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Digital technologies have allowed us to build a more connected world, but when women are excluded from constructing that world, they are excluded from building the future. From basic education to the productive economy, digital gender equality can make a positive impact. To bridge this gap, we are now looking for new solutions across the key areas outlined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) : Improving access to digital devices and skills; Development of digital facilitation tools and initiatives; Promotion of women’s access to digital/STEM professions; Upskilling and reskilling initiatives; Solutions to fight online gender-based violence and disinformation. This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver is invited to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by Enel Global Digital Solutions with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   OVERVIEW Technology and the internet can be a great enabler for women and girls but a lack of opportunities, skills and a fear of discrimination prevent many from using and creating digital tools and online content. Girls and women often have less access to technology and the internet compared to boys and men. In addition, stereotypes around technology and fear of being discriminated against stop girls from using digital tools. Last year alone, over 259 million more men than women were online. The digital gender gap is multidimensional, which is why there are many effective ways to advance digital gender equality. Being a digital company, Enel is committed to help close the gender gap in the tech sector through dedicated projects, including aimed inwardly at improving company policies and outcomes for women. The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) have outlined several key areas where this gender divide or gap is most often seen online and in digital spaces: Improving access to digital devices and skills; Development of digital facilitation tools and initiatives; Promotion of women’s access to digital/STEM professions; Upskilling and reskilling initiatives; Solutions to fight online gender-based violence and disinformation. By contributing to Enel Global Digital Solutions work in this area through joining this Challenge, you are directly helping to overcome the digital gender gap – both in Enel itself and worldwide.   THE CHALLENGE With considerable economic growth coming from the tech sector, it is vital to have women's participation in technology. To reach this goal, Enel Global Digital Solutions will leverage innovative solutions to promote women’s digital empowerment in terms of inclusion and representation, access to digital resources and finance, assistance as a tech incubator, the promotion of women role models, and more. Enel are searching for mature proposals, with a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of ≥ 7, that will help to move the needle and ensure that the digital gender gap is reduced. Performance indicators of your digital solution can be both qualitative and quantitative: for instance, self-assessment and survey responses are as valuable as engagement metrics and number of programs delivered. Your submission to this Challenge should fulfil at least 1 of the OECD areas around the digital gender gap: improving access, development of tools, promotion of access to digital professions, upskilling and reskilling, and/or fighting online gender-based violence and discrimination. As this is a multidimensional issue, Enel’s aims are not limited to one specific type of solution: your submission can be of a digital solution, method, or tool that will help to bridge the digital gender gap, or it could be acceptable to submit an investigation or methodology that can report on the use, barriers, and shortcomings of digital technologies. Enel Global Digital Solutions aims to provide positive outcomes in this digital gender gap project. Enel will promote and help to scale the solutions submitted to this Challenge, as well as finding new ways to use them within the company, a global enterprise with operations in 26 countries.   SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS  Your proposed solution must have the following qualities: Being a digital solution or a method/project that can report on the use, access, and barriers of digital technologies; Able to collect data and insights: both to understand the current barriers towards representation for women and to report on progress made in this area; Promote awareness on the topic; Have a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ≥ 7; Applicable to Enel context – submission of a digital solution or investigative method that can be used to reduce the digital gender divide in Enel itself.   This Challenge contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 5: Gender Equality SDG 10: Reduced Inequality   This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by Enel Global Digital Solutions with the goal of establishing a collaboration agreement. In any case, Enel Global Digital Solutions has no obligation to select a winning proposal. For questions about the Challenge and your proposal you can contact EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@wazoku.com Explain your proposal clearly in English, attach documents (max 5 files, 35MB total size, ZIP, JPG, PDF format) if needed. Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (Central European Time) on October 13th, 2023. Late submissions will not be considered.   ABOUT THE SEEKER              Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators. Enel works in more than 30 countries across five continents, generating energy with a total installed capacity of more than 89 GW, selling gas and distributing electricity across a network spanning approximately 2.2 million km. With almost 75 million end users around the world, Enel has the biggest customer base among our European competitors, and we are one of Europe’s leading energy companies by installed capacity. The Enel Group is made up of approximately 66,000 people from around the world who are working together on the same goal. We are Open Power and our aim is to overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world. This is to be achieved through a new approach which combines attention to sustainability with the best in innovation. Enel is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs. Through its openinnovability.com crowdsourcing platform, the company connects people and ideas from across the world, encouraging anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects and solutions that help develop local communities. Enel is also committed to helping to achieve 4 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 7 - Access to affordable and clean energy 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 11- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 13 - The fight against climate change

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Enel Green Power is looking for ideas and solutions to address the problem of energy congestion, which is being experienced in several regions. The proposals must provide an innovative approach to the problem, guaranteeing opportunities for sustainable use of the energy generated and for economic savings. This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver is invited to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by Enel Grids with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership.    - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   OVERVIEW Enel Green Power is a global leader in the development and management of energy production from renewable sources (wind, solar, hydroelectric, marine and geothermal). Increased penetration of generation in certain areas without corresponding increase in load or transmission creates constrained areas. When more energy is generated within these constrained areas than can be consumed or removed, a congestion occurs. Due to energy pricing compositions set by transmission operators, the price of energy within a constrained zone can become negative during a congestion event. Enel experiences numerous congestion events throughout the year, each of which highly impacts both revenues and the amount of energy dispatched. Reliable and sustainable methods or technologies for mitigating and addressing congestion will help Enel Green Power to continue to deliver clean, low-cost energy to thousands of households, industrial customers and all the consumers requiring electric energy.   THE CHALLENGE The growth in renewable generation in the last years has not corresponded to an equal growth in transmission capacity. The energy produced by thousands of wind towers and solar panels needs to be moved from generation to consumption sites, often hundreds of miles away. Electrons move across power lines similar to cars moving down a road. In both cases, congestion occurs when too many converge on the same path. Traffic jams are frustrating, but electricity congestion can be costly and may even cause power outages. Therefore, mitigating the impact of congestions on the grid is important for operators and end users alike: financially, sustainably, and across energy delivery. Grid congestion occurs due to transmission constraints – a lack of transmission line capacity to deliver electricity without exceeding the thermal, voltage, and stability limits designed to ensure reliability. These constraints can also lead to inefficiencies. For example, as transmission lines reach thermal capacity, line loss – the dissipation of electricity along a wire – increases. Generation and load nodes are distributed across large portions of land. When a generation node is on the “wrong side” of a congestion, it is said to be in an Export Constrained Area. When a congestion event occurs, generators inside the export constrained area can see the price of the energy they produce turning into negative value, thus the generators are paying for dispatching energy. In order to maintain equilibrium in the supply and demand of energy, the transmission operator decreases the Locational Marginal Price (LMP) of nodes inside the export constrained area and increases it outside the constrained area. Congestion is the primary driver of price separation: it is positive outside the constrained zone and negative inside the constrained zone. Some operators may then decide not to dispatch or generate energy to avoid paying the resulting high costs. For instance, areas within Oklahoma and Kansas are highly affected by congestion. These states are part of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), which serves 