Our ambition is to be a leader in energy innovation. We're constantly seeking for new
innovative technologies
and business models, that we can develop together into
value creating energy solutions for our customers.
Enefit Idea Hub’s competition giving your idea an opportunity to change the world
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Enefit’s ambition is to offer our clients useful and convenient energy solutions and to produce energy ourselves, in an increasingly environment conserving way, as thus we will make our contribution into making the world cleaner. We are focusing on innovation more that ever to offer new solutions for our customers in our home markets.
Enefit Idea Hub is the leader of Enefit’s energy innovation.
In Hub we search for the best innovative solutions for new services. Equipped with agile mindset, design thinking toolbox and great team of specialists and mentors we turn promising ideas into world changing businesses.
The Pitch is our biggest international idea gathering initiative that welcomes everyone to sit on the front row of energy innovation
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In Enefit we are responsible for making the best use of the resources, technology and grid which have been entrusted to us. It is important for us to make our energy production more and more environmentally friendly. We are knowledgeable in our field, constantly looking for new ways to provide our clients with better service and energy development. We combine the skills and knowledge of knowledgeable people, because there is real power in working together.
Idea Hub searches new ideas 24/7 but also using international competitions like the Pitch. Having analysed hundreds of ideas yearly our experts have vast experience on what is going to be the next Transferwise or Airbnb of the energy field.
Idea Hub promises to share information with the creator about how the idea is doing in the analysis stage and what decision we are making regarding the future course of the idea.
A Smart Community is riddled with sensors to gather data about the behavior of everyday life and then use the collected data to optimize such behavior in real-time. Imagine never having to spend time in a traffic jam again, because public advertisement banners direct traffic flow so as to maximize throughput. Imagine a world where traffic lights and street lamps are never out of order, and garbage containers are always emptied on time, because there are sensors signaling about the necessity of servicing an emerging problem before it actually appears. Imagine a city where public roads are permanently maintained in good condition, because tarmac wear is dealt with overnight before the road condition deteriorates to a level where quick repairs are not possible. Imagine never needing to look for a parking space again, because you will know in real time where the available public parking spaces are. Smart energy community is about low environmental footprint solutions which integrate the modern technologies from decentralized customer energy production, smart consumer devices, microgrids, energy storage to machine vision, big data etc.
We are looking for:
We are looking for bright ideas to transform the energy sector into a smart system that maximizes comfort, personalization and opportunity for the end user, all of it without the user ever having to make a single click, while retaining and improving the sector’s economic viability. How can we harness the potential in the E-mobility, the smart and flexible energy management and the Smart energy community visions? How can we make them reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world. Reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world.
The future of mobility is electric. Electric vehicles (EV) are becoming more and more competitive with the traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and the consumer preference is clearly shifting as well. It is supported both by the decrease in the cost of batteries and in the development of new and better EVs with longer range and cheaper cost. The total cost of ownership of EVs will reach parity with ICE vehicles by 2022. Today, there is practically no infrastructure for rapid charging nor are there enough charging points. The easy part is building lots and lots of new charging points, the hard part is finding the right business models and making sure the power grid is up for the task. The picture has an additional level of complexity as emerging EV chargers become ever smarter, from balancing the power grid to saving charging cost and time – all at the same time. Today all of this is still done either by hand or by using some very simplistic algorithms, Enefit aims to build a system that will radically transform the status quo. Tomorrows e-mobility is smart with seamless client experience and is integrated toward everyday life without skyrocketing demands on electricity network.
We are looking for:
We are looking for bright ideas to transform the energy sector into a smart system that maximizes comfort, personalization and opportunity for the end user, all of it without the user ever having to make a single click, while retaining and improving the sector’s economic viability. How can we harness the potential in the E-mobility, the smart and flexible energy management and the Smart energy community visions? How can we make them reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world. Reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world.
Flexibility is about harnessing the potential of demand-side-response operation and localized energy production assets to maintain the balance of the power grid. Electricity supply and demand must be balanced at all times to maintain stable operation of power system and 50 Hz grid frequency. Traditionally, this task has been carried out by conventional power plants. The share of fluctuating renewable energy such as wind and PV increases, the power system needs to find a new way to maintain supply and demand balance. Demand-side response (DSR) is one potential measure to do this. By definition, DSR is a temporary change in electricity consumption by demand resources (e.g. water heaters, production lines etc.) in response to market or reliability concern.
The IEA estimates that by 2040 almost 1 billion households and 11 billion appliances could participate in DSR programmes, over 75% of which is forecasted to lie in buildings with space heating, water heating and air conditioning loads. In EU, the total theoretical potential for DSR as a means to decrease peak loads and defer capacity expansions is estimated to be 160 GW by 2030 (28% of peak load). (ec.europa.eu). Tomorrows smart and flexible energy management services enable wind and PV assets integration to energy system by taking advantage of of DSR capability in wider extent than today.
We are looking for:
We are looking for bright ideas to transform the energy sector into a smart system that maximizes comfort, personalization and opportunity for the end user, all of it without the user ever having to make a single click, while retaining and improving the sector’s economic viability. How can we harness the potential in the E-mobility, the smart and flexible energy management and the Smart energy community visions? How can we make them reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world. Reach the market and take off? Your idea is ready to change the world.
Enefit is putting more emphasis on innovation than ever before. Our goal is to develop innovative ideas to be profitable and sustainable businesses, focusing on innovation based on new business models and competencies.
Leading this energy innovation process is the Enefit Idea Hub where our world class innovators see through business case development including customer validation, proof of concepts, business and financial modelling. We involve our top specialist from respective fields, the best research and development institutes, start-ups and international experts in our innovation process providing a unique possibility for new ideas to thrive in the Baltic sea region.
We’re on the verge of energy revolution with renewable energy, flexibility services, storage technologies, hydrogen and many other concepts are stepping in to the spotlight of tomorrow.