies and serious incidents, as well as possible breakdowns. The digitization equipment is being designed with the capacity to install the new sensors using Plug & Play architecture and with the possibility of wireless connection. Your sensor solution may detect smoke, carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, flooding, tightening of connection terminals, intrusion, or voltage/current, among others. Sensors that integrate optical and/or thermographic cameras, data processing, and alarm management shall be proposed along with your sensor system.

In this context, Iberdrola, through its PERSEO Startup Program, is looking for solutions that enable the early detection of incidents in installations and equipment through Plug & Play sensors communicated by Zigbee in the substations, with the aim of reducing the impact of incidents on supply and on the installations themselves.

Iberdrola is no stranger to working with startups and emerging companies - over the last two years, the Group has launched over 20 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 Networks.

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!

Iberdrola is looking for wireless sensor solutions that consider the following:

• Early detection of serious incidents and anomalies
• Technology integration with edge computing, AI, camera, computer vision, etc.
• Plug & Play monitoring system that integrates with BT RTU and Zigbee
• Optical or thermographic cameras and integrated data processing capabilities

The Startup Challenge is accepting applications from all startups making sensors that serve the general purpose of detecting tightening of connection terminals, smoke, CO2, intrusion, natural calamities like floods, as well as measuring temperature, humidity, and voltage, among others.

Moreover, when assessing your proposal, Iberdrola also analyzes sensor solutions that leverage the following technologies:

• Thermal Infrared
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Computer Vision
• Edge Computing

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.

Your solution will also be included directly in the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hubs registration process, as a collaborator and able to benefit from the services, activities, and resources that the GSGI Hub makes available.

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 Iberdrola Networks.

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 19th December 2022.

While evaluating your proposals, Iberdrola will consider the following value propositions, among others:

• The maturity, reliability, and scalability of the solution, including hardware (sensors), and software/algorithm for both equipment management and data processing to generate warnings.
• The simplicity of installation (Plug & Play), maintenance, and autonomy (low consumption/self-powered).
• Integration with current monitoring systems (BT RTU / Zigbee).
• The total cost, both initial and recurrent.
• Application in other energy assets, such as overhead lines.