14 central states of the US and covers a region with high wind energy potential. The strong potential for generation within SPP has led to a substantial increase in the number of wind plants in the region. This has exposed Enel Green Power operations to congestion, particularly during winter and summer months when energy demand and generation is high. This impacts both the economic results of the company and its ability to dispatch clean and low-cost energy to its customers. SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS & ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Enel Green Power is looking for ideas, solutions, and methods at greater than or equal to Technology Readiness Level 6 that can mitigate the impact of congestion. Every percentage reduction of congestion and loss results in a considerable amount of energy that can be dispatched and financial loss that can be avoided. Relevant solutions may include, but are not limited to: Strategic load additions in constrained regions or integrated into the power plants, also in the form of modular, pre-assembled, easy to install, systems. Line rating observation or adjustment advancements Enhanced organization or planning Note: energy storage can be a technical solution for congestion mitigation. However, since they are not typically profitable for this specific task, we will only evaluate business model proposals with a clear positive return.   Submissions should address the following Solution Requirements: The proposed solution must: be deployable within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), ideally within western Oklahoma and Kansas, be compliant with existing standards, both national and SPP, not require sustained access to or direct control over grid or transmission management assets, reduce overall impact of congestion visible to generation sites, And have a TRL 6 or greater (demonstrated in a relevant environment).   The proposed solution should: be deployable within 1-3 years, mitigate congestion events lasting approximately 8 hours/day on average, address key congestion events lasting up to 20 hours, not rely on significant expansion of transmission capabilities, be an environmentally sustainable activity or technology.   This Challenge contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy.  SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. ​​​​​​ This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with a goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   For questions about the Challenge and your proposal you can contact EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@wazoku.com Explain your proposal clearly in English, and attach documents (max 5 files, 25MB total size) if needed. Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (Central European Time) on July 03, 2023.   ABOUT THE SEEKER              Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators. Enel works in more than 30 countries across five continents, generating energy with a total installed capacity of more than 89 GW, selling gas and distributing electricity across a network spanning approximately 2.2 million km. With almost 75 million end users around the world, Enel has the biggest customer base among our European competitors, and we are one of Europe’s leading energy companies by installed capacity. The Enel Group is made up of approximately 66,000 people from around the world who are working together on the same goal. We are Open Power and our aim is to overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world. This is to be achieved through a new approach which combines attention to sustainability with the best in innovation. Enel is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs. Through its openinnovability.com crowdsourcing platform, the company connects people and ideas from across the world, encouraging anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects and solutions that help develop local communities. Enel is also committed to helping to achieve 4 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 7 - Access to affordable and clean energy 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 11- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 13 - The fight against climate change Enel Green Power (EGP) is the Enel Group company focused on the development and management of renewable energy generation. EGP is a world leader in the development and management of energy production from renewable sources with a global presence in 26 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania (active projects in 21 countries while projects under development in 5 countries). EGP operates more than 1,200 plants with a managed capacity of 56 GW across a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric and is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies into renewable energy power plants. EGP enables communities, companies and end users to move towards a sustainable life, guiding the transition towards a decarbonised society and contributing to the development and well-being of the many geographical areas in which it operates. EGP aims to accelerate the energy transition towards renewable sources, aiming to reach 75GW of installed renewable capacity in 2025 worldwide. In parallel, the abandonment of coal by 2027 and gas by 2040 is also foreseen.

