<p>Enel Green Power (EGP) is looking for sustainable and economical processes to produce glass wool and insulating building materials by recycling wind turbine blades. EGP is the leader in the renewable energy sector and operates in Europe, Americas, Asia, Oceania and Africa.</p><p> </p><p><i>This is an Ideation Challenge with a guaranteed award for at least one submitted solution.</i></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p><b>OVERVIEW</b></p><p> </p><p>The wind energy market has experienced an exponential growth in the last few decades, with thousands of wind turbines having been installed every year worldwide. Predictions indicate that the trend will go on for many more years, keeping wind energy at the forefront of renewable energy generation worldwide and helping the world to have safe, reliable and sustainable energy.</p><p> </p><p>The average useful life of wind turbines is about 20 years. After this period, the mechanical and structural properties of the turbines decay and refurbishments in some cases might be necessary to extend their lifetime for a few more years, while in other cases, the wind turbines are dismantled. Whereas the biggest portion of wind turbine components are quite easy to recycle (i.e. metal parts), there is a small non-metallic portion of components that is less easy to recycle, namely the blades of the wind turbines. These are mostly made of composite materials (typically glass/carbon fibers + epoxy matrix), plus some other minor components/materials (e.g. glue and gelcoat), making this task particularly challenging.</p><p> </p><p>As the first generations of wind turbine technology approach the end-of-life and must be dismantled, the need to find adequate methods to recycle the blades (and their components) gains increasing relevance and importance. Hence, Enel Green Power (EGP) is looking for the best available <b>methods and processes to produce glass wool and insulating building materials</b> from recycled wind turbine blades, in order to be more and more sustainable, under a circular economy perspective.</p><p> </p><p>This Challenge provides contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals:</p><ul><li><b>SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation</b></li><li><b>SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities</b></li><li><b>SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production</b></li><li><b>SDG 13: Climate action </b></li></ul><p><br></p><p> </p><p><i>- Register now to start solving this Challenge! The full description challenge will be available to logged in users only. -</i></p><p><br></p><p>For questions about the challenge and your proposal you can contact <a href="mailto:EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com" target="_blank">EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com</a></p>

<p><b>Operators performing live working activities on low voltage (LV) electrical systems must wear suitable protective clothing</b>. However currently available garments providing the level of protection needed can be uncomfortable in high temperature and high humidity environments. Enel is interested in developing more comfortable protective clothing for these situations and is looking for a development partner.</p><p> </p><p><i>This is an electronic Request-for-Partners (eRFP) Challenge. The Solver will write a preliminary proposal and/or submit a video (highly preferred) to be evaluated by the Seeker with a goal of establishing a collaborative partnership</i>.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p><b>OVERVIEW</b></p><p> </p><p>Working on LV electrical systems poses a variety of hazards and operators are required to wear specialized clothing. In particular these protective garments must be manufactured with antistatic/fireproof fabric of suitable mechanical strength and the garment must be resistant to the thermal effects of an electric arc that is a potential issue during working activity. The clothing currently supplied with these features is not particularly comfortable in the summer months when temperatures and humidity rise. Therefore Enel is interested in finding, developing, or having developed more comfortable clothing in terms of thermo-physiological comfort while still providing the same level of protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Challenge provides contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><b>SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being</b> </li></ul><p> </p><p><i>- Register now to start solving this Challenge! The full description challenge will be available to logged in users only. -</i></p><p><br></p><p>Note: as this is an eRFP challenge, you&#39;d better sign up by selecting the &quot;Organization&quot; profile type, in this way you&#39;ll be able to fill in your company information.</p><p><br></p><p>For questions about the challenge and your proposal you can contact <a href="mailto:EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com" target="_blank">EnelOpenInnovabilityChallenges@innocentive.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>INFO: expiration date extended until 29 February 2020.</p>

<p>Enel “Global Infrastructure and Networks s.r.l.” is interested in finding new solutions to detect and prevent illegal underground connections to the distribution lines.</p><p><br></p><p>Smart metering technologies are causing a drift of the theft methodologies, from meter manipulation to line manipulation. In the near future, the latter will be the most common theft method adopted. A great deal of cables are placed underground, and this makes it particularly difficult to spot tampered cables: thieves create illegal connections that are not evident even during inspections.</p><p><br></p><p>To discover illegal underground connections, and also for maintenance purposes, it would be useful to have a device capable of estimating with precision where a derivation (joint) is placed along an LV cable.</p><p><br></p><p>Cable tracers have been available on the market for a long time, but you need long and expensive field inspections in order to find underground derivations: somebody needs to follow the cable, along its entire length. The ideal solution, however, would be something that can be used in the substation itself and can provide an accurate estimation of the distance to the joint.</p>