Eleven startups participate this week in the first phase of EDP’s Starter Acceleration Program. It is the first edition of the acceleration program for entrepreneurs launched by the energy company EDP, aiming to promote the development of new energy products and services. The first stage will take place on 19, 20 and 21 of April, in the Google Campus of Madrid.

During these sessions, the companies participating will be receiving a training in business’ development technics and in the creation of a minimum viable product (MVP) to present to the market.

One of the advantages given to the startups when taking part in this intensive program, is receiving the counseling of EDP’s professionals, that help entrepreneurs to develop their innovative ideas.

The launching of this program, that involves the collaboration of the firm Beta-I, reinforces EDP’s faith in promoting innovative ideas that favor the development of new energy products and solutions, aiming to ensure a common sustainable development.

The chosen startups have their headquarters in Madrid, Barcelona, Gipuzkoa, Vitoria, Malaga, Caceres and Asturias. Their work areas go from the development of energy management system, till solutions applied to renewable energies.

After this first stage, companies will continue to work on their innovative ideas until the end of May, when a second stage of the program will be developed, as well as the exhibition of the results of the work carried out.

The selected startups are the following:

Cleandrone (Barcelona): works on a system of drones for the inspection and clean-up of photovoltaic panels.

Dutt (Albiztur, Guipúzkoa): they develop a system of energy saving through the energy monitorization and the suppression of consumption peaks.

Sentimer Chatbots (Madrid): they present a customer service platform based on chatbots, a software that enables to interact with the users with a natural language.

Thermal Recycled Composites (Barcelona): they work on the integral recovery and recycling of aerogenerators.

Green Eagle Solutions (Madrid): they have an informatic system to manage wind parks.

Plactherm (Madrid): they work on a radiant heating system, capable of generating independent thermal areas in the areas where it is installed

Rated Power (Madrid): they develop a software aimed at promoters of photovoltaic parks, capable of identifying the best area of a field to install them

Albufera Cells (Navalmoral de la Mata, Cáceres): they are focused on the production and development of systems of electric energy storage.

O2E (Gijón): they work on apps for the management and maintenance of charging points of electric vehicles.

Vatia (Malaga): the goal of this startup is to develop a software that enables the energy management of buildings, based on efficiency principles.

Ensotest (Vitoria): they develop informatic systems for the maintenance of electric substations.

EDP

EDP is an energy group, leader in international value creation, innovation and sustainability. It is part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (World and STOXX), and it is moreover leader in world renewable energy.

In Spain, EDP is a model company in the energy market, present in the generation, distribution and commercialization of electric energy, natural gas and services, in which more than 3 million people already trust.

EDP is leader in gas in Cantabria, Murcia and the Basque Country, as well as in Asturias, where it is also model electric operator.