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Enel Grids is always looking for innovative solutions that can improve the growth and maintenance of its electrical infrastructure while reducing the environmental impact of installation activities. Digging, trenching and tunneling are part of the traditional approach for installing electrical cables in the underground installation process. Do you have any new and innovative processes, tools, or applications or can improve how Enel currently installs Medium Voltage cables underground? This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge for International Institutions, NGOs, Social Enterprises, Startups & SMEs, University/Research centers, individuals; the Solver will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   OVERVIEW Medium Voltage cables are used across the world for a variety of uses. As their voltage range is between 6 kV and 33kV, they are used as infrastructure with applications ranging from utilities, commercial, transportation, and more. Enel uses Medium Voltage cables as a critical part of its generation and distribution activities across the world. However, the underground installation of Medium Voltage cables is very complex and time-consuming to date. Engineers and ground teams spend a long time identifying underlying services, digging, laying the ducts, installing the cables, jointing, closing the excavation, and then reinstating the initial conditions of the pavement. Currently the activity of Medium Voltage line installation follows these general steps: Trench excavation with the following dimension: depth 80-150 cm (depending on the rated voltage of the cable to be installed and by the requirements established by the fund manager), width 50 cm, length dependent on cable route (generally at least above 20m). Laying of the protective tube that will contain the cable. Covering the tube with a first layer of sand or inert material, with a warning strip on top. Closing of the trench with required inert material and soil or asphalt on top. These activities could have different conditions, depending on local and private conditions of the area in which is done, meaning each context may have different: Depth of the excavated trench. Material used for the covering layer. Type of restoration to be implemented.   THE CHALLENGE Enel Grids is seeking innovative solutions to enhance the installation of cables underground of Medium Voltage lines, reducing the effort of the entire process. The aim of the Challenge is to optimize, simplify, and speed up the cable installation process along the Medium Voltage (MV) line. This can be achieved by Solvers either through improving the current process or proposing a new process for the installation. Currently, in Italy, when using the trenching system, it takes 20 days to lay 1km of medium-voltage cable. In the same context, when using the horizontal tunnelling process, it takes 6-10 days to lay 1km of cable. The complexity of the process is outlined above in the Scenario. Enel will evaluate solutions on the basis that they can achieve: A faster step-by-step underground cable installation process – quicker than 20 days to lay 1km for tunnelling, or quicker than 10 days to lay 1km by horizontal tunnelling Simpler steps compared to the current underground cable installation process. These improvements can be achieved by reducing the impacts of the activities required of each step during the whole installation process: Trenching Laying the protection tube Covering the tube Closing the trench For example, trenching is usually a construction method that involves digging a narrow trench in the ground for the installation, maintenance, or inspection of cables. Instead of the trench excavation described above, it should be for example considered that could be required the implementation of horizontal drilling that is trench-less, with higher or lower impacts compared to trenching, depending on the length of the cable. It is important to consider that coils used by Enel are 300m long, so they would need to dig each 300 meters to install the cable joint. SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS In this Challenge, Solvers are invited to improve the current process used by Enel or propose a new process. In order to show the effectiveness of your improvement of Enel’s current process or novel proposal, you must organize your solution to show its effectiveness across three use cases. You must propose a solution organized by use case, showing that your proposal can operate across a 1km cable, 3km cable, or 5km cable example. Considering your solution should work across these use cases, it should also be separated from specific contexts. For instance, it should not depend on a very specific country context’s soil for covering the cable. In general, the solution needs to satisfy the following must-have requirements: Automatic or semi-automatic tool for cable installation activities, particularly with medium-voltage cables Result in the least possible impact due to excavation and installation activities Environmental – not causing unnecessary damage to the environment beyond the necessary cable installation Social disruption to an area - in terms of time spent and sustained noise Time of installation - less than 20 days per 1km if tunnelling, or less than 10 days when using the horizontal process Trenchless technologies would be of interest An innovative technology development phase at least with Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 5-6  Avoid interference to other cables and wiring present Compliance with national regulation in Italy Please indicate in your submission if your solution can adhere to local regulation (e.g. Norm CEI 11-17 - art. 2.311 in Italy), but also the availability to extend the required certification to other country contexts where Enel works. Your solution can also satisfy these nice-to-have requirements: Enel has an existing process for mapping underground utilities before conducting work. However, if you are proposing a new tool, having the functionality for alerting, pre-identification, and mapping of underground utilities, this would be of interest to Enel Grids. Process or improvement that increases the ease or simplicity of maintenance of the cable once installed. This Challenge contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.​​​​​​ This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. This Challenge type does not require Intellectual Property (IP) transfer. However, sometimes Seekers request that certain IP arrangements be made should a partnership be formed. For questions about the Challenge and your proposal you can contact EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@wazoku.com Explain your proposal clearly in English, and attach documents (max 5 files, 35MB total size) if needed. The proposals will be admitted until October 15, 2023 and the evaluation will start after this date. Late submissions will not be considered.   ABOUT THE SEEKER              Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators. Enel works in more than 30 countries across five continents, generating energy with a total installed capacity of more than 89 GW, selling gas and distributing electricity across a network spanning approximately 2.2 million km. With almost 75 million end users around the world, Enel has the biggest customer base among our European competitors, and we are one of Europe’s leading energy companies by installed capacity. The Enel Group is made up of approximately 66,000 people from around the world who are working together on the same goal. We are Open Power and our aim is to overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world. This is to be achieved through a new approach which combines attention to sustainability with the best in innovation. Enel is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs. Through its openinnovability.com crowdsourcing platform, the company connects people and ideas from across the world, encouraging anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects and solutions that help develop local communities. Enel is also committed to helping to achieve 4 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 7 - Access to affordable and clean energy 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 11- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 13 - The fight against climate change Enel Grids is the global business line in charge of steering and coordinating the electricity transmission and distribution activities of Enel Group in 8 Countries (Europe and South America). For 20 years it's been committed to creating a knowledge ecosystem for developing network digitalization and now is the benchmark in terms of smart metering, thanks to the nearly 45 million smart meters installed on our electricity grids throughout the world, designing new automation systems for distribution networks in order to meet the growing demand for energy. By 2024 the aim to reach 81 million grid customers, 63% of whom will be digitalized, thanks to the world’s most advanced smart meter technology developed by Gridspertise, to reach the goal of more than 48 million installations on our networks around the world. At the same time, we're working on the implementation of an innovative, integrated platform operating model in order to comprehensively manage our networks, leveraging the opportunities offered by digitalization and emerging technologies.

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The Enel Group is looking for proposals around the best available solutions to improve health checks of poles and supports. In partnership with Enel Grids, your reliable, quantitative and objective measurement approach will benefit operator safety and network management. Do you have a solution, technology, or method for an objective and fast health check? This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver is invited to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by Enel Grids with the goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   OVERVIEW As part of ongoing health and safety initiatives across the Group, Enel Grids is searching for a solution that can provide an objective and fast health check of a pole/support, to be added to the current visual inspection. Current practices are often subjective, depending on tester's experience and sensibility. Providing operators on the ground with a fast, easy-to-use, and universal understanding of relevant and objective information will support the assessment of the pole/support condition and therefore if this is suitable for operator climbing and, more generally, for network service. Enel Grids is therefore looking for proposals around the best available solutions to improve health checks of poles and supports. In partnership with Enel Grids, your reliable, quantitative and objective measurement approach will benefit operator safety and network management. SCENARIO When working at height in any industry, safety regulations and requirements must be followed. We need to ensure any equipment used or support climbed must be verified to be safe before climbing. According to Enel Grids standards on work at height, when operators are working on a pole or support, it is critical to determine its condition before an operator climbs it. Poles that are unsuitable for climbing operations are also unsuitable for network service. The network maintenance plan, in particular the periodic inspections, provides for the reporting of unsuitable poles/supports on which their replacement or stabilization must be planned. Adding to the routine visual checks and testing, Enel Grids is seeking innovative solutions to perform reliable, objective and quantitative health checks of these poles and supports. Before starting any activity at height, pole and support integrity (presence of damage, buckling, corrosion etc), mechanical requirement and stability have to be verified on site - in order to assess that it may sustain the stresses from the work. These stresses, including operator weight, equipment and tool weight for use or installation, and other working stresses (e.g. removal or tensioning of conductors), may lead to the failure of a defective pole/support or one not designed to handle these stresses. For instance: Wood poles usually fail by breaking at the point of their penetration in the ground - often due to internal rotting that weakens the material. For these wood poles, the focus would be more on the pole integrity than the methods of stabilization, e.g. ground consistency, considering these poles usually have not a foundation block. However, for reinforced concrete or metallic poles, they tend to fail due to an ineffective stabilizing effect. This happens when the pole is at the incorrect penetration depth, or when this depth reduces over time. THE CHALLENGE Enel Grids is searching for proposals that offer a solution that can provide an objective and fast health check of a pole/support, to be added to the current visual inspection. Current practices are qualitative and subjective, depending on tester experience and sensibility. Your reliable, quantitative and objective measurement will help keep operators safe and improve network management. This test and health check must be non-invasive, and could be based on diagnostic technologies of any kind. The scope of innovation in your solution and its universal potential is important - your solution could use physical, mechanical, thermographic, ultrasonic, magnetoscopic, hygrometric diagnostics, a combined approach, or any other relevant and successful. The inspection approach and its conditions change dependent on the type of pole/support, their material, and then on their specific dynamics of failure. This also will have to take into account other factors: presence/absence of a foundation block, depth of penetration into the ground, the type of soil itself. Ideally, your proposed solution will also allow for the recording and reporting of data, and including a connection to a database. This will help prepare for future health checks and provide more opportunity for future analysis and program work. SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS In general, the solution needs to satisfy the following must-have requirements: Effectiveness of checking the health of pole/support whenever this is required; Not impair the pole/support integrity, stability, or create other/further risk situations; Be easy and fast to be deployed or installed on the pole/support, and also non-invasive; Be universal as far as possible, i.e. flexible to use on poles/supports of different materials, sizes, kind; solutions for only one type of material will also be considered; Easily transportable by users and company fleet; Be user-friendly in order for users to take a quick decision; Require minimum maintenance; Be easy to implement, both in time and distribution; Be compliant with current normative of the countries of the Enel group or be possible to adapt to local normative with a limited effort. Nice-to-have requirements Be able to record the check results for reporting purposes, and also allow remote recording in a database.   This Challenge contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth  SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure  - Login or register to start solving this Challenge! After logging in, click ‘View Challenge Details’ to submit your solution on the Enel Open Innovability® platform -   For questions about the Challenge and your proposal you can contact EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@wazoku.com Explain your proposal clearly in English, attach documents (max 5 files, 25MB total size) if needed. This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge; the Solver will need to submit a written proposal to be evaluated by the Seeker with a goal of establishing a collaborative partnership. Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (Central European Time) on June 03, 2023.   ABOUT THE SEEKER              Enel is a multinational energy company and one of the world’s leading integrated electricity and gas operators. Enel works in more than 30 countries across five continents, generating energy with a total installed capacity of more than 89 GW, selling gas and distributing electricity across a network spanning approximately 2.2 million km. With almost 75 million end users around the world, Enel has the biggest customer base among our European competitors, and we are one of Europe’s leading energy companies by installed capacity. The Enel Group is made up of approximately 66,000 people from around the world who are working together on the same goal. We are Open Power and our aim is to overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world. This is to be achieved through a new approach which combines attention to sustainability with the best in innovation. Enel is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that meet society’s changing needs. Through its openinnovability.com crowdsourcing platform, the company connects people and ideas from across the world, encouraging anyone to propose sustainable innovation projects and solutions that help develop local communities. Enel is also committed to helping to achieve 4 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 7 - Access to affordable and clean energy 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 11- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 13 - The fight against climate change Enel Grids is the global business line in charge of steering and coordinating the electricity transmission and distribution activities of Enel Group in 8 Countries (Europe and South America). For 20 years it's been committed to creating a knowledge ecosystem for developing network digitalization and now is the benchmark in terms of smart metering, thanks to the nearly 45 million smart meters installed on our electricity grids throughout the world, designing new automation systems for distribution networks in order to meet the growing demand for energy. By 2024 the aim to reach 81 million grid customers, 63% of whom will be digitalized, thanks to the world’s most advanced smart meter technology developed by Gridspertise, to reach the goal of more than 48 million installations on our networks around the world. At the same time, we're working on the implementation of an innovative, integrated platform operating model in order to comprehensively manage our networks, leveraging the opportunities offered by digitalization and emerging technologies.

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